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Ally Financial Shares Touch 52-Week High: How to Play It Now?
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Key Takeaways
Ally Financial shares touched a 52-week high of $46.78 and closed at $46.43.
ALLY's net financing revenues show multi-year growth, supported by origination volumes.
Ally Financial faces weak asset quality, NIM pressure and rising costs, keeping the stock a cautious bet.
Shares of Ally Financial Inc. (ALLY - Free Report) touched a new 52-week high of $46.78 during yesterday’s trading session to finally close at $46.43. The price increase was primarily driven by stronger U.S. GDP growth, boosting confidence in economic resilience and future earnings.
Over the past three months, the ALLY stock has risen 13.7%, outperforming the industry and the S&P 500 index’s growth of 10.4% and 5.1%, respectively. If we compare ALLY’s price performance with its close peers, OneMain Holdings, Inc. (OMF - Free Report) and Credit Acceptance Corporation (CACC - Free Report) , it appears that while ALLY has outperformed CACC, it has underperformed OMF.
Over the past three months, shares of Credit Acceptance have lost 1.2%, while OneMain Holdings’ stock has rallied 16.9%.
3-Month Price Performance
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Does ALLY have more upside left despite touching a 52-week high? Let us find out.
Factors Supporting Ally Financial’s Growth
Revenue Strength: Growth in one of the key sources of revenues — net financing revenues — is a major positive for Ally Financial. While the metric declined in 2024, it witnessed a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4% over the five years ended 2024, with the uptrend continuing in the first nine months of 2025. In the same time frame, the company’s net total finance receivables and loans recorded a CAGR of almost 1%.
Supported by strong origination volumes, retail loan growth and ALLY’s balance sheet repositioning action (undertaken in March 2025), its net financing revenues are expected to continue improving in the quarters ahead.
We expect the metric to grow 2.3% this year, 6.1% in 2026 and 3.7% in 2027. Per the Zacks Consensus Estimate, ALLY’s total revenues for 2026 are projected to grow 12.5% on a year-over-year basis.
Revenue Growth Estimate
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Restructuring Efforts: Ally Financial has been restructuring its operations to create a simplified and streamlined organizational structure. As such, the company announced some business actions in January 2025. These include the divestiture of its credit card business (Ally Credit Card), ceasing new mortgage loan originations and reducing workforce.
In 2024, the company divested its point-of-sale financing business, Ally Lending. Further, Ally Financial plans to invest resources in growing core businesses and strengthening relationships with dealer customers.
These efforts are expected to drive the company’s other revenues. While the metric declined in the first nine months of 2025, it saw a five-year (ended 2024) CAGR of 4.2%.
Robust Liquidity Position: As of Sept. 30, 2025, Ally Financial had total debt of $20.6 billion (the majority of this is long-term in nature) and total cash and cash equivalents of $10.2 billion. Nevertheless, the company maintains investment grade ratings of BBB- from both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, and Baa3 from Moody’s on its long-term debt, which enables it to access the debt market easily.
Moreover, ALLY has come a long way in improving its balance sheet and fundamentals. This has resulted in the company’s robust capital distribution actions. In January 2022, it announced a 20% dividend hike and has maintained it since then.
In December 2025, the company announced a multi-year share repurchase plan to repurchase shares worth up to $2 billion (without an expiration date). While Ally Financial has not repurchased shares since 2023, it is expected to be able to sustain enhanced capital distributions, driven by its capital strength, earnings growth and favorable dividend payout ratio. Through this, ALLY will be able to keep enhancing shareholder value.
What’s Hurting Ally Financial’s Growth?
Weak Asset Quality: Weakening asset quality is a major headwind for Ally Financial. Although the company’s net charge-offs (NCOs) and provision for loan losses declined in 2021, both increased in the years post that. While both metrics declined in the first nine months of 2025, relatively high interest rates, volatility and cumulative inflationary pressure are leading to the deteriorating credit profile of the company’s borrowers, which will likely result in a near-term rise in credit costs.
Hence, NCOs and provisions are expected to remain elevated. Management expects the NCO rate to be 1.30% for 2025.
Elevated Expense Base: Ally Financial has been witnessing a persistent rise in expenses. Over the last five years (ended 2024), the company’s expenses saw a CAGR of 8.6%, with the uptrend continuing in the first nine months of 2025. The increase was mainly due to higher compensation and benefit costs.
With the company launching products and focusing on core operations, non-interest expenses are expected to remain elevated. We expect total non-interest expenses to rise 4.2% in 2025.
Pressure on Net Interest Margin (NIM): While ALLY’s net yield on interest-earning assets expanded in the first nine months of 2025, the metric declined to 3.27% in 2024 from 3.32% in 2023, 3.85% in 2022 and 3.54% in 2021 because of a jump in deposit costs.
Although management expects the company’s balance sheet to turn liability-sensitive in the medium term, it will remain modestly asset-sensitive in the next few quarters.
Thus, despite the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, the still relatively high interest-rate environment is expected to adversely impact Ally Financial’s NIM. The sale of the credit card business will further affect NIM expansion, while runoff in the mortgage loan portfolio is expected to offset this to some extent.
Analyzing ALLY’s Earnings Estimates & Valuation
Analysts seem optimistic regarding ALLY’s earnings growth potential. Over the past 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its 2025 and 2026 earnings has moved higher.
Estimate Revision Trend
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The earnings estimate for 2025 of $3.76 per share suggests a year-over-year rise of 60%. The estimate for 2026 of $5.32 suggests growth of 41.7%.
In terms of its valuation, ALLY’s forward 12-month price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.77X is currently below the industry average of 10.17X. This indicates that Ally Financial’s shares are trading at a discount in comparison to its peers.
P/E (F12M) Ratio
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How to Play the ALLY Stock Now?
Increasing net financing revenues and a solid liquidity position are expected to keep supporting ALLY’s financials. Moreover, the company’s business streamlining initiatives, focus on core businesses, solid origination volumes and balance sheet repositioning actions will likely drive revenue growth. An attractive valuation is another positive for the company.
However, weak asset quality, NIM pressure and elevated expenses remain major near-term headwinds for the company, which make us apprehensive about its growth prospects.
Thus, the ALLY stock remains a cautious bet for investors at the moment. Those who already own the stock can hold on to it for now as it is less likely to disappoint in the long run.
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Ally Financial Shares Touch 52-Week High: How to Play It Now?
Key Takeaways
Shares of Ally Financial Inc. (ALLY - Free Report) touched a new 52-week high of $46.78 during yesterday’s trading session to finally close at $46.43. The price increase was primarily driven by stronger U.S. GDP growth, boosting confidence in economic resilience and future earnings.
Over the past three months, the ALLY stock has risen 13.7%, outperforming the industry and the S&P 500 index’s growth of 10.4% and 5.1%, respectively. If we compare ALLY’s price performance with its close peers, OneMain Holdings, Inc. (OMF - Free Report) and Credit Acceptance Corporation (CACC - Free Report) , it appears that while ALLY has outperformed CACC, it has underperformed OMF.
Over the past three months, shares of Credit Acceptance have lost 1.2%, while OneMain Holdings’ stock has rallied 16.9%.
3-Month Price Performance
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
Does ALLY have more upside left despite touching a 52-week high? Let us find out.
Factors Supporting Ally Financial’s Growth
Revenue Strength: Growth in one of the key sources of revenues — net financing revenues — is a major positive for Ally Financial. While the metric declined in 2024, it witnessed a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4% over the five years ended 2024, with the uptrend continuing in the first nine months of 2025. In the same time frame, the company’s net total finance receivables and loans recorded a CAGR of almost 1%.
Supported by strong origination volumes, retail loan growth and ALLY’s balance sheet repositioning action (undertaken in March 2025), its net financing revenues are expected to continue improving in the quarters ahead.
We expect the metric to grow 2.3% this year, 6.1% in 2026 and 3.7% in 2027. Per the Zacks Consensus Estimate, ALLY’s total revenues for 2026 are projected to grow 12.5% on a year-over-year basis.
Revenue Growth Estimate
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Restructuring Efforts: Ally Financial has been restructuring its operations to create a simplified and streamlined organizational structure. As such, the company announced some business actions in January 2025. These include the divestiture of its credit card business (Ally Credit Card), ceasing new mortgage loan originations and reducing workforce.
In 2024, the company divested its point-of-sale financing business, Ally Lending. Further, Ally Financial plans to invest resources in growing core businesses and strengthening relationships with dealer customers.
These efforts are expected to drive the company’s other revenues. While the metric declined in the first nine months of 2025, it saw a five-year (ended 2024) CAGR of 4.2%.
Robust Liquidity Position: As of Sept. 30, 2025, Ally Financial had total debt of $20.6 billion (the majority of this is long-term in nature) and total cash and cash equivalents of $10.2 billion. Nevertheless, the company maintains investment grade ratings of BBB- from both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, and Baa3 from Moody’s on its long-term debt, which enables it to access the debt market easily.
Moreover, ALLY has come a long way in improving its balance sheet and fundamentals. This has resulted in the company’s robust capital distribution actions. In January 2022, it announced a 20% dividend hike and has maintained it since then.
In December 2025, the company announced a multi-year share repurchase plan to repurchase shares worth up to $2 billion (without an expiration date). While Ally Financial has not repurchased shares since 2023, it is expected to be able to sustain enhanced capital distributions, driven by its capital strength, earnings growth and favorable dividend payout ratio. Through this, ALLY will be able to keep enhancing shareholder value.
What’s Hurting Ally Financial’s Growth?
Weak Asset Quality: Weakening asset quality is a major headwind for Ally Financial. Although the company’s net charge-offs (NCOs) and provision for loan losses declined in 2021, both increased in the years post that. While both metrics declined in the first nine months of 2025, relatively high interest rates, volatility and cumulative inflationary pressure are leading to the deteriorating credit profile of the company’s borrowers, which will likely result in a near-term rise in credit costs.
Hence, NCOs and provisions are expected to remain elevated. Management expects the NCO rate to be 1.30% for 2025.
Elevated Expense Base: Ally Financial has been witnessing a persistent rise in expenses. Over the last five years (ended 2024), the company’s expenses saw a CAGR of 8.6%, with the uptrend continuing in the first nine months of 2025. The increase was mainly due to higher compensation and benefit costs.
With the company launching products and focusing on core operations, non-interest expenses are expected to remain elevated. We expect total non-interest expenses to rise 4.2% in 2025.
Pressure on Net Interest Margin (NIM): While ALLY’s net yield on interest-earning assets expanded in the first nine months of 2025, the metric declined to 3.27% in 2024 from 3.32% in 2023, 3.85% in 2022 and 3.54% in 2021 because of a jump in deposit costs.
Although management expects the company’s balance sheet to turn liability-sensitive in the medium term, it will remain modestly asset-sensitive in the next few quarters.
Thus, despite the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, the still relatively high interest-rate environment is expected to adversely impact Ally Financial’s NIM. The sale of the credit card business will further affect NIM expansion, while runoff in the mortgage loan portfolio is expected to offset this to some extent.
Analyzing ALLY’s Earnings Estimates & Valuation
Analysts seem optimistic regarding ALLY’s earnings growth potential. Over the past 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its 2025 and 2026 earnings has moved higher.
Estimate Revision Trend
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
The earnings estimate for 2025 of $3.76 per share suggests a year-over-year rise of 60%. The estimate for 2026 of $5.32 suggests growth of 41.7%.
In terms of its valuation, ALLY’s forward 12-month price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.77X is currently below the industry average of 10.17X. This indicates that Ally Financial’s shares are trading at a discount in comparison to its peers.
P/E (F12M) Ratio
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How to Play the ALLY Stock Now?
Increasing net financing revenues and a solid liquidity position are expected to keep supporting ALLY’s financials. Moreover, the company’s business streamlining initiatives, focus on core businesses, solid origination volumes and balance sheet repositioning actions will likely drive revenue growth. An attractive valuation is another positive for the company.
However, weak asset quality, NIM pressure and elevated expenses remain major near-term headwinds for the company, which make us apprehensive about its growth prospects.
Thus, the ALLY stock remains a cautious bet for investors at the moment. Those who already own the stock can hold on to it for now as it is less likely to disappoint in the long run.
Currently, Ally Financial carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.