NerdWallet (NRDS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NerdWallet, Inc. is a personal finance company that operates a digital platform designed to help consumers make informed financial decisions. Its website and mobile products provide educational content, comparison tools and personalized recommendations across areas such as credit cards, banking, personal loans, mortgages, insurance, investing and everyday money management.

The company’s platform connects consumers with financial products from banks, lenders, insurers and other providers. NerdWallet generally earns revenue when users engage with or apply for products through its platform, while maintaining a focus on providing financial guidance, product comparisons and tools intended to help users understand their options.

NerdWallet was founded in 2009 by Tim Chen and Jacob Gibson. Tim Chen serves as the company’s chief executive officer and remains a co-founder. The company primarily serves consumers in the United States and has expanded its offerings through additional personal finance and small-business resources, including services associated with its acquisition of Fundera.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $9.35 to $9.50
• 50-Day Range: $8.71 to $10.14
• 52-Week Range: $7.33 to $16.24
• Volume: 185,030 shs
• Average Volume: 851,898 shs
• Market Capitalization: $602.47 million
• P/E Ratio: 10.59
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $12.83
• Consensus Rating: Hold

NerdWallet Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NerdWallet scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 50th out of 246 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

NerdWallet has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.38, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

NerdWallet has a consensus price target of $12.83, representing about 35.5% upside from its current price of $9.47.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NerdWallet has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.36%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NerdWallet are expected to grow by 11.36% in the coming year, from $0.88 to $0.98 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NerdWallet is 10.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.99.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NerdWallet is 10.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 23.97.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

NerdWallet has a P/B Ratio of 1.80. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.45% of the float of NerdWallet has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

NerdWallet has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.32.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NerdWallet has recently decreased by 7.53%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

NerdWallet does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

NerdWallet does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.28

News Sentiment

NerdWallet has a news sentiment score of 1.28. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for NerdWallet this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NerdWallet insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $17,862,921.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

52.75% of the stock of NerdWallet is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

38.81% of the stock of NerdWallet is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 9/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Interactive Media & Services
• Sub-Industry: Interactive Media & Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:NRDS
• CIK: 1625278
• Web: www.nerdwallet.com
• Phone: 415-549-8913
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 650
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for NerdWallet: $12.83
• High Price Target: $17.00
• Low Price Target: $9.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +35.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.38
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.89
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.74
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $48.70 million
• Net Margins: 7.56%
• Pretax Margin: 10.55%
• Return on Equity: 18.07%
• Return on Assets: 14.41%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.62
• Quick Ratio: 2.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $860 million
• Price / Sales: 0.70
• Cash Flow: $1.34 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.07
• Book Value: $5.25 per share
• Price / Book: 1.80

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 63,923,000
• Free Float: 30,204,000
• Market Cap: $604.39 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.24