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Affirm Stock Falls Sharply After Earnings. Analysts Say Worries Are Overblown. -- Barrons.com
Affirm stock rallied ahead of the fintech company's quarterly results late Thursday but were falling sharply Friday. Analysts said the reason behind the decline in the shares likely was overblown and it could be a buying opportunity.Shares in Affirm surged 10.3% on Thursday but were down 8.5% in premarket trading Friday after the buy-now-pay-later company's fiscal second-quarter results. Affirm reported a loss of 54 cents a share on revenue of $591 million, beating expectations among analysts surveyed by FactSet for a loss of 72 cents a share on revenue of $521 million.In focus was the company's gross merchandise value, or GMV, which marks the total value of transactions across the platform. GMV for the quarter came in at $7.5 billion, blowing past analysts' expectations of $6.9 billion. Affirm also raised its outlook for fiscal year 2024 GMV to $25.25 billion, a $1 billion bump from its prior forecast.This content was created by Barron's, which is operated by Dow Jones & Co. Barron's
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