NerdWallet (NRDS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CARS or NRDS?

Cars.com received 208 more outperform votes than NerdWallet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.67% of users gave Cars.com an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave NerdWallet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cars.com	Outperform Votes 238 64.67%	Underperform Votes 130 35.33%
NerdWallet	Outperform Votes 30 62.50%	Underperform Votes 18 37.50%

Which has stronger 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	1.76	$118.44M	$0.58	32.28
NerdWallet	$599.40M	1.70	-$11.80M	-$0.14	-99.14

Do institutionals and insiders believe 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CARS or NRDS more profitable?

Cars.com has a net margin of 5.46% compared to NerdWallet's net margin of -1.65%. Cars.com's return on equity of 9.99% beat NerdWallet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cars.com	5.46%	9.99%	4.33%
NerdWallet	-1.65%	-2.90%	-2.45%

Do analysts rate CARS or NRDS?

Cars.com currently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.86%. NerdWallet has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.48%. Given Cars.com's higher probable upside, equities research 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
NerdWallet	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, CARS or NRDS?

Cars.com has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NerdWallet has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CARS or NRDS?

In the previous week, Cars.com had 20 more articles in the media than NerdWallet. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cars.com and 3 mentions for NerdWallet. NerdWallet's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Cars.com's score of 0.03 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	3 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

Summary

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