A veteran analyst correctly predicted SoFi's stock rally. Here's what he says now

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Veteran analyst Stephen Guilfoyle, whose career stretches back to the 1980s on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, tries not to repeat himself, but when it comes to SoFi Technologies,  (SOFI) , he'll gladly make an exception.

Guilfoyle, who writes a regular trading column for TheStreet Pro, recently said that he doesn't like to weigh in on the same stock more than once a month.

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"And I really, really don't like to write on the same stock twice within two weeks, especially when I was off for a week in the middle," he said. "This is, however, a necessary update."

Guilfoyle felt compelled to write up SoFi after the popular fintech's shares surpassed the $10.25 price target that he had reiterated on Oct. 9.

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He promptly boosted his price target to $13.25, but then SoFi reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, prompting another update from him on Oct. 29.

SoFi CEO Anthony Noto is riding a wave of growth in digital banking services.<p>Brian Ach&sol;Getty Images for TechCrunch</p>
SoFi CEO Anthony Noto is riding a wave of growth in digital banking services.

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SoFi CEO Noto says business is booming

"This quarter was the strongest quarter in our history," Chief Executive Anthony Noto said in a statement.

"Our results reflect how SoFi is consistently achieving durable growth, how our innovation and brand building are attracting more members and clients to our platform than ever before, and how we are delivering strong and improving returns," he said.

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For those who don't know, Noto, a star linebacker on the U.S. military academy's football team and a graduate of Army Ranger School at Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), worked for Goldman Sachs, the National Football League and Twitter before taking over the top spot at SoFi in 2018.

SoFi reported net income of 5 cents a share. Revenue rose 30% year-over-year to $697 million. Analysts were expecting earnings of 4 cents a share on revenue of $632.3 million.

Noto said that the financial services and tech platform segments now make up a record 49% of SoFi's adjusted net revenue, up from 39% a year earlier.

"In the third quarter, these businesses grew revenue by a combined 64% year-over-year, a testament of our continued execution and deliberate shift towards capital-light, higher [return on equity], fee-based revenue streams," he said.

Home loans posted its best refinancing quarter since the second quarter of 2022, the company said, with home purchases and refinancings growing 23% sequentially, while home equity loan volume increased 44% from a year earlier.