Zip Co (ASX:ZIP) Risk Assessment


ASX:ZIP Zip Co Ltd ASX:ZIP
63 GF Score
Price A$3.23
GF Value A$2.08
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 7 Warning Signs
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What is Zip Co Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Zip Co is: High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff.

Zip Co  (ASX:ZIP) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Zip Co Risk Assessment Related Terms

ASX:ZIP vs V, MA, AXP: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Credit Services subindustry, Zip Co's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Zip Co Risk Assessment vs Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Zip Co's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zip Co's Risk Assessment falls into.


ASX:ZIP
63GF Score
Zip Co Ltd ASX:ZIP
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Is Zip Co (ASX:ZIP) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Zip Co stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of A$3.23 is trading 55.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of A$2.08. GuruFocus considers Zip Co to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for ASX:ZIP:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: A$2.08 vs. price of A$3.23 (55.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 63/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the ASX:ZIP stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Zip Co Business Description

Other Exchanges ZIZTF:USAYRRA:Germany
Address 126 Phillip Street, Level 5, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Zip is a credit provider operating two segments: Australia and New Zealand, and the US. Founded in Australia in 2013, it has over 6 million active customers and partners with over 85,000 merchants. In Australia, Zip positions itself as a credit card alternative, with several revolving credit products. Customers can carry the balance over time with a monthly fee and set their own repayment schedule. The US and New Zealand offering is a far more vanilla BNPL offering: Pay-in-4 in New Zealand and Pay-in-Z in the US, where customers pay back in fixed instalments. The US segment is built on the 2020 acquisition of QuadPay and has recently become Zip's largest and fastest-growing segment.
63GF Score

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A$3.23
Price
A$2.08
GF Value