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MetricAFRMAffirm Holdings, Inc.MAMastercard IncXYZBlock, Inc.PYPLPayPal Holdings, Inc.Median of the restexcluding AFRM
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$72.40▼ 1.11 (1.51%)
$620.42▲ 4.02 (0.65%)
$79.02▲ 0.81 (1.04%)
$57.53▲ 0.33 (0.59%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/1010.0/107.3/108.7/108.7/10
Market value$24.27B$561.48B$48.38B$52.93B
Revenue$1.44B$32.79B$24.19B$33.17B
Profit$1.93B$14.97B$1.31B$5.23B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.29.6%16.4%0.3%4.3%4.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.——42.8%—42.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.28.9%57.6%7.1%18.3%18.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.133.6%45.6%5.4%15.8%15.8%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.68.7%52.3%10.0%16.8%16.8%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.35.2%193.5%5.9%25.8%25.8%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.2.4%94.2%8.4%21.6%21.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.12.57x37.51x37.05x10.12x37.05x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.45.02x28.44x—7.81x18.12x
Price to book4.42x72.57x2.18x2.61x2.61x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.88x6.00x0.78x2.96x2.96x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/78/85/88/88.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for bankssafesafesafe

How AFRM compares with the others

  • AFRM's operating margin of 28.9% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (18.3%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 29.6% against 4.3%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 12.6x against 37.1x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.9x against 3.0x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.