REAL-TIME GLOBAL RESEARCH
Exploring Key Upside Drivers Post-Investor Day
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Exploring Key Upside Drivers Post-Investor Day
Deutsche Bank
Research
Rating Company Date
Buy Affirm 25 June 2026
North America Reuters Bloomberg Rating Buy
United States AFRM.OQ AFRM US Price target (USD) 85.00 Price at 23 Jun 26 71.83
52-week range 92.18 – 42.53
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e-Finance Valuation & Risks
Exploring Key Upside Drivers Post-Investor
Day NateResearchSvensson,AnalystCFA
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A lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what-have-yous
Hersh Shintre, CFA We believe that AFRM’s medium-term guidance issued at its recent investor day Research Associate
(see our recap here for more detail) will prove, once again, to be conservative (e.g., +1-917-459-1162
AFRM has grown GMV at a mid-30s rate since their last investor day where they
guided to low 20s+ growth). Based on our analysis of several key growth drivers Paul Tomaszewski
Research Associate discussed at the event, we see a clear path for AFRM to outperform its own
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targets and unlock further upside to the shares. First, we continue to see the
Affirm Card as a substantial upside driver through our forecast period. We view
the company's forecast for a 10ppt+ contribution from D2C channels as a low bar
and we see a clear path for sustained growth driven by continued user adoption Key changes
and offering expansion. Next, as AFRM rolls out its Affirm Edge offering we see a Price target (USD) 80 85 6%
large opportunity for the company. Even with conservative assumptions around Source:DeutscheBank
existing partners (e.g., FIS, FISV), we see up to ~5ppt of upside to our current
FY29 GMV estimates and note this was not incorporated in AFRM’s medium-term
outlook. Further, we also expect AFRM’s ~1-5ppt contribution from international
expansion will prove to be conservative with our analysis pointing to ~3ppt
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