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CoinbaseCOINCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Investment Banks/Brokers

Largest US cryptocurrency exchange, offering trading, custody and infrastructure services for crypto assets.

Momentum weak 20
Mkt cap
$35.7B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
97%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.35B
20-day average traded
P/B
2.56×
price to book
ROE
-4.7%
delivered
Implied ROE
46.1%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
BB- / B+
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
104 days
18 Feb 2027
Close · USD$134.76
1D-1.5%
1W-6.1%
1M-21.6%
3M-9.4%
6M-33.0%
YTD-40.4%
1Y-57.8%
ATR %8.0%
Beta2.84
52w lowhigh58.5% off high

What Coinbase does

Largest US cryptocurrency exchange, offering trading, custody and infrastructure services for crypto assets.

Earns mostly from trading fees, so revenue swings with crypto prices and trading volume. A steadier part comes from a share of the interest earned on the reserves behind the USDC stablecoin, staking rewards and custody fees. It listed directly on the stock market in 2021.

Products and services

  • Retail/institutional crypto trading
  • Custody services
  • Base (blockchain/L2 network)
  • Staking/subscription services

Customers

  • Retail crypto investors
  • Institutional investors
  • Developers (Base network)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services/crypto
  • Cryptocurrency exchange
  • Custody & blockchain infrastructure

What could go right

  • Crypto adoption/regulatory clarity (US)
  • Institutional custody and staking growth

What could go wrong

  • Crypto price volatility drives trading revenue
  • Regulatory/enforcement risk

Moat: narrow (brand, regulatory licence, scale). Regulatory licensing and early brand trust in the US give an edge, though trading is fee-competitive.

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, US · Founded: 2012 · Employees: 4,951

Named competitors

Coinbase at a glance

Size Coinbase (COIN) is a United States Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $35.7B, the 322nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $134.76 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 33.0%, against +1.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 47.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +14.0%); the operating margin is -32.6% (peer median 37.8%).

Valuation It trades at 2.56× book value against a peer median of 3.13× (11th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 46.1%; Coinbase delivers -4.7%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Credit Coinbase has 5 bonds outstanding ($6.00B), rated BB- by the agencies and trading like B+ at a weighted spread of 270 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 10.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 101COIN 62
Six months, rebased to 100: Coinbase against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Coinbase financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$4.58B$7.18B$6.56B$3.11B$3.19B
Revenue growth—+9%+111%-3%—
Gross profit$3.47B$5.64B$5.65B$2.60B$2.56B
EBITDA-$1.23B$1.10B$3.12B$85.9M-$1.76B
Net income-$702M$1.26B$2.58B$94.8M-$2.62B
Free cash flow$1.41B$2.43B$3.10B$668M-$801M
Capital expenditure$16.0M$16.0M$101M$0$64.0M
Total debt$6.89B$7.83B$4.69B$3.05B$3.52B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Coinbase competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-20%0%CBOETWSTT2885LPLA6030601688601995NDAQ000776MQGDB1DBKENXHOODS68BARCBSE601881COIN6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Coinbase is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%10%20%30%2.50×50×7.50×CBOETWSTT2885LPLA6030601688601995NDAQ0388DB1DBKENXHOODS68BSECOINReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Coinbase is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%25%50%75%100%0%50%100%CBOETWSTT2885LPLANDAQ0388MQGDB1HOODS68BSECOINROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Coinbase is the large dot.

Coinbase competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (COIN vs HOOD vs BLSH vs GLXY)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Coinbase COIN$35.7B-33%-48%-5%2.56×46.1%
Robinhood Markets HOOD$72.9B+5%+22%21%7.29×110.1%
Bullish BLSH$3.20B-51%+34%-56%1.33×12.4%
Galaxy Digital GLXY$5.31B-55%+430%-8%1.37×26.1%
eToro ETOR$1.86B-40%+10%20%1.40×18.4%
Bakkt BKKTn/a-56%n/an/an/an/a

How Coinbase compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Coinbase against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCOINPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-21.6%+1.1%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return-33.0%+1.4%lowest of 21
Return on equity-4.7%16.1%lowest of 21
Price / book2.56×3.13×11th cheapest of 21
ROE the price implies46.1%20.2%5th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered-4.7%16.1%lowest of 21
Bond spread270 bp87 bpwidest of 9

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Coinbase COINUnited States$35.7B-33%-48%-5%2.56×46.1%-4.7%
Cboe Global Markets CBOEUnited States$36.9B+2%+14%27%6.22×26.0%27.3%
Tradeweb Markets TWUnited States$29.7B+17%+14%14%4.03×21.5%14.1%
State Street STTUnited States$45.0B+11%+2%13%1.83×19.1%13.1%
Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Lt 2885.TWTaiwan$28.1B+28%+78%16%2.42×11.9%16.4%
LPL Financial LPLAUnited States$23.0B-3%+31%26%3.98×21.4%25.7%
CITIC Securities 6030.HKHong Kong$56.2B-23%+102%14%0.92×9.9%13.5%
Huatai Securities 601688.SSChina$22.7B-7%-6%11%0.89×8.5%10.6%
China International Capital 601995.SSChina$21.6B-18%-20%16%1.26×12.1%16.1%
Nasdaq NDAQUnited States$59.4B+21%+12%17%4.99×36.2%17.4%
GF Securities 000776.SZChina$20.9B-10%+37%14%1.06×12.1%14.0%
HKEX 0388.HKHong Kong$62.2B-10%+23%34%8.04×69.6%33.7%
Macquarie MQG.AXAustralia$63.5B+5%+5%13%2.53×26.4%13.1%
Deutsche Boerse DB1.DEGermany$63.8B+32%+7%20%5.57×16.6%20.2%
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft DBK.DEGermany$65.0B+15%0%10%0.87×8.6%9.8%
Euronext ENX.PAFrance$18.8B+21%+14%16%3.73×24.7%16.1%
Robinhood Markets HOODUnited States$72.9B+5%+22%21%7.29×110.1%21.3%
Singapore Exchange S68.SISingapore$17.2B-2%+14%31%9.29×46.2%30.6%
Barclays BARC.LUnited Kingdom$75.1B+1%+7%11%0.88×13.5%11.1%
BSE BSE.NSIndia$16.4B-4%+58%47%19.49×258.7%46.8%
China Galaxy Securities 601881.SSChina$16.1B-8%-20%10%1.03×8.8%9.9%

Coinbase bonds and credit

Coinbase has 5 bonds outstanding with $6.00B face value. The agencies rate it BB-; its bonds trade like B+. Weighted yield 7.26%, a spread of 270 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Coinbase's main competitors?
Named competitors: Binance (private or unlisted), Kraken (private or unlisted), Robinhood (crypto) (HOOD), Gemini (private or unlisted), Bullish (BLSH), Galaxy Digital (GLXY). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Tradeweb Markets (TW), State Street (STT), Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Lt (2885.TW), LPL Financial (LPLA), CITIC Securities (6030.HK).
Is Coinbase expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.56× against a peer median of 3.13×, 11th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 46.1%; Coinbase delivers -4.7%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Coinbase stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -33.0% against +1.4% for the median peer; over one year -57.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.