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DCF Valuation
Base-case fair value
$76.30
Intrinsic $101.73 · 25% MOS
Current price: $8.36
Base-case summary
Our base-case DCF for Nerdwallet, Inc. (NRDS) projects 10 years of free cash flow growth at 20.0% for years 1–5 and 10.0% for years 6–10, anchored to 95.3% historical FCF growth, then applies a 2.5% perpetual growth rate and a 8.0% discount rate. Starting from $139M in trailing free cash flow, this produces an intrinsic value of $101.73 per share. A 25% safety margin gives a fair value of $76.30, suggesting the stock is currently 813% undervalued against the $8.36 market price.
See 3 scenarios side by side
Conservative, Base, and Optimistic fair values, plus the sensitivity matrix and FCF history. Free account.
Model inputs
TTM Free Cash Flow
$139M
Cash & equivalents
$56M
Total debt
$8M
Shares outstanding
70M