Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for BFH in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Sep 28 close
This week's news around Bread Financial is thin on hard catalysts, with most coverage recycling commentary rather than new developments. One item noted shares down 4.9% to $102.69, described by an outside valuation model as trading well above its estimated fair value, while another characterized the stock as a "Strong Value" name. Beyond these mixed takes, no earnings, deal, product or regulatory news surfaced in the period.
BFH closes at $101.25, down 1.6%, with the stock sitting between its 50-day average of $106.98 and 200-day average of $88.70, reflecting a mixed trend picture. The GekkoIndex reads 63.5, placing it in the Accumulation zone. Against a Gekko Fair Value of $110.03, the current price sits 8% below that mark. Longer-term momentum remains strong, with the shares up 68.6% over one year, even as the past month and quarter show declines of 6.3% and 6.9% respectively.
Looking ahead, Bread Financial reports next on 22 October 2026, before the market open, which falls inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window and follows a quarter where EPS beat estimates 7 of the last 8 times. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the recent windows. Seasonality over the past 5 years shows the next 20 trading days averaging -1.6%, positive in 3 of those years, a pattern worth noting alongside the approaching earnings date.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Bread Financial scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
Averages disagree
Close $101.25 sits between the 50-day ($106.98) and 200-day ($88.70) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart63.5, Accumulation
Reading 63.5 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex8.0% below
Price is 8% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 23 days
Reports on Oct 22, 2026, 23 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings−1.6% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −1.6% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Bread Financial closed at $101.25 on Sep 28, 2026, +68.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $53.83 to $114.53.
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Bread Financial provides payment and credit services to consumers and businesses across North America. It finances credit cards and other lending products, handling risk assessment, account origination, and funding for roughly 130 private label and co-branded card programs, and it issues Comenity-branded general purpose cash-back cards.
The company manages the full life cycle of the loans it creates, spanning private label, co-brand, and general-purpose card portfolios, along with its Bread installment and split-pay lending products. It works with around 500 small and medium-sized businesses through its Bread partnerships, and beyond lending it offers marketing, data, and analytics support. Its digital tools include a unified software development kit that lets partners integrate its products and surface credit options earlier in the shopping process, plus a payments platform built on a set of application programming interfaces that lets merchants add online point-of-sale financing options like installment and split-pay.
Founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1996 and previously known as Alliance Data Systems Corporation before adopting its current name in March 2022, Bread Financial trades on the NYSE under the ticker BFH.
Bread Financial’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 63.5, in the Accumulation zone, up 6.2 points over five sessions.
Up 6.2 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 28 | +1.0% | +5.5% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 128 | +2.5% | +8.2% | ||
| Neutral | 442 | +1.0% | +3.7% | ||
| Distribution | 72 | −0.4% | −0.8% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average BFH share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
Bread Financial trades 8.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $110.03, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Bread Financial shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$110.03
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 25, 2026
8.0% Undervalued
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Bread Financial, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for BFH in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in BFH were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Bread Financial has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds BFH.
Bread Financial reports on Oct 22, 2026, before the open (23 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Oct 22, 2026
Expected before the open, 23 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $3.55 est $2.52 | $993.0M est $959.3M | +2.4% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $4.18 est $3.05 | $1.02B est $993.6M | −6.8% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $2.07 est $0.40 | $975.0M est $953.3M | +6.4% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $4.02 est $2.11 | $971.0M est $968.1M | +8.2% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $3.14 est $1.85 | $926.0M est $973.9M | −1.4% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $2.86 est $2.10 | $970.0M est $953.5M | +2.4% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.41 est $0.32 | $925.0M est $973.6M | −0.5% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $1.84 est $1.95 | $983.0M est $981.3M | −3.2% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Bread Financial is $114.81, +13.4% from the last close, from 13 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 13 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | Barclays | $109 | +7.7% |
| Sep 15 | TD Cowen | $114 | +12.6% |
| Sep 15 | Wells Fargo | $115 | +13.6% |
| Sep 15 | Bank of America Securities | $129 | +27.4% |
| Sep 11 | Wells Fargo | $115 | +13.6% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Bread Financial averaged −1.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −3.1% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −2.1% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −2.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −1.6% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +7.6% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, BFH’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8%.
Bread Financial’s market cap is $4.09B, with a P/E ratio of 7.7 and revenue of $2.67B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Bread Financial this week reads neutral: 0 positive, 2 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
Bread Financial’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| VVisa | Neutral | 5.4% below |
| MAMastercard | Neutral | 6.5% below |
| AXPAmerican Express | Accumulation | 12.9% below |
| COFCapital One Financial | Accumulation | 14.8% below |
| URIUnited Rentals | Neutral | 9.0% below |
| RKTRocket Companies | Accumulation | 23.5% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Bread Financial’s market cap is $4.09B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $101.25, with 38.42M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 7.7.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Bread Financial is $114.81, +13.4% from the last close. Of the 13 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 7 rate it a buy, 6 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Bread Financial is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $101.25 is 8.0% below Gekko Fair Value of $110.03. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Bread Financial is expected to report on Oct 22, 2026, before the market opens (23 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $3.46 per share on revenue of $1.01B. Bread Financial beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.9% on average across the report.
Bread Financial’s 52-week high is $114.53 and its 52-week low is $53.83; it closed at $101.25 on Sep 28, 2026, +68.6% over the past year.
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