NYSE: BFH

Bread Financial (BFH) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Sep 28 close

$101.25−1.66 (−1.6%)

Gekko Brief

AI summary

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 price vs fair value

$110.03$101.25Sep ’25Mar ’26Sep ’26
Close $101.25200-day averageGekko Fair Value $110.03

Bread Financial quick facts

Market cap
$4.09B
P/E ratio
7.7
Forward P/E
7.8
EPS, TTM
$12.89
Revenue, TTM
$2.67B
Profit margin
21.4%
Dividend yield
0.88%
Beta
1.13
Volume
505,080 avg 592,984
1-year return
+68.6%
Typical daily move
±3.6%
Typical 20-day move
±8%
50-day average
$106.98
200-day average
$88.70
Next earnings
Oct 22 before open
Shares outstanding
38.42M
52-week range
$53.83$114.53

Bread Financial swing-trade checklist

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

  • Trendmixed

    Averages disagree

    Close $101.25 sits between the 50-day ($106.98) and 200-day ($88.70) averages, or the averages disagree.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    63.5, Accumulation

    Reading 63.5 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    8.0% below

    Price is 8% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings riskheadwind

    Reports in 23 days

    Reports on Oct 22, 2026, 23 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitymixed

    −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.

    See seasonality

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Bread Financial stock chart and price history

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.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Bread Financial share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$60$80NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep101.25

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
−6.3%
3 months
−6.9%
6 months
+40.4%
1 year
+68.6%
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About Bread Financial

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.

Listed
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Finance/Rental/Leasing
Website
breadfinancial.com

Bread Financial GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

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.

010063.5Accumulation

Up 6.2 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.

Reading for Sep 28, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying28+1.0%+3.9%+5.5%+16.6%
Accumulation (current zone)128+2.5%+4.0%+8.2%+14.9%
Neutral442+1.0%+1.9%+3.7%+10.0%
Distribution72−0.4%−0.4%−0.8%+1.3%
Selling2Too 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 →

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Is Bread Financial stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

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

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Bread Financial insider and Congress trading

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.

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.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in BFH were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Bread Financial has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
$243.0M
As a share of market cap
5.94%
Trailing four quarters
$559.0M

From company filings.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

1of the funds Gekko tracks holds BFH.

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Bread Financial earnings: next date and track record

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.

7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.9%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−3.2%Oct ’24−0.5%Jan ’25+2.4%Apr ’25−1.4%Jul ’25+8.2%Oct ’25+6.4%Jan ’26−6.8%Apr ’26+2.4%Jul ’26

Last earnings call, Jul 23, 2026 AI summary

What they said
Bread Financial delivered strong Q2 2026 results with net income of $146 million and tangible book value per share up 22% YoY to $63.66. Adjusted PPNR grew 11% YoY on 7% revenue growth. Credit sales increased 11% YoY with 5% end-of-period loan growth to $18.5 billion. Direct-to-consumer deposits grew 16% YoY to $9.4 billion, reaching 50% of funding mix. New partnerships launched with Ford, Raymour & Flanigan, and Vivint.
Guidance
Management expressed confidence in business outlook despite macroeconomic uncertainty and persistent inflation. The company remains focused on responsible profitable loan growth, capital discipline, and strategic AI investments to drive sustainable long-term shareholder returns.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Jul 23, 2026$3.55
est $2.52
+40.9%$993.0M
est $959.3M
+3.5%+2.4%
Apr 23, 2026$4.18
est $3.05
+37.0%$1.02B
est $993.6M
+2.5%−6.8%
Jan 29, 2026$2.07
est $0.40
+417.5%$975.0M
est $953.3M
+2.3%+6.4%
Oct 23, 2025$4.02
est $2.11
+90.5%$971.0M
est $968.1M
+0.3%+8.2%
Jul 24, 2025$3.14
est $1.85
+69.7%$926.0M
est $973.9M
−4.9%−1.4%
Apr 24, 2025$2.86
est $2.10
+36.2%$970.0M
est $953.5M
+1.7%+2.4%
Jan 30, 2025$0.41
est $0.32
+28.1%$925.0M
est $973.6M
−5.0%−0.5%
Oct 24, 2024$1.84
est $1.95
−5.6%$983.0M
est $981.3M
+0.2%−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.

Bread Financial stock forecast and analyst price targets

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.

$114.81consensus 12-month target, +13.4% from the last close
Low $107High $132
Buy7
Hold6
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 13 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Sep 16BarclaysHold, maintained$109+7.7%
Sep 15TD CowenHold, maintained$114+12.6%
Sep 15Wells FargoHold, reiterated$115+13.6%
Sep 15Bank of America SecuritiesBuy, reiterated$129+27.4%
Sep 11Wells FargoHold, initiated$115+13.6%
+8.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
−1.6%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.6%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Bread Financial seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Bread Financial averaged −1.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

−13.9%2021+7.6%2022−21.7%2023+7.7%2024+14.1%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears 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 market cap and key statistics

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.

Valuation

Market cap
$4.09B
P/E ratio
7.7
Forward P/E
7.8
EPS, TTM
$12.89
Gekko Fair Value
$110.03

Trading

Volume
505,080
Avg volume, 20 days
592,984
52-week high
$114.53
52-week low
$53.83
Shares outstanding
38.42M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$2.67B
Profit margin
21.4%
Return on equity
17.4%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+21.2%

Risk and income

Beta
1.13
Typical daily move
±3.6%
Typical 20-day move
±8%
Dividend yield
0.88%

Bread Financial stock news this week

Coverage of Bread Financial this week reads neutral: 0 positive, 2 neutral and 1 negative headlines.

News sentiment neutral

Bread Financial peers

Bread Financial’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
VVisa+0.3%Neutral5.4% below
MAMastercard+0.4%Neutral6.5% below
AXPAmerican Express−0.4%Accumulation12.9% below
COFCapital One Financial−1.4%Accumulation14.8% below
URIUnited Rentals+0.5%Neutral9.0% below
RKTRocket Companies−1.8%Accumulation23.5% below

A peer links to its own page where one exists.

In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Bread Financial stock FAQ

What is Bread Financial’s market cap?

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.

What is the Bread Financial stock forecast?

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.

Is Bread Financial stock overvalued or undervalued?

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.

When does Bread Financial report earnings next?

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.

What is Bread Financial’s 52-week high and low?

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.

Is Bread Financial stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and fair value), 2 as mixed (trend and seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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