NerdWallet (NRDS) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer NRDS or DLO?

NerdWallet currently has a consensus price target of $17.60, indicating a potential upside of 70.38%. DLocal has a consensus price target of $11.81, indicating a potential downside of 6.22%. Given NerdWallet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NerdWallet is more favorable than DLocal.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NerdWallet	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
DLocal	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NRDS or DLO?

NerdWallet received 9 more outperform votes than DLocal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.27% of users gave NerdWallet an outperform vote while only 31.43% of users gave DLocal an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NerdWallet	Outperform Votes 31 63.27%	Underperform Votes 18 36.73%
DLocal	Outperform Votes 22 31.43%	Underperform Votes 48 68.57%

Does the media refer more to NRDS or DLO?

In the previous week, NerdWallet had 13 more articles in the media than DLocal. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for NerdWallet and 9 mentions for DLocal. NerdWallet's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat DLocal's score of 0.45 indicating that NerdWallet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NerdWallet	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DLocal	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, NRDS or DLO?

NerdWallet has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DLocal has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, NRDS or DLO?

DLocal has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NerdWallet. NerdWallet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLocal, 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
NerdWallet	$687.60M	1.10	-$11.80M	$0.40	25.83
DLocal	$650.35M	5.73	$148.96M	$0.40	31.49

Is NRDS or DLO 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
NerdWallet	4.42%	-2.08%	-1.74%
DLocal	16.35%	32.59%	12.95%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NRDS or DLO?

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

Summary

NerdWallet beats DLocal on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.