Affirm vs Atlanticus
AFRM and ATLC side by side, both in personal credit institutions. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AFRM and ATLC compare
Affirm is the larger company, worth 17 times as much as Atlanticus ($24.8B against $1.4B).
On earnings, Atlanticus is cheaper: it trades at 12.2× trailing earnings, against 13.3× for Affirm.
Atlanticus grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (83.7% versus 32.2% for Affirm).
Affirm keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 45.3% compared with 5.8% at Atlanticus.
Atlanticus scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 7 for Affirm), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AFRM | ATLC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $24.8B | $1.4B |
| Share price | $73.47 | $93.46 |
| Change, 1 year | 1.1% | 66.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −55.3% | 9.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 3.35 | 1.80 |
| Employees | 2,358 | 576 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 10 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 13.3× | 12.2× (better) |
| P/S | 5.8× | 0.5× (better) |
| P/B | 4.5× | 2.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 32.2× | 1.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 25.0× | – |
| PEG | – | 16.54 |
| FCF yield | 4.0% | – |
| Fair value | $15.46 | $143.75 |
| Margin of safety | −375% | 35.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 32.2% | 83.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 37.4% (better) | 28.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 3598% (better) | 25.3% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 3587% (better) | 35.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 8.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 92.6% |
| Operating margin | 9.8% | – |
| Net margin | 45.3% (better) | 5.8% |
| FCF margin | 23.3% | – |
| Return on equity | 45.1% (better) | 24.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.0% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Interest coverage | 0.9× | – |
| Altman Z-score | 1.70 (better) | 0.59 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | 1.4% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 1.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 77.1% | 26.1% |
| Held by insiders | 1.4% | 91.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$84.2M | −$10.6M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.4% | – |
Go deeper
- AFRM stock overview
- AFRM income statement
- AFRM valuation and score
- ATLC stock overview
- ATLC income statement
- ATLC valuation and score
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