BFH vs HTT vs SMFG Stock Comparison

Bread Financial Holdings, High Templar Tech and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HTT High Templar Tech Ltd
$1.88 -21.0% 1M -60.3% 1Y
Market cap
$795.00M
P/E
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Revenue (TTM)
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Div. yield
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Consumer Lending Financial Services

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

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

QuestionBFHHTTSMFGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.98B $795.00M $92.43B SMFG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.6x — -2.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.6x — 14.5x BFH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.5% — +34.8% SMFG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.2% — -42.5% BFH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 19.7% — -0.9% BFH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.88% — 1.20% SMFG
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +61.1% -60.3% +47.3% BFH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.0%/yr +2.4%/yr +30.1%/yr SMFG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.8% 56.9% 29.1% SMFG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 80/100 — 23/100 BFH

Percentile Scorecard

BFHHTTSMFG

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

AxisBFHHTTSMFG
Valuation 96 #7 of 169 – 48 #190 of 361
Growth 55 #73 of 162 – 34 #114 of 172
Profitability 85 #23 of 149 – 19 #121 of 149
Financial Health 75 #41 of 158 93 #12 of 158 5 #151 of 158
Shareholder Returns 88 #17 of 136 – 12 #298 of 338
Overall 80 – 23
  • BFH ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • HTT ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • SMFG ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBFHHTTSMFGSPY
1 month +3.3%-21.0%-8.7% +0.9%
3 months -2.2%-21.0%-3.3% +5.9%
6 months +22.5%-20.7%+16.3% +8.5%
Year to date +41.3%-47.0%+24.9% +13.3%
1 year +61.1%-60.3%+47.3% +12.4%
3 years +290.9%+4.4%+151.3% +88.1%
3 years, per year +57.6%+1.5%+36.0% +23.5%
5 years +53.8%+12.6%+272.7% +68.2%
5 years, per year +9.0%+2.4%+30.1% +11.0%
10 years -35.7%—+254.1% +263.4%
10 years, per year -4.3%—+13.5% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBFHHTTSMFGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.8%56.9%29.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.7%59.9%28.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.191.151.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.54-1.061.63 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.4%-64.4%-30.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.7%-62.0%-12.3% -0.9%
52-week high $113.40$4.95$27.55 $779.14
52-week low $59.98$1.88$16.14 $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.

MultipleBFHHTTSMFG
P/E now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 11.4x —median 11.4x -2.1xmedian 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.7x —median 2.7x 0.9xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 11.3x —median 11.3x —median 5.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 6.9x —median 6.9x —median 10.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.7x 0.5xmedian 0.7x 1.3xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.01median 0.34 —median 0.34 0.08median 1.32

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 monthsBFHHTTSMFG
Revenue $4.00B – $103.68B
Gross profit – – $67.73B
Operating income – – -$30.78B
Net income $537.00M – $11.49B
Free cash flow $2.19B – –
EPS (diluted) $13.41 – $-11.47
Cash & equivalents $3.96B $561.74M –
Total debt $2.32B $879.65M $397.48B
Shares (diluted) 39.30M 500.73M 3.84B
Enterprise value -$10.91B -$2.24B -$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
MetricBFHHTTSMFG
P/E 7.6x – -2.1x
P/FCF 1.8x – –
P/Operating cash flow 1.8x – –
P/S 1.0x – 0.9x
P/B 1.2x 0.5x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 1.2x 0.5x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA 1.5x – –
EV/EBIT 1.6x – -36.2x
EV/Revenue 0.6x – 0.8x
EV/FCF 1.1x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 1.1x – –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.01 – 0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBFHHTTSMFG
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.5% – 34.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.4% – 14.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 12.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 5.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – – -32.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – -75.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.8% – 823.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.2% – 4.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 34.9% – 15.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.6% – -25.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.3% – –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.4% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 9.3% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.7% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBFHHTTSMFG
Gross margin – – 65.3%
EBITDA margin 39.3% – –
Operating margin – – -29.7%
Pretax margin 17.4% – 14.5%
Net margin 13.2% – -42.5%
FCF margin 54.7% – –
Operating cash flow margin 54.7% – –
Return on equity 15.8% – 13.3%
Return on assets 2.3% – 0.6%
Return on invested capital 19.7% – -0.9%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.2x – 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.1x – –
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBFHHTTSMFG
Debt / assets 10.0% 16.0% 5.0%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.2x 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x – –
Debt / FCF 1.1x – –
Liabilities / assets 85.2% 21.2% 96.4%
Equity / assets 14.8% 78.8% 3.6%
Interest coverage 1.9x – -0.1x
Current ratio – 4.8x –
Quick ratio – 2.4x –
Cash ratio – 2.4x –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBFHHTTSMFG
Dividend yield 0.9% – 1.2%
Net buyback yield 13.2% – –
Shareholder yield 14.1% – 1.2%
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.

ConsensusBFHHTTSMFG
Forward P/E 8.6xFY2026 – 14.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.23FY2026 $-0.04FY2024 $1.67FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +0.6%FY2026 -233.3%FY2024 +28.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.8% – +2.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.93BFY2026 $47.00MFY2024 $34.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.2%FY2026 +164.2%FY2024 -50.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.2% – +14.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBFHHTTSMFG
Held by institutions 98.3% 2.2% 3.5%
Institutions holding 421 42 459
Change in shares held, QoQ -14.5% -26.1% +7.9%
Institutions buying 205 14 291
Institutions selling 155 21 91
Buyers to sellers 1.32 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.

BFHHTTSMFG
BFH 1.00 0.10 0.23
HTT 0.10 1.00 0.17
SMFG 0.23 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BFH, HTT and SMFG?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) $3.98B, High Templar Tech (HTT) $795.00M, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) $92.43B.

Which company is growing faster?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +5.5%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +34.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) has the highest net margin (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 13.2%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) -42.5%). On return on invested capital, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) leads (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 19.7%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) -0.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) returned the most: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +61.1%, High Templar Tech (HTT) -60.3%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +47.3%. Over five years, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) compounded fastest (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +9.0%/yr, High Templar Tech (HTT) +2.4%/yr, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) +30.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) has the highest dividend yield: Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 0.88%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) 1.20%. High Templar Tech (HTT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) has been the steadiest (Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 39.8%, High Templar Tech (HTT) 56.9%, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (SMFG) 29.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BFH, 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 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.