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NerdWallet, Inc. Class ANRDSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Packaged Software
Momentum weak 23
Mkt cap
$504M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
92%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$9.21M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
9.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+15.2 pp
WACC 10.8%
Hurdle
-40 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
111 days
25 Feb 2027
Close · USD$7.89
1D-31.0%
1W-29.4%
1M-19.4%
3M-19.5%
6M-13.6%
YTD-41.8%
1Y-34.5%
ATR %9.0%
Beta0.77
52w lowhigh51.4% off high

What NerdWallet does

Employees: 650

NerdWallet at a glance

Size NerdWallet (NRDS) is a United States Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $504M, the 2690th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $7.89 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 13.6%, against -25.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 11.5% over the last twelve months (peer median -4.2%); the operating margin is 10.6% (peer median -11.0%).

Valuation It trades at 9.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.1× (5th cheapest of 9).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +28%, so the hurdle is -40 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 15.2 points above its cost of capital (10.8% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 16.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012511 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026NRDS 94Peer median 73
Six months, rebased to 100: NerdWallet against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

NerdWallet financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$860M$837M$688M$599M$539M
Revenue growth—+22%+15%+11%—
Gross profit$804M$773M$624M$545M$499M
EBITDA$131M$116M$71.6M$57.2M$31.0M
Net income$65.0M$48.7M$30.4M-$11.8M-$10.2M
Free cash flow$147M$113M$50.5M$42.6M-$7.20M
Capital expenditure$17.1M$18.2M$21.3M$29.5M$32.2M
Total debt$12.2M$14.9M$8.90M$9.60M$12.7M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

NerdWallet competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%6657300588NEXN300290IIIV300830002995300663301315300550BRUNCSHRTOM23005713003991INN3011579890300352IVUNRDS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. NerdWallet is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%10×20×30×6657NEXNIIIVTOM21INN9890IVUNRDSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. NerdWallet is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%-25%0%25%50%NEXNIIIV300830002995300663300550TOM21INN300352IVUNRDSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. NerdWallet is the large dot.

NerdWallet competitors and peer comparison

How NerdWallet 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.

NerdWallet against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNRDSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-19.4%-5.9%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-13.6%-25.6%6th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-51.4%-51.0%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+11.5%-4.2%5th highest of 19
Operating margin10.6%-11.0%4th highest of 20
Forward P/E9.6×12.1×5th cheapest of 9
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-12.6%6.8%2nd least demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+27.8%0.0%2nd highest of 11
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-40.4 pp+24.2 pp2nd least demanding of 11
ROIC minus cost of capital+15.2 pp-13.9 pp2nd highest of 19
EV / EBITDA3.5×5.6×2nd cheapest of 6
Net debt / EBITDA-0.4×-1.1×4th most indebted of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
NerdWallet NRDSUnited States$504M-14%+12%11%9.6×-12.6%+27.8%
Baiwang 6657.HKHong Kong$504M-13%-3%-11%37.2×n/an/a
Xinjiang Sailing Information Technology 300588.SZChina$505M-25%+19%-17%n/an/an/a
Nexxen International NEXNUnited States$503M+15%+3%5%7.6×6.3%+11.5%
Bringspring Science & Technology 300290.SZChina$506M-66%-6%-13%n/an/an/a
i3 Verticals IIIVUnited States$502M-10%-8%3%16.1×31.2%+7.3%
JinXianDai Information Industry 300830.SZChina$502M-29%-20%-42%n/a17.7%-8.8%
Beijing Quanshi World Online Network Information 002995.SZChina$508M-15%-19%-13%n/a5.3%-19.1%
Client Service International 300663.SZChina$499M-45%-29%-85%n/a30.0%-10.7%
Shanghai Wisdom Information Technology 301315.SZChina$499M-26%-15%4%n/an/an/a
Heren Health 300550.SZChina$510M+18%-4%-11%n/a43.2%-0.9%
Boost Run BRUNUnited States$511M-68%n/a-47%n/a5.3%n/a
CoinShares CSHRUnited States$498M-36%n/an/a7.1×n/an/a
TomTom TOM2.ASNetherlands$511M-23%-7%12%16.9×-10.1%+1.0%
Hangzhou Anysoft Information Technology 300571.SZChina$512M-45%-12%-14%n/an/an/a
Jiangxi Tianli Technology 300399.SZChina$514M-21%+6%2%n/an/an/a
innoscripta 1INN.DEGermany$495M-37%+42%61%8.0×-13.3%+55.9%
Hangzhou Huasu Technology 301157.SZChina$516M-19%+16%5%n/an/an/a
Tanwan 9890.HKHong Kong$517M-52%-4%-6%2.9×n/an/a
Beijing VRV Software 300352.SZChina$518M-67%+28%-110%n/a58.4%-13.7%
IVU Traffic Technologies IVU.DEGermany$518M+40%+10%13%28.8×6.8%+10.2%

Questions

Which companies are NerdWallet's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Baiwang (6657.HK), Xinjiang Sailing Information Technology (300588.SZ), Nexxen International (NEXN), Bringspring Science & Technology (300290.SZ), i3 Verticals (IIIV), JinXianDai Information Industry (300830.SZ), Beijing Quanshi World Online Network Information (002995.SZ), Client Service International (300663.SZ).
Is NerdWallet expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 9.6× against a peer median of 12.1×, 5th cheapest of 9 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +28%, so the hurdle is -40 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has NerdWallet stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -13.6% against -25.6% for the median peer; over one year -34.5%.

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.