Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q1 behind us, let’s have a look at Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) and its peers.
Personal loan providers offer unsecured credit for various consumer needs. The sector benefits from digital application processes, increasing consumer comfort with online financial services, and opportunities in underserved credit segments. Headwinds include credit risk management in unsecured lending, regulatory oversight of lending practices, and intense competition affecting margins from both traditional and fintech lenders.
The 9 personal loan stocks we track reported a strong Q1. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 2% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was 0.8% below.
While some personal loan stocks have fared somewhat better than others, they have collectively declined. On average, share prices are down 1.6% since the latest earnings results.
Weakest Q1: Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM)
Founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin with a mission to create honest financial products, Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) provides a payment network that allows consumers to make purchases and pay for them over time with transparent, flexible installment loans.
Affirm reported revenues of $1.04 billion, up 32.6% year on year. This print exceeded analysts’ expectations by 4.3%. Despite the top-line beat, it was still a slower quarter for the company with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
Affirm Total Revenue
Unsurprisingly, the stock is down 2.9% since reporting and currently trades at $65.43.
Founded in 2016 as an alternative to traditional credit cards for younger shoppers, Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) provides a payment platform that allows consumers to split purchases into four interest-free installments over six weeks at participating retailers.
Sezzle reported revenues of $135.5 million, up 29.2% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 5.3%. The business had a stunning quarter with full-year EPS guidance exceeding analysts’ expectations and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
Sezzle Total Revenue
Sezzle achieved the biggest analyst estimate beat among its peers. The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 30.2% since reporting. It currently trades at $112.04.
With well over one hundred million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia through its viral member-get-member referral program, Nubank (NYSE:NU) is a digital banking platform that offers financial services including spending, saving, investing, borrowing, and protection products to millions of customers across Latin America.
Nubank reported revenues of $3.70 billion, up 46.1% year on year, exceeding analysts’ expectations by 3.6%. Still, it was a mixed quarter as it posted a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
As expected, the stock is down 10.5% since the results and currently trades at $11.58.
Dating back to 1912 and formerly known as Springleaf, OneMain Holdings (NYSE:OMF) provides personal loans, auto financing, and credit cards to nonprime consumers who have limited access to traditional banking services.
OneMain reported revenues of $1.26 billion, up 6.6% year on year. This number met analysts’ expectations. Aside from that, it was a mixed quarter as it also produced a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but revenue in line with analysts’ estimates.
OneMain had the slowest revenue growth among its peers. The stock is down 9.1% since reporting and currently trades at $53.42.
Using data analytics to serve the millions of Americans with less-than-perfect credit scores, Atlanticus Holdings (NASDAQ:ATLC) provides technology and services that help lenders offer credit products to consumers often overlooked by traditional financing providers.
Atlanticus Holdings reported revenues of $556.8 million, up 87.2% year on year. This print lagged analysts’ expectations by 7.6%. More broadly, it was a mixed quarter as it also recorded a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but a significant miss of analysts’ revenue estimates.
Atlanticus Holdings pulled off the fastest revenue growth but had the weakest performance against analyst estimates among its peers. The stock is down 2.5% since reporting and currently trades at $76.36.
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