AFRM vs HTT vs SMFG Stock Comparison

Affirm Holdings, High Templar Tech and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc.
$69.49 -2.8% 1M -7.8% 1Y
Market cap
$24.22B
P/E
12.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.26B
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
3 wins
HTT High Templar Tech Ltd
$1.90 -20.8% 1M -57.2% 1Y
Market cap
$818.26M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 6, Affirm Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAFRMHTTSMFGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $24.22B $818.26M $93.16B SMFG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 12.6x — -2.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 37.2x — 14.3x SMFG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.2% — +34.8% SMFG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 45.3% — -42.5% AFRM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.6% — -0.9% AFRM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.3x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.8% -57.2% +48.5% SMFG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -14.4%/yr +1.8%/yr +29.4%/yr SMFG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.7% 56.9% 29.2% SMFG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 — 23/100 AFRM

Percentile Scorecard

AFRMHTTSMFG

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

AxisAFRMHTTSMFG
Valuation 34 #113 of 170 – 47 #192 of 362
Growth 99 #3 of 160 – 34 #147 of 221
Profitability 65 #53 of 149 – 18 #165 of 200
Financial Health 61 #63 of 158 93 #12 of 158 4 #196 of 203
Shareholder Returns 13 #118 of 135 – 11 #303 of 342
Overall 54 – 23
  • AFRM ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • HTT ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • SMFG ranked among 370 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAFRMHTTSMFGSPY
1 month -2.8%-20.8%-10.5% -0.8%
3 months -4.9%-21.5%-9.7% +3.5%
6 months +6.7%-21.8%+17.0% +7.0%
Year to date -6.6%-46.5%+23.1% +12.2%
1 year -7.8%-57.2%+48.5% +13.0%
3 years +310.5%+5.6%+147.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +60.2%+1.8%+35.3% +23.1%
5 years -54.0%+9.2%+262.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year -14.4%+1.8%+29.4% +11.0%
10 years ——+252.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+13.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAFRMHTTSMFGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.7%56.9%29.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 58.3%59.8%28.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.601.151.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.13-1.011.66 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.7%-64.4%-30.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.0%-61.6%-13.6% -1.8%
52-week high $85.78$4.95$27.55 $779.14
52-week low $42.53$1.90$16.05 $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.

MultipleAFRMHTTSMFG
P/E now vs peer median 12.1xmedian 11.0x —median 11.0x -2.1xmedian 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 2.6x —median 2.6x 0.9xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 33.6xmedian 13.1x —median 13.1x —median 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.6xmedian 6.9x —median 6.9x —median 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 0.7x 0.5xmedian 0.7x 1.2xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.22median 0.32 —median 0.32 0.08median 1.36

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 monthsAFRMHTTSMFG
Revenue $4.26B – $103.68B
Gross profit – – $67.73B
Operating income $416.98M – -$30.78B
Net income $1.93B – $11.49B
Free cash flow $992.63M – –
EPS (diluted) $5.53 – $-11.47
Cash & equivalents $1.63B $561.74M –
Total debt $10.58B $879.65M $397.48B
Shares (diluted) 348.85M 500.73M 3.84B
Enterprise value $17.91B -$2.22B -$1.26T

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
MetricAFRMHTTSMFG
P/E 12.1x – -2.1x
P/FCF 23.6x – –
P/Operating cash flow 19.0x – –
P/S 5.5x – 0.9x
P/B 4.3x 0.5x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 4.3x 0.5x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA 33.6x – –
EV/EBIT 60.3x – -35.6x
EV/Revenue 5.9x – 0.8x
EV/FCF 25.3x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 20.4x – –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.22 – 0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAFRMHTTSMFG
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.2% – 34.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 39.0% – 14.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 12.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 5.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 577.8% – -32.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 32.9% – -75.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 3,598% – 823.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 58.2% – 4.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 3,515% – 15.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 54.1% – -25.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 55.1% – –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 365.8% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 65.0% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 123.3% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAFRMHTTSMFG
Gross margin – – 65.3%
EBITDA margin 17.6% – –
Operating margin 9.8% – -29.7%
Pretax margin 11.6% – 14.5%
Net margin 45.3% – -42.5%
FCF margin 23.3% – –
Operating cash flow margin 28.9% – –
Return on equity 41.6% – 13.3%
Return on assets 13.3% – 0.6%
Return on invested capital 5.6% – -0.9%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.3x – 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.6x – –
Stock comp / revenue 7.2% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAFRMHTTSMFG
Debt / assets 21.1% 16.0% 5.0%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.2x 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x – –
Debt / FCF 3.4x – –
Liabilities / assets 65.3% 21.2% 96.4%
Equity / assets 34.7% 78.8% 3.6%
Interest coverage 0.9x – -0.1x
Current ratio – 4.8x –
Quick ratio – 2.4x –
Cash ratio – 2.4x –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAFRMHTTSMFG
Dividend yield – – 1.2%
Net buyback yield -0.7% – –
Shareholder yield -0.7% – 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusAFRMHTTSMFG
Forward P/E 37.2xFY2027 – 14.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.87FY2027 $-0.04FY2024 $1.67FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -66.2%FY2027 -233.3%FY2024 +28.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +44.4% – +2.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.23BFY2027 $47.00MFY2024 $34.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.7%FY2027 +164.2%FY2024 -50.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.0% – +14.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAFRMHTTSMFG
Held by institutions 77.1% 2.2% 3.5%
Institutions holding 658 42 459
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.1% -26.1% +7.9%
Institutions buying 401 14 291
Institutions selling 173 21 91
Buyers to sellers 2.32 0.67 3.20

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.

AFRMHTTSMFG
AFRM 1.00 0.26 0.12
HTT 0.26 1.00 0.17
SMFG 0.12 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AFRM, HTT and SMFG?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Affirm Holdings (AFRM) $24.22B, High Templar Tech (HTT) $818.26M, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) $93.16B.

Which company is growing faster?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Affirm Holdings (AFRM) +32.2%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +34.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Affirm Holdings (AFRM) has the highest net margin (Affirm Holdings (AFRM) 45.3%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) -42.5%). On return on invested capital, Affirm Holdings (AFRM) leads (Affirm Holdings (AFRM) 5.6%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) -0.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) returned the most: Affirm Holdings (AFRM) -7.8%, High Templar Tech (HTT) -57.2%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +48.5%. Over five years, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) compounded fastest (Affirm Holdings (AFRM) -14.4%/yr, High Templar Tech (HTT) +1.8%/yr, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +29.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) has been the steadiest (Affirm Holdings (AFRM) 59.7%, High Templar Tech (HTT) 56.9%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) 29.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AFRM, HTT and SMFG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) leads on 6. 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.