NerdWallet (NRDS) Competitors

Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) and NerdWallet (NASDAQ:NRDS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CARS or NRDS?

89.2% of Cars.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of NerdWallet shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cars.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.9% of NerdWallet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CARS or NRDS more profitable?

Cars.com has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Cars.com's net margin of -2.10%. NerdWallet's return on equity of 22.28% beat Cars.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cars.com	15.34%	22.28%	9.57%
NerdWallet	-2.10%	-3.36%	-2.92%

Does the media refer more to CARS or NRDS?

In the previous week, Cars.com had 70 more articles in the media than NerdWallet. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Cars.com and 0 mentions for NerdWallet. Cars.com's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat NerdWallet's score of 0.01 indicating that NerdWallet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cars.com	Neutral
NerdWallet	Very Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, CARS or NRDS?

Cars.com has higher revenue and earnings than NerdWallet. NerdWallet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cars.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cars.com	$689.18M	1.77	$118.44M	$1.57	11.76
NerdWallet	$591.70M	1.83	-$11.80M	-$0.17	-81.82

Which has more risk and volatility, CARS or NRDS?

Cars.com has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NerdWallet has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CARS or NRDS?

Cars.com received 207 more outperform votes than NerdWallet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave Cars.com an outperform vote while only 59.52% of users gave NerdWallet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cars.com	Outperform Votes 232 64.80%	Underperform Votes 126 35.20%
NerdWallet	Outperform Votes 25 59.52%	Underperform Votes 17 40.48%

Do analysts rate CARS or NRDS?

Cars.com presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.94%. NerdWallet has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.62%. Given NerdWallet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cars.com is more favorable than NerdWallet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cars.com	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
NerdWallet	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Cars.com beats NerdWallet on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.