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AFRM vs SLM

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

Summary

  • Both AFRM and SLM operate in Finance: Consumer Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • AFRM is the larger of the two at $27.44B, about 5.8x SLM ($4.69B).
  • Over the past year, AFRM is up 31.8% and SLM is down 24.0% - AFRM leads by 55.9 points.
  • AFRM has been more active in the news (17 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for SLM).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceAFRM+31.85%SLM-24.01%
2025-07-14+0.00%2026-07-14
MetricAFRMSLM
Company
Affirm Holdings Inc.
SLM Corporation
Price
$84.44+3.08%
$25.52+2.57%
Market cap
$27.44B
$4.69B
1M return
+26.96%
+15.21%
1Y return
+31.85%
-24.01%
Industry
Finance: Consumer Services
Finance: Consumer Services
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
2021
News (4w)
17
4
Recent ratings
25
25
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.

SLM

SLM Corporation

SLM Corporation, through its subsidiaries, originates and services private education loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education in the United States. It also offers retail deposit accounts, including certificates of deposit, money market deposit accounts, and high-yield savings accounts; and omnibus accounts. The company was formerly known as New BLC Corporation and changed its name to SLM Corporation in December 2013. SLM Corporation was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Newark, Delaware.

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