HTT vs BFH Stock Comparison

High Templar Tech and Bread Financial Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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

4 decided of 12

Bread Financial Holdings leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Bread Financial Holdings 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHTTBFHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $818.26M $4.12B BFH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 7.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 8.3x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +3.9% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 14.3% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 20.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -57.2% +55.4% BFH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.8%/yr +7.6%/yr BFH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 56.9% 39.9% BFH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 81/100 –

Percentile Scorecard

HTTBFH

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

AxisHTTBFH
Valuation – 96 #7 of 170
Growth – 67 #53 of 160
Profitability – 86 #22 of 149
Financial Health 93 #12 of 158 73 #43 of 158
Shareholder Returns – 84 #23 of 135
Overall – 81
  • HTT ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • BFH ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHTTBFHSPY
1 month -20.8%-1.1% -0.8%
3 months -21.5%-4.0% +3.5%
6 months -21.8%+15.7% +7.0%
Year to date -46.5%+37.5% +12.2%
1 year -57.2%+55.4% +13.0%
3 years +5.6%+280.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +1.8%+56.1% +23.1%
5 years +9.2%+44.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +1.8%+7.6% +11.0%
10 years —-37.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year —-4.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHTTBFHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 56.9%39.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.8%45.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.151.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.011.39 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.4%-70.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.6%-10.2% -1.8%
52-week high $4.95$113.40 $779.14
52-week low $1.90$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.

MultipleHTTBFH
P/E now vs peer median —median 11.0x 7.2xmedian 11.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.6x 1.0xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.1x 1.7xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 6.9x 1.8xmedian 6.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.7x 1.2xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.32 0.62median 0.32

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 monthsHTTBFH
Revenue – $3.96B
Net income – $569.00M
Free cash flow – $2.19B
EPS (diluted) – $13.88
Cash & equivalents $561.74M $3.68B
Total debt $879.65M $2.45B
Shares (diluted) 500.73M 40.70M
Enterprise value -$2.22B -$10.57B

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
MetricHTTBFH
P/E – 7.2x
P/FCF – 1.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 1.8x
P/S – 1.0x
P/B 0.5x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 0.5x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA – 1.7x
EV/EBIT – 1.8x
EV/Revenue – 0.7x
EV/FCF – 1.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 1.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.62

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHTTBFH
Revenue growth (1Y) – 3.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – –
Net income growth (1Y) – 99.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 4.2%
EPS growth (1Y) – 129.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 11.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 18.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 5.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 18.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 6.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHTTBFH
Gross margin – –
EBITDA margin – 39.7%
Operating margin – –
Pretax margin – 17.3%
Net margin – 14.3%
FCF margin – 55.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 55.4%
Return on equity – 17.0%
Return on assets – 2.5%
Return on invested capital – 20.2%
Return on capital employed – –
Asset turnover – 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHTTBFH
Debt / assets 16.0% 10.9%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.8x
Debt / FCF – 1.1x
Liabilities / assets 21.2% 85.0%
Equity / assets 78.8% 15.0%
Interest coverage – 1.9x
Current ratio 4.8x –
Quick ratio 2.4x –
Cash ratio 2.4x –
Altman Z-score – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHTTBFH
Dividend yield – 0.9%
Net buyback yield – 14.2%
Shareholder yield – 15.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 7.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 2.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 4.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 1.5%

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.

ConsensusHTTBFH
Forward P/E – 8.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2024 $12.23FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -233.3%FY2024 +0.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +7.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $47.00MFY2024 $3.93BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +164.2%FY2024 +2.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +11.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHTTBFH
Held by institutions 2.2% 98.3%
Institutions holding 42 421
Change in shares held, QoQ -26.1% -14.5%
Institutions buying 14 205
Institutions selling 21 155
Buyers to sellers 0.67 1.32

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.

HTTBFH
HTT 1.00 0.11
BFH 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HTT and BFH?

Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) is the largest by market capitalisation: High Templar Tech (HTT) $818.26M, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) $4.12B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) returned the most: High Templar Tech (HTT) -57.2%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +55.4%. Over five years, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) compounded fastest (High Templar Tech (HTT) +1.8%/yr, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) +7.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: High Templar Tech (HTT) 0.00%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 0.01%. High Templar Tech (HTT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) has been the steadiest (High Templar Tech (HTT) 56.9%, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) 39.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do HTT and BFH move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.11, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, HTT 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, Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) leads on 4. 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.