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↑Improving
- Cash Generation Despite Gaap Loss→Stable
- Leverage And Downtrend Headwind→Stable
- +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 $26.78: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.4/10 and A.R:R 2.7:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Negative price momentum.
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 $26.78: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.4/10 and A.R:R 2.7:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 6.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 40d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and clean insider activity. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-09-26Recent 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 2026-09-26T10:02:21Z.
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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
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Insiders leaning net-seller recently. Could be diversification/taxes rather than view, but the signal is not supportive.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $26.78: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.4/10 and A.R:R 2.7:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $25.28. Score 6.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $35.47 (+32.4% upside). Prior stop was $25.28. Stop-loss: $25.28.
Cyclical trap - fwd PE 17x vs trail 5x (3.4x); Heavy insider selling (2.0 < 2.5).
Chime Financial, Inc. trades at a P/E of 4.9 (forward 16.8). TrendMatrix value score: 7.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
28 analysts cover CHYM with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $39.
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.