COIN vs MATH vs NU Stock Comparison

Coinbase Global, Metalpha Technology Holding and Nu Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc.
$159.60 -18.2% 1M -55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$42.46B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$6.28B
Div. yield
–
Blockchain Infrastructure Technology
2 wins
NU Nu Holdings Ltd.
$12.59 -7.3% 1M -20.5% 1Y
Market cap
$59.86B
P/E
16.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.34B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Nu Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Nu Holdings 7, Coinbase Global 2, Metalpha Technology Holding 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOINMATHNULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $42.46B $42.04M $59.86B NU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -43.4x 33.4x 16.6x NU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -10.4% — +50.5% NU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -15.6% — 18.7% NU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.4% — 18.1% NU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.7x — -2.0x COIN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -55.0% -67.9% -20.5% NU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -12.5%/yr -7.8%/yr — MATH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 71.3% 84.5% 46.2% NU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 — 42/100 COIN

Percentile Scorecard

COINMATHNU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOINMATHNU
Valuation 52 #48 of 99 63 #37 of 97 10 #327 of 362
Growth 58 #40 of 94 – 81 #42 of 221
Profitability 57 #39 of 90 – 35 #131 of 200
Financial Health 76 #26 of 105 28 #70 of 97 72 #57 of 203
Shareholder Returns 60 #25 of 61 – 11 #305 of 342
Overall 61 – 42
  • COIN ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • MATH ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets
  • NU ranked among 370 companies in Banking

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOINMATHNUSPY
1 month -18.2%+3.1%-7.3% -0.8%
3 months -4.7%+22.0%-13.4% +3.5%
6 months -18.9%-1.0%-14.0% +7.0%
Year to date -29.4%-52.4%-24.8% +12.2%
1 year -55.0%-67.9%-20.5% +13.0%
3 years +125.5%-36.3%+57.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year +31.2%-14.0%+16.3% +23.1%
5 years -48.8%-33.3%— +68.6%
5 years, per year -12.5%-7.8%— +11.0%

Risk

MeasureCOINMATHNUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 71.3%84.5%46.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 66.7%82.6%51.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.840.731.47 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.77-0.80-0.44 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -90.9%-81.8%-72.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -55.8%-68.5%-32.9% -1.8%
52-week high $361.43$3.17$18.76 $779.14
52-week low $141.09$0.75$11.60 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOINMATHNU
P/E now vs peer median -43.0xmedian 20.6x 33.4xmedian 29.4x 16.9xmedian 12.1x
P/S now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 2.3x 1.3xmedian 2.9x 3.1xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 46.5xmedian 15.4x —median 13.7x 11.5xmedian 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.6xmedian 16.4x -3.2xmedian 16.0x -44.7xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 1.9x 0.9xmedian 2.3x 4.6xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median -3.58median 1.05 —median 0.52 0.03median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOINMATHNU
Revenue $6.28B – $19.34B
Gross profit – – $7.97B
Operating income $619.38M – $4.39B
Net income -$987.77M – $3.61B
Free cash flow $1.71B – -$1.36B
R&D $1.93B – –
EPS (diluted) $-3.71 – $0.74
Cash & equivalents $8.61B $3.94M $13.55B
Total debt $6.48B $132.64M $14.55B
Shares (diluted) 263.41M 64.62M 4.91B
Enterprise value -$735.40M $17.23M $3.84B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOINMATHNU
P/E -43.0x 33.4x 16.9x
P/FCF 24.6x -3.2x -44.7x
P/Operating cash flow 24.6x – -44.0x
P/S 6.7x 1.3x 3.1x
P/B 3.2x 0.9x 4.6x
P/Tangible book 3.6x -0.6x 4.9x
EV/EBITDA 46.5x – 11.5x
EV/EBIT 64.2x – 11.8x
EV/Revenue 6.3x – 2.7x
EV/FCF 23.2x – -38.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.2x – -37.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -3.58 – 0.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOINMATHNU
Revenue growth (1Y) -10.4% – 50.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 32.5% – 45.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 42.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 48.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -67.1% – 38.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 35.2% – 132.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -134.5% – 56.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.2% – 260.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -136.1% – 56.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.0% – 603.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -48.1% – -135.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 73.7% – -39.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -48.1% – -134.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 73.9% – -38.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOINMATHNU
Gross margin – – 41.2%
EBITDA margin 13.6% – 23.4%
Operating margin 9.9% – 22.7%
Pretax margin -19.8% – 22.7%
Net margin -15.6% – 18.7%
FCF margin 27.3% – -7.0%
Operating cash flow margin 27.3% – -7.1%
Return on equity -7.4% – 24.5%
Return on assets -3.6% – 4.0%
Return on invested capital 2.4% – 18.1%
Return on capital employed 3.0% – –
Asset turnover 0.2x – 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.7x – -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 14.9% – 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOINMATHNU
Debt / assets 24.5% 8.0% 5.7%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.7x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.7x – -2.0x
Debt / FCF 3.8x – -3.4x
Liabilities / assets 50.6% 89.1% 84.0%
Equity / assets 49.4% 10.9% 16.0%
Interest coverage 6.9x – 1.2x
Current ratio 2.4x 1.1x –
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.0x –
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.0x –
Altman Z-score 2.96 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOINMATHNU
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 3.0% – 0.0%
Shareholder yield 3.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOINMATHNU
EPS, next fiscal year $-2.52FY2026 – $-2.06FY2023
EPS growth, next FY -156.6%FY2026 – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.52BFY2026 – $42.10BFY2029
Revenue growth, next FY -23.1%FY2026 – +3,295.3%FY2029
Revenue growth, the year after +17.2% – –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOINMATHNU
Held by institutions 55.2% 0.9% 59.8%
Institutions holding 1,118 14 854
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.2% -55.7% +0.3%
Institutions buying 469 7 442
Institutions selling 452 5 305
Buyers to sellers 1.04 1.40 1.45

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COINMATHNU
COIN 1.00 0.15 0.32
MATH 0.15 1.00 0.01
NU 0.32 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COIN, MATH and NU?

Nu Holdings (NU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Coinbase Global (COIN) $42.46B, Metalpha Technology Holding (MATH) $42.04M, Nu Holdings (NU) $59.86B.

Which stock is cheaper, COIN, MATH and NU?

Nu Holdings (NU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Coinbase Global (COIN) -43.4x, Metalpha Technology Holding (MATH) 33.4x, Nu Holdings (NU) 16.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nu Holdings (NU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Coinbase Global (COIN) -10.4%, Nu Holdings (NU) +50.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nu Holdings (NU) has the highest net margin (Coinbase Global (COIN) -15.6%, Nu Holdings (NU) 18.7%). On return on invested capital, Nu Holdings (NU) leads (Coinbase Global (COIN) 2.4%, Nu Holdings (NU) 18.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nu Holdings (NU) returned the most: Coinbase Global (COIN) -55.0%, Metalpha Technology Holding (MATH) -67.9%, Nu Holdings (NU) -20.5%. Over five years, Metalpha Technology Holding (MATH) compounded fastest (Coinbase Global (COIN) -12.5%/yr, Metalpha Technology Holding (MATH) -7.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nu Holdings (NU) has been the steadiest (Coinbase Global (COIN) 71.3%, Metalpha Technology Holding (MATH) 84.5%, Nu Holdings (NU) 46.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COIN, MATH and NU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nu Holdings (NU) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.