NerdWallet (NRDS) Competitors

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

Is CARS or NRDS more profitable?

Cars.com has a net margin of 17.19% compared to Cars.com's net margin of -1.97%. NerdWallet's return on equity of 25.78% beat Cars.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cars.com	17.19%	25.78%	10.86%
NerdWallet	-1.97%	-3.24%	-2.77%

Do analysts recommend CARS or NRDS?

Cars.com currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.99%. NerdWallet has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.97%. Given NerdWallet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CARS or NRDS?

Cars.com received 206 more outperform votes than NerdWallet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.71% 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 231 64.71%	Underperform Votes 126 35.29%
NerdWallet	Outperform Votes 25 59.52%	Underperform Votes 17 40.48%

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 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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	1.57	$118.44M	$1.73	9.50
NerdWallet	$599.40M	1.71	-$11.80M	-$0.16	-83.18

Does the media refer more to CARS or NRDS?

In the previous week, Cars.com had 73 more articles in the media than NerdWallet. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for Cars.com and 2 mentions for NerdWallet. Cars.com's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat NerdWallet's score of -0.08 indicating that NerdWallet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cars.com	6 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	38 Neutral mention(s)	13 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NerdWallet	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CARS or NRDS?

89.2% of Cars.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.8% of NerdWallet shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Cars.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.9% of NerdWallet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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