** Shares of buy now, pay later co Affirm AFRM.O slides ~11.84% to $44.15 premarket, after announcement that rival Klarna is replacing co in Walmart WMT.N partnership
** Swedish payments firm Klarna says it is partnering with consumer finance app OnePay to offer installment loans for purchases at retail giant Walmart in the U.S.
** 11 of 21 brokerages rate AFRM stock "buy" or higher, 10 "hold"; their median PT is $75.50 - LSEG data
** As of last close, stock down ~17.8% YTD
(Reporting by Prakhar Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Prakhar.srivastava2@thomsonreuters.com))