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AFRM vs PNNT

Side-by-side comparison of Affirm Holdings Inc. (AFRM) and PennantPark Investment Corporation (PNNT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both AFRM and PNNT operate in Finance: Consumer Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • AFRM is the larger of the two at $25.48B, about 55.4x PNNT ($459.9M).
  • Over the past year, AFRM is up 13.9% and PNNT is down 53.7% - AFRM leads by 67.6 points.
  • AFRM has been more active in the news (15 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for PNNT).
  • AFRM has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 13 for PNNT).
PerformanceAFRM+13.92%PNNT-53.72%
2025-07-21+0.00%2026-07-17
MetricAFRMPNNT
Company
Affirm Holdings Inc.
PennantPark Investment Corporation
Price
$76.05-4.78%
$3.35-2.47%
Market cap
$25.48B
$459.9M
1M return
+1.83%
-9.45%
1Y return
+13.92%
-53.72%
Industry
Finance: Consumer Services
Finance: Consumer Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
2021
2022
News (4w)
15
4
Recent ratings
25
13
AFRM

Affirm Holdings Inc.

Affirm Holdings, Inc. operates a platform for digital and mobile-first commerce in the United States and Canada. The company's platform includes point-of-sale payment solution for consumers, merchant commerce solutions, and a consumer-focused app. Its payments network and partnership with an originating bank, enables consumers to pay for a purchase over time with terms ranging from one to forty-eight months. As of September 30, 2020, the company had approximately 6,500 merchants integrated on its platform covering small businesses, large enterprises, direct-to-consumer brands, brick-and-mortar stores, and companies. Its merchants represent a range of industries, including sporting goods and outdoors, furniture and homewares, travel, apparel, accessories, consumer electronics, and jewelry. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

PNNT

PennantPark Investment Corporation

PennantPark Investment Corporation is a business development company. It specializes in direct and mezzanine investments in middle market companies. It invests in the form of mezzanine debt, senior secured loans, and equity investments. The fund typically invests in building and real estate, hotels and gaming, electronics, healthcare, education and childcare, financial services, printing and publishing, consumer products, business services, energy and utilities, distribution, oil and gas, media, environmental services, aerospace and defense, manufacturing industries and retail. It invests in equity securities and debt transactions through preferred stock, common stock, warrants, options, subordinated loans, mezzanine loans, and senior secured loans. It seeks to invest in companies based in the United States. The fund seeks to invest between $10 million and $50 million in its portfolio companies. Its mezzanine loans, senior secured loans, and other investments in its portfolio companies are between $15 million and $50 million. The fund may also make non-control equity and debt investments.

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