Compare Stocks: SEZL, AFRM, PYPL, and COST

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AFRM Affirm	$67.99 -0.2%	$76.50	$42.10 ▼ $92.56	$22.94B	3.61	5.36 million shs	3.72 million shs
COST Costco Wholesale	$902.38 0.0%	$942.01	$844.06 ▼ $1,096.50	$400.19B	0.86	2.17 million shs	1.92 million shs
PYPL PayPal	$53.31 +2.2%	$55.62	$38.46 ▼ $79.21	$45.60B	1.28	18.29 million shs	11.35 million shs
SEZL Sezzle	$118.41 +1.1%	$147.12	$49.50 ▼ $195.71	$3.99B	6.66	722,195 shs	369,776 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AFRM Affirm	-5.45%	-8.02%	-9.78%	+2.50%	-22.92%
COST Costco Wholesale	-0.83%	-2.79%	-5.26%	-7.49%	-7.83%
PYPL PayPal	-1.90%	-4.57%	-11.68%	+26.50%	-22.92%
SEZL Sezzle	-1.02%	-3.59%	-0.73%	-9.07%	+26.30%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AFRM Affirm	$67.99 -0.2%	$76.50	$42.10 ▼ $92.56	$22.94B	3.61	5.36 million shs	3.72 million shs
COST Costco Wholesale	$902.38 0.0%	$942.01	$844.06 ▼ $1,096.50	$400.19B	0.86	2.17 million shs	1.92 million shs
PYPL PayPal	$53.31 +2.2%	$55.62	$38.46 ▼ $79.21	$45.60B	1.28	18.29 million shs	11.35 million shs
SEZL Sezzle	$118.41 +1.1%	$147.12	$49.50 ▼ $195.71	$3.99B	6.66	722,195 shs	369,776 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AFRM Affirm	-5.45%	-8.02%	-9.78%	+2.50%	-22.92%
COST Costco Wholesale	-0.83%	-2.79%	-5.26%	-7.49%	-7.83%
PYPL PayPal	-1.90%	-4.57%	-11.68%	+26.50%	-22.92%
SEZL Sezzle	-1.02%	-3.59%	-0.73%	-9.07%	+26.30%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AFRM Affirm	2.75	Moderate Buy	$99.33	46.10% Upside
COST Costco Wholesale	2.60	Moderate Buy	$1,056.03	17.03% Upside
PYPL PayPal	2.11	Hold	$56.03	5.10% Upside
SEZL Sezzle	2.67	Moderate Buy	$146.50	23.72% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest SEZL, AFRM, PYPL, and COST Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/9/2026	AFRM Affirm	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
9/9/2026	AFRM Affirm	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$105.00
9/8/2026	AFRM Affirm	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$105.00
9/8/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$1,030.00
9/4/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$1,091.00
9/4/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$1,144.00
9/3/2026	AFRM Affirm	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$83.00 ➝ $85.00
9/3/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$1,000.00
9/3/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$1,125.00
9/2/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
9/2/2026	AFRM Affirm	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Sector Outperform	$95.00

(Data available from 9/10/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AFRM Affirm	$4.26B	5.38	$5.43 per share	12.53	$16.26 per share	4.18
COST Costco Wholesale	$275.24B	1.45	$23.31 per share	38.72	$65.76 per share	13.72
PYPL PayPal	$33.17B	1.37	$6.56 per share	8.13	$22.00 per share	2.42
SEZL Sezzle	$450.28M	8.85	$3.82 per share	31.02	$4.97 per share	23.82

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AFRM Affirm	$1.93B	$5.52	12.32	23.69	2.95	45.29%	47.91%	14.46%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
COST Costco Wholesale	$8.10B	$19.88	45.39	40.12	3.79	3.01%	28.04%	10.63%	9/24/2026 (Estimated)
PYPL PayPal	$5.23B	$5.29	10.08	9.19	1.13	14.36%	24.39%	6.06%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
SEZL Sezzle	$133.13M	$4.60	25.74	17.78	N/A	30.35%	83.48%	37.55%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest SEZL, AFRM, PYPL, and COST Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
9/24/2026	Q4 2026	COST Costco Wholesale	$6.55	N/A	N/A	N/A	$94.83 billion	N/A
8/27/2026	Q4 2026	AFRM Affirm	$0.3473	$4.62	+$4.2727	$4.62	$1.11 billion	$1.07 billion
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	SEZL Sezzle	$1.03	$1.13	+$0.10	$1.17	$135.09 million	$149.68 million
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	PYPL PayPal	$1.28	$1.38	+$0.10	$1.25	$8.47 billion	$8.68 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AFRM Affirm	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
COST Costco Wholesale	$5.88	0.65%	+12.75%	29.58%	22 Years
PYPL PayPal	$0.56	1.05%	N/A	10.59%	N/A
SEZL Sezzle	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest SEZL, AFRM, PYPL, and COST Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/27/2026	PYPL PayPal	quarterly	$0.14	1.02%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/25/2026
7/8/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	quarterly	$1.47	0.63%	7/24/2026	7/24/2026	8/7/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AFRM Affirm	1.82	11.80	11.80
COST Costco Wholesale	0.17	1.07	0.61
PYPL PayPal	0.55	1.29	1.29
SEZL Sezzle	0.52	4.02	4.02

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AFRM Affirm	69.29%
COST Costco Wholesale	68.48%
PYPL PayPal	68.32%
SEZL Sezzle	2.02%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AFRM Affirm	11.01%
COST Costco Wholesale	0.10%
PYPL PayPal	0.63%
SEZL Sezzle	49.49%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AFRM Affirm	2,358	337.42 million	300.27 million	Optionable
COST Costco Wholesale	341,000	443.48 million	443.04 million	Optionable
PYPL PayPal	23,800	855.46 million	850.07 million	Optionable
SEZL Sezzle	540	33.67 million	17.01 million	Not Optionable

SEZL, AFRM, PYPL, and COST Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Sezzle's Engagement Story Keeps Building: Is the Stock Attractive Now?

September 10 at 1:41 PM | zacks.com

Sezzle’s BNPL Growth Is Working, But the Stock Comes With a Catch

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September 10 at 7:25 AM | marketbeat.com

Why Sezzle Inc. (SEZL) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Term

September 8 at 10:45 AM | zacks.com

Wall Street Analysts See a 35.89% Upside in Sezzle Inc. (SEZL): Can the Stock Really Move This High?

September 7 at 10:55 AM | zacks.com

Brokerages Set Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL) Target Price at $146.50

September 5, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Invests $1.49 Million in Sezzle Inc. $SEZL

September 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Makes New Investment in Sezzle Inc. $SEZL

September 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sezzle Grows Merchant Network: Can New Brands Drive Wider Adoption?

September 2, 2026 | zacks.com

Affirm Rallies 6% on $104 Price Target From BofA, Sezzle Climbs 4%, PayPal Rises 3%

September 2, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Sezzle Drops 5.5% Amid Sector-Wide Selling

September 1, 2026 | news.alphastreet.comN

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) Shares Gap Down - Here's What Happened

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Gymshark, Debenhams Group, and Follett Higher Education Now Offer Sezzle at Checkout

September 1, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Takes Position in Sezzle Inc. $SEZL

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ:SEZL) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

113,232 Shares in Sezzle Inc. $SEZL Purchased by Jupiter Topco LLC

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

13,209 Shares in Sezzle Inc. $SEZL Acquired by Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc.

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Kyle Brehm Sells 1,000 Shares of Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) Stock

August 29, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Sezzle Insider Makes a Notable Move in the Market

August 28, 2026 | tipranks.com

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) Director Kyle Brehm Sells 1,000 Shares

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sezzle Sets 2026 Virtual Annual Stockholders Meeting Timeline

August 28, 2026 | tipranks.com

Is Sezzle Inc. (SEZL) a Solid Growth Stock? 3 Reasons to Think "Yes"

August 28, 2026 | zacks.com

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SEZL, AFRM, PYPL, and COST Company Descriptions

Affirm NASDAQ:AFRM

$67.99 -0.16 (-0.23%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$67.93 -0.06 (-0.09%)

As of 07:02 PM Eastern

Affirm Holdings, Inc. operates a platform for digital and mobile-first commerce in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company's platform includes point-of-sale payment solution for consumers, merchant commerce solutions, and a consumer-focused app. Its commerce platform, agreements with originating banks, and capital markets partners enables consumers to pay for a purchase over time with terms ranging up to 60 months. The company has active merchants covering small businesses, large enterprises, direct-to-consumer brands, brick-and-mortar stores, and companies with an omni-channel presence. Its merchants represent a range of industries, including sporting goods and outdoors, furniture and homewares, travel and ticketing, apparel, accessories, consumer electronics, and jewelry. Affirm Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

$902.38 -0.22 (-0.02%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$902.00 -0.38 (-0.04%)

As of 07:00 PM Eastern

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. It offers merchandise, such as sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company also operates gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers; and offers business delivery, travel, grocery, and various other services online. It also operates e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

PayPal NASDAQ:PYPL

$53.31 +1.14 (+2.19%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$53.26 -0.05 (-0.10%)

As of 07:00 PM Eastern

PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates a technology platform that enables digital payments on behalf of merchants and consumers worldwide. It operates a two-sided network at scale that connects merchants and consumers that enables its customers to connect, transact, and send and receive payments through online and in person, as well as transfer and withdraw funds using various funding sources, such as bank accounts, PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products comprising its installment products, credit and debit cards, and cryptocurrencies, as well as other stored value products, including gift cards and eligible rewards. The company provides payment solutions under the PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, Zettle, Hyperwallet, Honey, and Paidy names. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Sezzle NASDAQ:SEZL

$118.41 +1.27 (+1.08%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$118.94 +0.53 (+0.45%)

As of 06:56 PM Eastern

Sezzle Inc. operates as a technology-enabled payments company primarily in the United States and Canada. The company provides payment solution in-store and at online retail stores; and through proprietary payments solution that connects consumers with merchants. It also offers Sezzle Platform that provides a payments solution for consumers that extends credit at the point-of-sale allowing consumers to purchase and receive the ordered merchandise at the time of sale while paying in installments over time; Pay-in-Four, which allows consumers to pay a fourth of the purchase price up front and then another fourth of the purchase price every two weeks thereafter over a total of six weeks; Pay-in-Full that allows consumers to pay for the full value of their order up-front through the Sezzle Platform without the extension of credit; and Pay-in-Two and other alternative installment options, which allow consumer to pay half of the value of their order up-front and the second half in two weeks. In addition, the company provides Sezzle Virtual Card that allows consumers to access the Sezzle Platform in the form of close-end installment loans and shop with merchants that are not integrated with Sezzle; Sezzle Anywhere, a paid subscription service that allows consumers to use their Sezzle Virtual Card at any merchant online or in-store; Sezzle Premium, a paid subscription service that allows its consumers to access large, non-integrated premium merchants; and Sezzle Up, an opt-in feature of the Sezzle Platform. Further, it offers Long-Term Lending through collaboration with third-party lenders and Product Innovation. Sezzle Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Latest SEZL, AFRM, PYPL, and COST Analyst Ratings

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SEZL, AFRM, PYPL, and COST Headlines

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SEZL, AFRM, PYPL, and COST Company Descriptions

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