CRCL vs NU vs GEMI Stock Comparison

Circle Internet, Nu Holdings and Gemini Space Station Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NU Nu Holdings Ltd.
$12.05 -2.5% 1M -25.1% 1Y
Market cap
$56.04B
P/E
15.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.34B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
6 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Nu Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Nu Holdings 6, Gemini Space Station 1, Circle Internet 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCRCLNUGEMILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $17.88B $56.04B $347.44M NU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 39.6x 15.5x -0.7x NU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 75.4x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +37.2% +50.5% +51.5% GEMI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.5% 18.7% -250.1% NU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.2% 18.1% — NU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -2.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -39.3% -25.1% -83.9% NU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 94.9% 46.2% 102.4% NU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 42/100 33/100 CRCL

Percentile Scorecard

CRCLNUGEMI

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

AxisCRCLNUGEMI
Valuation 48 #50 of 96 10 #324 of 361 19 #78 of 96
Growth 94 #5 of 65 74 #40 of 153 56 #29 of 65
Profitability 45 #36 of 65 38 #80 of 128 6 #61 of 65
Financial Health 27 #68 of 93 78 #32 of 140 50 #47 of 93
Shareholder Returns 18 #33 of 40 10 #302 of 335 –
Overall 47 42 33
  • CRCL ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • NU ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • GEMI ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCRCLNUGEMISPY
1 month -4.4%-2.5%-41.8% +0.7%
3 months +24.4%-16.8%-25.1% +3.7%
6 months -12.0%-16.8%-30.6% +7.1%
Year to date +0.8%-28.0%-69.0% +12.8%
1 year -39.3%-25.1%-83.9% +11.9%
3 years —+49.1%— +85.2%
3 years, per year —+14.3%— +22.8%

Risk

MeasureCRCLNUGEMISPY
Volatility, 1Y 94.9%46.2%102.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 91.2%51.4%96.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.821.453.25 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.41-0.54-0.82 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -80.9%-72.1%-91.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.8%-35.8%-83.9% -1.2%
52-week high $132.84$18.76$19.16 $779.14
52-week low $50.23$11.60$2.87 $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.

MultipleCRCLNUGEMI
P/E now vs peer median 44.0xmedian 29.6x 16.1xmedian 12.2x -0.7xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 3.1x 3.0xmedian 3.4x 1.9xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 52.8xmedian 13.0x 10.9xmedian 5.3x -0.6xmedian 13.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.5xmedian 16.5x -42.7xmedian 10.8x -1.3xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 2.3x 4.4xmedian 1.2x 0.8xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.48 0.03median 1.34 —median 0.48

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 monthsCRCLNUGEMI
Revenue $2.91B $19.34B $206.71M
Gross profit $1.18B $7.97B –
Operating income $215.57M $4.39B -$403.32M
Net income $451.26M $3.61B -$517.04M
Free cash flow $761.52M -$1.36B -$307.23M
EPS (diluted) $1.68 $0.74 $-4.26
Cash & equivalents $1.73B $13.55B $188.62M
Total debt – $14.55B –
Shares (diluted) 268.64M 4.91B 121.27M
Enterprise value $11.76B $19.37M -$796.47M

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
MetricCRCLNUGEMI
P/E 44.0x 16.1x -0.7x
P/FCF 24.5x -42.7x -1.3x
P/Operating cash flow 24.0x -42.2x -1.3x
P/S 6.4x 3.0x 1.9x
P/B 5.3x 4.4x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 6.1x 4.7x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA 52.8x 10.9x -0.6x
EV/EBIT 78.6x 11.2x -0.5x
EV/Revenue 5.8x 2.5x 1.0x
EV/FCF 22.2x -36.1x -0.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.8x -35.6x -0.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.03 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCRCLNUGEMI
Revenue growth (1Y) 37.2% 50.5% 51.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 45.8% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 47.0% 42.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 48.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 228.3% 38.6% -107.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 132.2% –
Net income growth (1Y) 231.5% 56.9% -29.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 260.8% –
EPS growth (1Y) 152.6% 56.2% 94.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 603.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 48.5% -135.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -39.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 52.0% -134.5% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -38.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCRCLNUGEMI
Gross margin 40.5% 41.2% –
EBITDA margin 11.0% 23.4% -180.6%
Operating margin 7.4% 22.7% -195.1%
Pretax margin 13.8% 22.7% -250.6%
Net margin 15.5% 18.7% -250.1%
FCF margin 26.2% -7.0% -148.6%
Operating cash flow margin 26.7% -7.1% -147.8%
Return on equity 13.0% 24.5% -111.9%
Return on assets 0.6% 4.0% -34.2%
Return on invested capital 6.2% 18.1% –
Return on capital employed 4.1% – -82.2%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.2x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x -0.4x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue 7.7% 1.8% 61.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCRCLNUGEMI
Debt / assets – 5.7% –
Debt / equity – 0.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -2.0x –
Debt / FCF – -3.4x –
Liabilities / assets 95.5% 84.0% 68.8%
Equity / assets 4.5% 16.0% 31.2%
Interest coverage – 1.2x –
Current ratio 1.0x – 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.0x – 0.2x
Cash ratio 0.0x – 0.2x
Altman Z-score 0.22 – -2.38

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCRCLNUGEMI
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -2.8% 0.0% –
Shareholder yield -2.8% 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.

ConsensusCRCLNUGEMI
Forward P/E 75.4xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.06FY2026 $-2.06FY2023 $-3.17FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +46.2% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.23BFY2026 $42.10BFY2029 $177.82MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +17.3%FY2026 +3,295.3%FY2029 +2.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.6% – +21.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCRCLNUGEMI
Held by institutions 52.3% 59.8% 14.3%
Institutions holding 563 855 98
Change in shares held, QoQ +11.4% +0.3% +76.4%
Institutions buying 381 443 72
Institutions selling 120 305 14
Buyers to sellers 3.18 1.45 5.14

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.

CRCLNUGEMI
CRCL 1.00 0.23 0.52
NU 0.23 1.00 0.22
GEMI 0.52 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CRCL, NU and GEMI?

Nu Holdings (NU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Circle Internet (CRCL) $17.88B, Nu Holdings (NU) $56.04B, Gemini Space Station (GEMI) $347.44M.

Which stock is cheaper, CRCL, NU and GEMI?

Nu Holdings (NU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Circle Internet (CRCL) 39.6x, Nu Holdings (NU) 15.5x, Gemini Space Station (GEMI) -0.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Gemini Space Station (GEMI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Circle Internet (CRCL) +37.2%, Nu Holdings (NU) +50.5%, Gemini Space Station (GEMI) +51.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nu Holdings (NU) has the highest net margin (Circle Internet (CRCL) 15.5%, Nu Holdings (NU) 18.7%, Gemini Space Station (GEMI) -250.1%). On return on invested capital, Nu Holdings (NU) leads (Circle Internet (CRCL) 6.2%, Nu Holdings (NU) 18.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nu Holdings (NU) returned the most: Circle Internet (CRCL) -39.3%, Nu Holdings (NU) -25.1%, Gemini Space Station (GEMI) -83.9%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nu Holdings (NU) has been the steadiest (Circle Internet (CRCL) 94.9%, Nu Holdings (NU) 46.2%, Gemini Space Station (GEMI) 102.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CRCL, NU and GEMI?

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 6. 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.