Understanding Affirms' Income Statement

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SamSmithFellow1
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Understanding Affirms' Income Statement

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Hello,
I am trying to understand Affirm's income statement (https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AFRM/financials?p=AFRM). Looking at the TTM column, can someone please help me understand what the "Interest Income Non Operating" (shown as $170,934) is for?

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it's probably interest that they earn when investing their excess cash, e.g. in bonds
you can browse through their financial statements, there should be more info in explanatory notes
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Thanks Marek. Could this interest income come from both the "Cash" they had and the "Debt" they have on their Balance Sheet? Becuase when I look at just their Cash , this level of "Interest from Non Operating" source looks very high.
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Debt is usually used to describe financial liabilities so it brings interest expense rather than interest income. Look for investments and remember that they clould have held them during the year and sold before the balance sheet date. Did you look at their financial statements?
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Looks like Affirm's Income Statement is contructed differently than other Personal Loan lenders. LendingClub's Income Statement is very self-explainatory.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/LC/financials?p=LC

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Do they report US GAAP?
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Yes, they use US GAAP
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