AFRM short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Affirm Holdings Inc shares valued at $58,175,590 were sold by Levchin Max R on Sep 22 ’25. At $89.27 per share, Levchin Max R sold 651,713 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 0 shares worth approximately $0.0 following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Maksim Rafael Levchin purchased 651,713 shares, netting a total of over 58,177,442 in proceeds.

Before that, Jiyane Siphelele had sold 12,500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,067,750, the Chief Accounting Officer traded Affirm Holdings Inc shares for $85.42 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 12,500 shares, worth approximately $17.44 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Rothschild & Co Redburn on August 01, 2025, Affirm Holdings Inc [AFRM] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $74. Analysts at Oppenheimer started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. Earlier on July 14, 2025, BTIG Research downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for AFRM stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing AFRM Stock Performance

On last trading session, Affirm Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: AFRM] plunged -1.45% to $81.53. The stock’s lowest price that day was $81.42, but it reached a high of $85.0797 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -9.81%. Over the course of the year, Affirm Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 81.46%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $100.00 on 08/29/25 and a 52-week low of $30.90 on 04/04/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Affirm Holdings Inc (AFRM)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 80.27, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 79.02. In the upper region, resistance lies at 83.93. The next price resistance is at 86.34. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.10 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Affirm Holdings Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Affirm Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 0.99 million shares to 17.33 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 16.33 million shares. A jump of 5.74% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.13 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.13.

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In terms of Affirm Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 92.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.81% from the previous closing price of $82.73. Analysts anticipate Affirm Holdings Inc stock to reach 108 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 58. In spite of this, 16 analysts ranked Affirm Holdings Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On June 12, 2025, Stephens assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $69.

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