NerdWallet, Inc. Class A NRDS

What a brutal six months it’s been for NerdWallet. The stock has dropped 20.3% and now trades at $8.11, rattling many shareholders. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.

Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street. Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.

A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after investors kept bidding the group lower after last week’s Federal Reserve hike. On September 16, the Fed raised the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, its first increase since 2023, according to the Federal Reserve’s FOMC statement. The Fed said economic activity and domestic spending remain resilient, but stressed that inflation is still elevated and that the increase is intended to support a return to its 2% infla