NerdWallet (NRDS) Competitors

DLocal (NASDAQ:DLO) and NerdWallet (NASDAQ:NRDS) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate DLO or NRDS?

DLocal presently has a consensus target price of $11.31, indicating a potential upside of 26.54%. NerdWallet has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.21%. Given NerdWallet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NerdWallet is more favorable than DLocal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DLocal	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
NerdWallet	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is DLO or NRDS more profitable?

DLocal has a net margin of 16.35% compared to NerdWallet's net margin of 4.42%. DLocal's return on equity of 32.59% beat NerdWallet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DLocal	16.35%	32.59%	12.95%
NerdWallet	4.42%	-2.08%	-1.73%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DLO or NRDS?

90.1% of DLocal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of NerdWallet shares are held by institutional investors. 45.4% of DLocal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.9% of NerdWallet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DLO or NRDS?

NerdWallet received 8 more outperform votes than DLocal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.78% of users gave NerdWallet an outperform vote while only 31.51% of users gave DLocal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DLocal	Outperform Votes 23 31.51%	Underperform Votes 50 68.49%
NerdWallet	Outperform Votes 31 60.78%	Underperform Votes 20 39.22%

Which has better earnings and valuation, DLO or NRDS?

DLocal has higher revenue and earnings than NerdWallet. DLocal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NerdWallet, 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
DLocal	$745.97M	3.55	$148.96M	$0.40	22.35
NerdWallet	$687.60M	0.98	-$11.80M	$0.40	22.70

Does the media prefer DLO or NRDS?

In the previous week, NerdWallet had 8 more articles in the media than DLocal. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for NerdWallet and 1 mentions for DLocal. DLocal's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat NerdWallet's score of 0.70 indicating that DLocal is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DLocal	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NerdWallet	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, DLO or NRDS?

DLocal has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NerdWallet has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NerdWallet beats DLocal on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.