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SOFINasdaq·Financial - Credit Services

SoFi Technologies, Inc. SOFI

Market cap $21.4BP/E 32.9× trailingGross margin 76.5%Reports Tue 27 Oct, before the open
$16.69
−0.11 (−0.68%)live 11:20 ET
52-wk $14.88 – $32.73
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Orin's take
0.62conviction · moderate
Refreshed 25 Aug · take v9. A new filing or a print queues the next refresh.

SoFi remains a hold: FY2025 revenue grew 28.8% YoY to $4.77B with operating margin expanding from 6.3% to 11.0%, but net income actually declined 3.5% to $481M and free cash flow worsened to -$3.98B from -$1.28B the prior year. The stock's 35.8x P/E trades at a 126% premium to the peer median of 15.8x, which is difficult to justify with flat EPS of $0.39 and deeply negative FCF.

Technicals show a modest bounce above the 50-day MA at $17.70 with a positive MACD histogram, but the price at $18.24 remains 15% below the 200-day MA at $21.56, and 24-month net insider selling of $584.8M with a slightly negative smart money score of -0.0021 as of Q2 2026 limits upside conviction.

What could go wrong

  • Valuation compression. At 35.8x P/E and 4.2x P/S, SOFI trades at a 126% and 79% premium to peer medians respectively; any growth deceleration could trigger a sharp re-rating lower.
  • Free cash flow deterioration. FCF worsened to -$3.98B in FY2025 from -$1.28B in FY2024, with FCF margin at -83.6%, raising questions about capital intensity and funding costs.
  • Persistent insider selling. Over 24 months, insiders net sold 26.5M shares worth $584.8M with 250 dispositions versus 188 acquisitions and no cluster buys.
  • Net income decline despite revenue growth. Net income fell 3.5% YoY to $481M in FY2025 even as revenue grew 28.8%, suggesting margin pressure or reinvestment costs are offsetting top-line gains.

What would change my mind

FCF inflection. Quarterly operating cash flow turns positive or FCF loss narrows meaningfully for two consecutive quartersbullish
Revenue growth deceleration. YoY revenue growth falls below 20% for a full quarterbearish
Reclaim of 200-day MA. Stock closes above $21.56 (200-day MA) on volume with confirming MACD strengthbullish
Insider cluster buy. Multiple insiders purchase common stock on the open market within a 30-day windowbullish

Where this comes from: FMP annual + derived_metrics · derived_metrics FY2024 vs FY2025 · FMP annual + derived_metrics · FMP annual FY2025 vs FY2024. Orin's read on SOFI; not advice.

Twelve months actual closes to 2026-09-24 · actual filings

Sept 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26

50-day average 200-day average · volume below

Largest holders · 13F Q2 2026

Money flow
FilerPositionOf fund
Vanguard Capital Management$1.0B0.0% of fund
Vanguard Portfolio Management$909.8M0.0% of fund
Goldman Sachs Group$631.3M0.1% of fund
State Street$515.7M0.0% of fund
Geode Capital Management$417.6M0.0% of fund
Morgan Stanley$350.0M0.0% of fund

77 filers · quarter ended Q2 2026 · positions, not flows

Insiders, last 24 months: 476 Form 4 filings, net −$591.6M. Of the 50 on hand, 0 were open-market purchases and 3 sales— the rest are grants, option exercises and tax withholding.

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Where it trades

vs its own 5y · Financial Services
MetricNowOwn medianSector
P/E32.9×—21.6×
EV/EBITDA23.5×——
P/S3.86×4.37×—
P/B1.9×1.8×—

Its P/E sits 80th percentile of its own last 5 years (+0.75σ from its own mean).

What Wall Street published

27 firms · 2026-09-24
Consensus target

$22

$16 – $29 · +29% against today's price

How they rate it
  • 10 buy or overweight
  • 13 hold
  • 4 underweight or sell

The analysts’ consensus and their own ratings, not Orin’s. A target is a twelve-month opinion published by the firm that wrote it.

Against the companies it is compared to

median P/E 14.6× of 8 peers
CompanyMarket capP/EEV/EBITDAGrossNetROE
SOFISoFi Technologies, Inc.$22B32.9×23.5×76.5%11.4%6%
ACGLArch Capital Group Ltd.$33B7.3×6.5×46.2%24.4%20%
ARESAres Management Corporation$39B52.4×21.1×62.7%10.0%15%
HBANHuntington Bancshares Incorporated$31B11.3×14.2×63.7%16.6%9%
MSMorgan Stanley$310B15.8×23.0×59.7%16.0%18%
RJFRaymond James Financial, Inc.$30B13.6×7.9×83.5%13.6%18%
SCHWThe Charles Schwab Corporation$173B18.0×11.0×86.7%33.6%20%
STTState Street Corporation$50B15.7×14.8×65.3%15.0%12%
SYFSynchrony Financial$23B7.3×4.6×52.3%18.6%21%

The median is of the 8 peers listed above and nothing else — check it against the column. This company trades 125.0% above it. The peer set is the vendor’s, so a company can appear here that a person would not have chosen.

What it has traded at

P/E by fiscal year
FY17 6.5×FY25 62.3×

What its sector has traded at

Financial Services
FY14 29.6×FY26 23.8×

Two scales, drawn separately on purpose: a sector median and one company’s multiple are not the same number and putting them on one axis invites a comparison neither series supports.

Discounted cash flow

not recomputed since
ModelFair valueAgainstComputed
Standard DCF$18$16.06 · +15%2026-06-10
Levered DCF$-28$16.06 · −276%2026-06-10

The vendor’s intrinsic-value models. Treat them as a low-growth anchor — for a fast grower the market routinely pays well above a DCF. These were computed against the price in the “against” column, not today’s.

Every estimate on one scale

price $16.69
52-week range$15 – $33
Analyst targets$16 – $29
Standard DCF$18 as of 2026-06-10, when it was $16.06
Levered DCF$-28 as of 2026-06-10, when it was $16.06
At own 5y-median P/E (-13×)$-7
At 5y P/E range (-31–63×)$-16 – $32
At sector P/E (22×)$11

The vertical rule is the current price. Ranges and point estimates are the backend’s, published as they were calculated; an arrow means the estimate sits beyond this scale, and its number is on the right.