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Cars.com Inc. (CARS) vs NerdWallet, Inc. (NRDS)

Cars.com Inc. and NerdWallet, Inc. are both Internet Content & Information companies. NerdWallet, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $641.2M against $547.6M — 1.2× the size. NerdWallet, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.0× against 17.6×. NerdWallet, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.5% against 1.08%. NerdWallet, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.56% vs 4.73%) and the higher return on invested capital (20.9% vs 6.05%). Across the 22 metrics below, NerdWallet, Inc. leads on 17 and Cars.com Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
P/E 17.60 11.02 11.54
P/S 0.79 0.76 0.86
P/B 1.29 2.00 1.20
Price to free cash flow 4.17 4.44 9.63
EV/EBITDA 6.34 5.16 8.68
EV/Sales 1.39 0.77 1.18
Earnings yield 5.68% 9.07% (2.42%)
Free cash flow yield 23.99% 22.54% 2.27%

Profitability

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 67.10% 93.50% 66.84%
Operating margin 11.45% 10.23% (3.41%)
Net margin 4.73% 7.56% (3.02%)
Free cash flow margin 18.86% 17.12% 1.75%
Return on equity 7.40% 18.16% 0.00%
Return on assets 3.30% 14.54% (0.36%)
Return on invested capital 6.05% 20.85% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.08% 11.51% 2.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (55.56%) 68.42% 34.45%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% 27.81% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 55.83% 0.00%

Health

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 1.01 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 2.00 2.62 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 2.57 (0.88) (0.48)

Dividend

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 1.07%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 547.64m 641.15m 318.52m

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