AFRM vs BCS vs BFH Stock Comparison

Affirm Holdings, Barclays and Bread Financial Holdings Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc.
$69.66 -7.0% 1M -2.6% 1Y
Market cap
$23.61B
P/E
11.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.59B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
2 wins
BCS Barclays Plc
$22.82 -3.6% 1M +7.3% 1Y
Market cap
$79.11B
P/E
7.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$41.50B
Div. yield
2.72%
Money Center Banks Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Barclays leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Barclays 5, Bread Financial Holdings 5, Affirm Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAFRMBCSBFHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $23.61B $79.11B $3.90B BCS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.8x 7.5x 7.5x BFH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 37.3x 7.8x 8.3x BCS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.7% +9.5% +5.5% AFRM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 43.9% 26.0% 13.2% AFRM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.2% — 19.7% BFH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.9x — -1.0x BFH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 2.72% 0.90% BCS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -2.6% +7.3% +60.5% BFH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.8%/yr +16.7%/yr +7.0%/yr BCS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.1% 32.0% 39.8% BCS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 46/100 80/100 BFH

Percentile Scorecard

AFRMBCSBFH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAFRMBCSBFH
Valuation 32 #115 of 168 99 #4 of 360 96 #8 of 168
Growth 97 #6 of 163 66 #119 of 344 57 #70 of 163
Profitability 64 #56 of 154 12 #304 of 345 87 #21 of 154
Financial Health 66 #56 of 161 3 #330 of 339 76 #40 of 161
Shareholder Returns 13 #118 of 136 49 #179 of 352 87 #19 of 136
Overall 54 46 80
  • AFRM ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit
  • BCS ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • BFH ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAFRMBCSBFHSPY
1 month -7.0%-3.6%+4.9% -5.9%
3 months -9.0%-19.0%-6.6% -4.6%
6 months +3.4%-2.0%+18.7% +0.2%
Year to date -6.4%-10.3%+38.7% +7.5%
1 year -2.6%+7.3%+60.5% +8.2%
3 years +220.9%+238.1%+249.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +47.5%+50.1%+51.7% +19.0%
5 years -57.6%+116.3%+39.9% +56.5%
5 years, per year -15.8%+16.7%+7.0% +9.4%
10 years —+154.7%-35.6% +251.5%
10 years, per year —+9.8%-4.3% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAFRMBCSBFHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.1%32.0%39.8% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.1%32.6%45.3% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.491.551.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.040.231.52 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.5%-50.0%-70.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.8%-20.1%-9.5% -5.9%
52-week high $85.78$28.56$113.40 $779.14
52-week low $42.53$20.07$59.98 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAFRMBCSBFH
P/E now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 11.9x 7.5xmedian 12.3x 7.5xmedian 11.9x
P/S now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 2.7x 1.9xmedian 3.4x 1.0xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 27.3xmedian 12.1x —median 5.0x 1.4xmedian 12.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.9xmedian 5.4x —median 10.6x 1.8xmedian 5.4x
P/B now vs peer median 4.1xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 1.2x 1.1xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.20median 0.34 0.42median 1.29 0.99median 0.34

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAFRMBCSBFH
Revenue $4.59B $41.50B $4.00B
Operating income $540.37M – –
Net income $2.01B $10.83B $537.00M
Free cash flow $816.99M – $2.19B
EPS (diluted) $5.72 $2.95 $13.41
Cash & equivalents $2.07B $335.17B $3.96B
Total debt $2.90B $302.10B $2.32B
Shares (diluted) 351.78M 3.65B 39.30M
Enterprise value $16.66B -$1.63T -$10.98B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAFRMBCSBFH
P/E 11.8x 7.5x 7.5x
P/FCF 28.9x – 1.8x
P/Operating cash flow 22.2x – 1.8x
P/S 5.1x 1.9x 1.0x
P/B 4.1x 0.8x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 4.1x 0.8x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 27.3x – 1.4x
EV/EBIT 45.2x -1.7x 1.5x
EV/Revenue 5.3x -1.5x 0.6x
EV/FCF 29.9x – 1.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.0x – 1.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.20 0.42 0.99

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAFRMBCSBFH
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.7% 9.5% 5.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 38.6% 9.8% -2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 395.7% – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 35.4% – –
Net income growth (1Y) 763.7% 19.1% 13.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 61.6% 10.5% -0.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 755.1% 29.0% 34.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 57.7% 17.8% 7.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.5% – 9.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 160.9% – 5.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6.2% – 9.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 143.6% – 5.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAFRMBCSBFH
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 19.5% – 39.3%
Operating margin 11.8% – –
Pretax margin 13.4% 33.1% 17.4%
Net margin 43.9% 26.0% 13.2%
FCF margin 17.8% – 54.7%
Operating cash flow margin 23.2% – 54.7%
Return on equity 35.8% 10.4% 15.8%
Return on assets 12.5% 0.5% 2.3%
Return on invested capital 6.2% – 19.7%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.0x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x – 4.1x
Stock comp / revenue 6.0% – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAFRMBCSBFH
Debt / assets 17.6% 13.1% 10.0%
Debt / equity 0.5x 2.9x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.9x – -1.0x
Debt / FCF 3.6x – 1.1x
Liabilities / assets 65.1% 95.5% 85.2%
Equity / assets 34.9% 4.5% 14.8%
Interest coverage 1.1x 1.6x 1.9x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAFRMBCSBFH
Dividend yield – 2.7% 0.9%
Net buyback yield -0.3% – 13.4%
Shareholder yield -0.3% 2.7% 14.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 9.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 2.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 19.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 4.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAFRMBCSBFH
Forward P/E 37.3xFY2027 7.8xFY2026 8.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.87FY2027 $2.91FY2026 $12.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -66.2%FY2027 +26.0%FY2026 +1.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +44.9% +12.4% +7.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.23BFY2027 $42.93BFY2026 $3.94BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.7%FY2027 +7.7%FY2026 +2.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.2% -4.2% +11.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAFRMBCSBFH
Held by institutions 77.1% 8.5% 98.3%
Institutions holding 660 558 424
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.1% +2.9% -14.5%
Institutions buying 403 306 205
Institutions selling 173 163 157
Buyers to sellers 2.33 1.88 1.31

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AFRMBCSBFH
AFRM 1.00 0.38 0.45
BCS 0.38 1.00 0.42
BFH 0.45 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AFRM, BCS and BFH?

Barclays (BCS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Affirm Holdings (AFRM) $23.61B, Barclays (BCS) $79.11B, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) $3.90B.

Which stock is cheaper, AFRM, BCS and BFH?

Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Affirm Holdings (AFRM) 11.8x, Barclays (BCS) 7.5x, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 7.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Barclays (BCS) is cheapest (Affirm Holdings (AFRM) 37.3x, Barclays (BCS) 7.8x, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 8.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Affirm Holdings (AFRM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Affirm Holdings (AFRM) +32.7%, Barclays (BCS) +9.5%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +5.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Affirm Holdings (AFRM) has the highest net margin (Affirm Holdings (AFRM) 43.9%, Barclays (BCS) 26.0%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 13.2%). On return on invested capital, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) leads (Affirm Holdings (AFRM) 6.2%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 19.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) returned the most: Affirm Holdings (AFRM) -2.6%, Barclays (BCS) +7.3%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +60.5%. Over five years, Barclays (BCS) compounded fastest (Affirm Holdings (AFRM) -15.8%/yr, Barclays (BCS) +16.7%/yr, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +7.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Barclays (BCS) has the highest dividend yield: Barclays (BCS) 2.72%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 0.90%. Affirm Holdings (AFRM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Barclays (BCS) has been the steadiest (Affirm Holdings (AFRM) 60.1%, Barclays (BCS) 32.0%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 39.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AFRM, BCS and BFH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Barclays (BCS) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.