Negative sentiment towards AFRM reflected in surge in short interest

Daniel Torres

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Affirm Holdings Inc shares valued at $573,230 were sold by O’Hare Robert on Dec 03 ’25. At $70.00 per share, O’Hare Robert sold 8,189 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,368 shares worth approximately $96936.48 following the completion of this transaction.

Also, ROBERT WARREN OHARE purchased 8,189 shares, netting a total of over 548,827 in proceeds.

Before that, Levchin Max R had sold 651,713 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $58,175,590, the Chief Executive Officer traded Affirm Holdings Inc shares for $89.27 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 651,713 shares, worth approximately $0.0.

As published in their initiating research note from Wolfe Research on December 09, 2025, Affirm Holdings Inc [AFRM] has been a Peer perform. Analysts at Citigroup started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of October 22, 2025, Wells Fargo has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for AFRM. Earlier on October 06, 2025, Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for AFRM stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.

Analyzing AFRM Stock Performance

On last trading session, Affirm Holdings Inc [NASDAQ: AFRM] rose 3.57% to $70.86. The stock’s lowest price that day was $67.9901, but it reached a high of $71.12 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.75%. Over the course of the year, Affirm Holdings Inc shares have dropped approximately -1.42%. 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 68.86, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 66.86. In the upper region, resistance lies at 71.99. The next price resistance is at 73.12. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 52.20 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 2025-11-28 jumping by 2.38 million shares to 15.27 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 12.88 million shares. A jump of 15.6% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.58 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.58.

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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 35.19% from the previous closing price of $68.42. Analysts anticipate Affirm Holdings Inc stock to reach 108 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 80. In spite of this, 16 analysts ranked Affirm Holdings Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On August 01, 2025, Rothschild & Co Redburn assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $74.

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