Leading buy now, pay later service, Affirm Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:AFRM) is off to a rough start in 2026, down 15% year-to-date, as sector-wide pressures, alongside company-specific setbacks weight on the stock.
The pressure on the stock is now being reflected in its Momentum score in Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings, which has witnessed a steep pullback in recent weeks.
Affirm’s Momentum Score Nosedives
The Momentum score in Benzinga’s Edge Rankings indicates the strength of a stock and is calculated based on price movements and volatility across multiple time frames, before being ranked as a percentile against others.
Affirm’s Momentum score has dropped from 72.68 to 21.46 in just over a week, tracking the stock’s pullback over the past couple of days, which began with President Donald Trump’s cap on credit card interest rates earlier this month.
Affirm’s shares were hit once again after activist short-seller Kerrisdale Capital published a short report against the company, calling it a “Buy Now, Cry Later” story, citing its deteriorating credit fundamentals and over-reliance on financially fragile consumers.
Affirm’s shares were down 3.92% on Thursday, closing at $62.80, and are down another 1.82% overnight. The stock scores high on Growth, but does poorly on Value and Momentum in Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings, with an unfavorable price trend in the short, medium, and long terms.
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