Chime Financial offers 25% year-over-year revenue growth, a forward P/E of 15.3x with a PEG ratio of 0.12, and a free cash flow margin of 28% despite GAAP losses, but a confirmed technical downtrend — the moving average declining 8.3% over 30 days while the stock sits below it — and a debt-to-equity of 9.2 constrain near-term entry appeal despite an otherwise favorable risk/reward geometry.
Thesis pillars
- Attractive Growth Adjusted Valuation→Stable
- Cash Generation Despite Gaap Loss→Stable
- Leverage And Downtrend Headwind↑Improving
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Chime Financial, Inc. (CHYM) Stock Analysis
Technology · Software - Application
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $33.06: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.0/10.
Chime Financial runs a mobile-first consumer banking platform serving 9.5 million Active Members in the U.S., targeting adults earning up to $100,000 annually via fee-free checking, savings, secured credit, and short-term liquidity products. Revenue is generated primarily from... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $33.06: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.0/10. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (positive momentum, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 60d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and clean insider activity. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-09-05Recent Developments — Chime Financial, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Chime Financial, Inc. (CHYM) May Report Negative Earnings: Know the Trend Ahead of Next Week's Release - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance negative
- NEWS Chime Financial, Inc. (CHYM) May Report Negative Earnings: Know the Trend Ahead of Next Week's Release - finance.yahoo.c — finance.yahoo.com negative
- NEWS SkyBridge Capital II LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in Chime Financial, Inc. $CHYM - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS CHYM|Chime Financial Inc|Price:22.020|Chg%:-0.400 - TradingKey — TradingKey neutral
- NEWS Chime Financial Inc (CHYM) Institutional Confidence - TradingKey — TradingKey neutral
Generated 2026-09-05T21:17:35Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMProductinterchange-based fees10-K Item 1A: 'We earn the significant majority of our revenue through interchange-based fees when our members use their Chime-branded debit or credit cards'
- MEDIUMSupplierbank partners (Bancorp and Stride)10-K Item 1A: 'Our relationships with our bank partners are crucial to our business ... We partner with The Bancorp Bank, N.A. ("Bancorp") ... and with Stride Bank, N.A. ("Stride")'
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Rating Breakdown
1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
Insiders leaning net-seller recently. Could be diversification/taxes rather than view, but the signal is not supportive.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $33.06: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.0/10. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $31.40. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $38.82 (-6.6% upside). Prior stop was $31.40. Stop-loss: $31.40.
Cyclical trap - fwd PE 21x vs trail 6x (3.3x); Target reached (-6.6% upside); Heavy insider selling (2.0 < 2.5).
Chime Financial, Inc. trades at a P/E of 6.3 (forward 21.0). TrendMatrix value score: 5.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
28 analysts cover CHYM with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $35.
What does Chime Financial, Inc. do?Chime Financial runs a mobile-first consumer banking platform serving 9.5 million Active Members in the U.S., targeting...
Chime Financial runs a mobile-first consumer banking platform serving 9.5 million Active Members in the U.S., targeting adults earning up to $100,000 annually via fee-free checking, savings, secured credit, and short-term liquidity products. Revenue is generated primarily from interchange fees on Visa-branded debit and credit cards, with banking services delivered through partners The Bancorp Bank, N.A. and Stride Bank, N.A.