B

NerdWallet, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade B

NRDS · Communication Services

Generally healthy

Revenue
$837M
2025
Net Income
$49M
2025
Gross Margin
92.4%
Free Cash Flow
$113M
01

Screening Summary

14
Passed
3
Watch
0
Failed
-3.33
M-Score

管理层信号

最近 SEC 8-K 文件中未发现 CEO、CFO、董事会或审计负责人变动信号。
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 48 days, change -6 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 8.6% vs revenue growth 21.7%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 21.7%, CFFO 83.3%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -14.6% vs revenue 21.7%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 82.9%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 92.4%, change +1.6pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 2.70. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = 2.33

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -18.0%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers debt $0.0B

04

Balance Sheet Health

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D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 39% of equity

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 0.1x. Healthy

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D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets grew 138.5% vs revenue 21.7%

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -0% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -3.33 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-3.33
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.893
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.982
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.875
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.217
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.92
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.99
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.1798
TATA
Accruals level
1.12
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

6.69
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.3769
Liquidity
-0.4079
Cumulative profit
0.1492
Operating efficiency
4.3245
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25