Coinbase Global vs Nu
COIN and NU side by side, both in finance services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How COIN and NU compare
Nu grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (37.0% versus −26.6% for Coinbase Global).
Nu keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.2% compared with −12.5% at Coinbase Global.
Nu scores higher on the StockData Score (7 against 6 for Coinbase Global), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | COIN | NU |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $37.9B | – |
| Share price | $143.54 | $11.61 |
| Change, 1 year | −58.8% | −27.8% |
| Change, 5 years | −57.4% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 2.81 | 1.30 |
| Employees | 4,951 | 1.6M |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 6.7× | – |
| P/B | 2.7× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 76.8× | – |
| Fair value | $62.78 | – |
| Margin of safety | −129% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −26.6% | 37.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 41.2% | 84.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −122% | 45.5% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −122% | 44.9% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 26.0% (better) | −94.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 42.0% |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | – |
| Net margin | −12.5% | 18.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | −4.7% | 30.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 1.4% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.48 | 0.39 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −4.57 | −1.24 |
| Interest coverage | 2.3× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.42 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 2.69 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 5.4% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 5.4% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 55.3% | 59.8% |
| Held by insiders | 16.2% | 19.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$323M | −$10.3M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.0% | 3.5% |
Go deeper
- COIN stock overview
- COIN income statement
- COIN valuation and score
- NU stock overview
- NU income statement
- NU valuation and score
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