We hosted Oportun Financial at the Sidoti Year End Conference, where CEO Raul Vazquez outlined the company's focus on improving credit outcomes and strengthening business economics while maintaining expense discipline.
In our 2026 outlook, we highlight a return to revenue growth due to high-quality loan originations, which had risen for four consecutive quarters as of 3Q:25. Still, given ongoing economic uncertainty, we expect OPRT to maintain a conservative underwriting posture and manage loan growth to economic conditions.
OPRT will have room to further taper operating expenses into 2026, in our view, which we expect to support operating leverage. Our 2026 EPS estimate is $1.28, up from an estimated $1.02 in 2025.
At our Sidoti Year End Conference, management outlined OPRT's secured personal loan product, which has grown nicely while showcasing credit losses that have trended about 500 basis points lower than the unsecured loan product.
OPRT continues to meaningfully improve its balance sheet, with leverage down to 7.1x at 3Q:25 from the 3Q:24 peak of 8.7x. We expect the company to continue to repay its high cost (about 15%) term loan.
As leverage progresses toward OPRT's 6x target, management mentioned possibly adding share repurchases to its capital allocation framework, considering the share price trades well below book value (about a 40% discount to our 2026 book value per share estimate of $9.57).
We maintain our $10 price target, based on a 7x applied multiple to our 2027 adjusted EPS estimate of $1.59. Our moderate risk rating reflects the economic sensitivity of OPRT's borrowing cohort and its credit products.
17 Dec 2025
2026 Outlook: We Expect Continued Expense Discipline To Support Operating Leverage Amid Conservative Underwriting; Balance Sheet Improving; Maintain Estimates, $10 Price Target
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2026 Outlook: We Expect Continued Expense Discipline To Support Operating Leverage Amid Conservative Underwriting; Balance Sheet Improving; Maintain Estimates, $10 Price Target
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17 Dec 2025 -
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We hosted Oportun Financial at the Sidoti Year End Conference, where CEO Raul Vazquez outlined the company's focus on improving credit outcomes and strengthening business economics while maintaining expense discipline.
In our 2026 outlook, we highlight a return to revenue growth due to high-quality loan originations, which had risen for four consecutive quarters as of 3Q:25. Still, given ongoing economic uncertainty, we expect OPRT to maintain a conservative underwriting posture and manage loan growth to economic conditions.
OPRT will have room to further taper operating expenses into 2026, in our view, which we expect to support operating leverage. Our 2026 EPS estimate is $1.28, up from an estimated $1.02 in 2025.
At our Sidoti Year End Conference, management outlined OPRT's secured personal loan product, which has grown nicely while showcasing credit losses that have trended about 500 basis points lower than the unsecured loan product.
OPRT continues to meaningfully improve its balance sheet, with leverage down to 7.1x at 3Q:25 from the 3Q:24 peak of 8.7x. We expect the company to continue to repay its high cost (about 15%) term loan.
As leverage progresses toward OPRT's 6x target, management mentioned possibly adding share repurchases to its capital allocation framework, considering the share price trades well below book value (about a 40% discount to our 2026 book value per share estimate of $9.57).
We maintain our $10 price target, based on a 7x applied multiple to our 2027 adjusted EPS estimate of $1.59. Our moderate risk rating reflects the economic sensitivity of OPRT's borrowing cohort and its credit products.