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NU vs SAN

Side-by-side comparison of Nu Holdings Ltd. (NU) and Banco Santander S.A. Sponsored ADR (Spain) (SAN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Finance sector. NU focuses on Finance: Consumer Services, while SAN focuses on Commercial Banks.
  • SAN is the larger of the two at $180.64B, about 3.0x NU ($59.80B).
  • Over the past year, NU is down 23.8% and SAN is up 13.1% - SAN leads by 36.9 points.
  • SAN has been more active in the news (15 items in the past 4 weeks vs 7 for NU).
  • NU has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 18 for SAN).
PerformanceNU-23.76%SAN+13.11%
2025-11-12+0.00%2026-11-11
MetricNUSAN
Company
Nu Holdings Ltd.
Banco Santander S.A. Sponsored ADR (Spain)
Price
-
-
Market cap
$59.80B
$180.64B
1M return
-20.93%
-8.00%
1Y return
-23.76%
+13.11%
Industry
Finance: Consumer Services
Commercial Banks
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2021
News (4w)
7
15
Recent ratings
25
18
NU

Nu Holdings Ltd.

Nu Holdings Ltd. operates in the technology industry. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

SAN

Banco Santander S.A. Sponsored ADR (Spain)

Banco Santander, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides various retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, and large companies worldwide. It offers demand and time deposits, and current and savings accounts; mortgages, consumer finance, syndicated corporate loans, structured financing, cash management, export and agency finance, trade and working capital solutions, and corporate finance; and insurance products. The company also provides cash, asset, and wealth management; and private banking services. In addition, it is involved in the corporate banking; treasury, risk hedging, foreign trade, confirming, custody, and investment banking activities. The company operates through a network of 11,236 branches. The company was formerly known as Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. and changed its name to Banco Santander, S.A. in June 2007. Banco Santander, S.A. was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

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