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

Cars.com Inc. and NerdWallet, Inc. are both Internet Content & Information companies. Cars.com Inc. and NerdWallet, Inc. are of similar size ($730.6M and $725.9M). NerdWallet, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.6× against 17.8×. NerdWallet, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.3% against 0.86%. NerdWallet, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.06% vs 5.92%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.0% vs 7.19%). 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 17.83 14.61 12.38
P/S 1.00 0.83 0.93
P/B 1.62 2.16 1.24
Price to free cash flow 5.31 5.61 10.76
EV/EBITDA 6.88 6.57 10.74
EV/Sales 1.55 0.83 1.20
Earnings yield 5.61% 6.85% (1.71%)
Free cash flow yield 18.85% 17.82% 4.26%

Profitability

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 0.00% 93.85% 63.25%
Operating margin 13.11% 8.25% (1.87%)
Net margin 5.92% 6.06% (1.37%)
Free cash flow margin 20.91% 14.83% 3.47%
Return on equity 9.28% 14.41% (1.19%)
Return on assets 4.10% 11.50% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 7.19% 17.03% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.86% 11.26% 6.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (55.56%) 68.42% 34.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.73% 27.81% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 55.83% 0.00%

Health

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.99 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 2.03 2.74 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA 2.57 (0.88) (0.53)

Dividend

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 1.19%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric CARS NRDS Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 725.90m 730.64m 693.23m

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