Klarna, Affirm, Sezzle Rally as PayPal Deal Collapses

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Buy now, pay later stocks rallied Friday after Bloomberg reported that Stripe and Advent International abandoned a takeover of PayPal Holdings valued at more than $50 billion, with Klarna up 6% to $14.86, Affirm up 10% to $85.01, and Sezzle up 2% to $128.46, while PayPal fell 11% to $54.40 as the takeover premium unwound. Affirm's surge followed its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings, which CEO Max Levchin called "our most profitable quarter ever, even without the tax allowance release," and the company also promoted Michael Linford to president and launched Shop Pay Installments in Australia exclusively through Affirm. Klarna and Sezzle had no company-specific catalysts, with their gains driven by read-across relief from the removal of a potential giant rival. The ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF was down 0.1% to $47, while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust rose 0.1% to $772.16, indicating a name-level event rather than a sector move. Investors should watch for confirmation of Affirm's profitability inflection and the Shop Pay Australia distribution deal in fiscal Q1 2027 volume metrics, while PayPal's next test is whether branded-checkout stabilization can support the stock without a takeover backstop.

Impact on stocks 6

Digital Finance & Tokenization± Mixed · 4 stocks
PayPal Holdings Inc
PYPL
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

Takeover by Stripe and Advent abandoned, causing 11% drop as premium unwound.

Affirm Holdings Inc
AFRM
▲ PositiveCapitalDemandrelevance

Fiscal Q4 earnings were 'most profitable quarter ever' and company promoted Michael Linford to president.

Klarna Group plc
KLAR
▲ Positiverelevance

Rallied 6% on read-across relief from PayPal takeover collapse, no company-specific catalyst.

Sezzle Inc.
SEZL
▲ Positiverelevance

Rallied 2% on read-across relief from PayPal takeover collapse, no company-specific catalyst.

Artificial Intelligence▲ · 1 stocks
Cloud & Digital Infrastructure▲ · 1 stocks

Off-coverage companies 2

Advent InternationalPrivate± Mixed
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Stripe, Inc.Private± Mixed
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