Stocks · Communication Services · Internet Content & Information
EverQuote, Inc. EVER
$19.50 -2.40% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $687.2M
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.07, up 147.6% year over year.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 11 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +98.8%).
- The shares trade at 6.4× trailing earnings, lower than 88% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 28%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 1%
- Gross marginTop 3%
- Operating marginTop 40%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 18%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 7%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 6%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 10%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 39%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 34%
- 6-month returnTop 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 44%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 50%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 11%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 6%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 40%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 43%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 43%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 7%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 24.5% | 22.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 187.3% | 147.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 96.6% | 97.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 11.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 14.6% | 12.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.7% | 24.5% | ↓ | Top 14% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 147.6% | 187.3% | ↓ | Top 8% |
| Gross margin | 97.6% | 96.6% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 8.8% | ↑ | Top 40% |
| Net margin | 15.2% | 7.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 12.7% | 14.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 32.1% | — | Top 1% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 19.7% | — | Top 20% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.89×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 3.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +15.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -2.11×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 6.90%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.90%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 11
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +98.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $28.00
- Target vs current price
- +43.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 62%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +1.3% | -4.4% | +1.9% | +1.7% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | +18.6% | +0.8% | +41.5% | +37.7% | +85.2% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | +340.0% | -1.1% | +2.0% | -1.0% | +17.7% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | +35.1% | +4.0% | +18.1% | +25.1% | +5.5% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +11.4% | +6.9% | -1.5% | -3.5% | -16.0% |
| May 5, 2025 | +18.8% | -1.4% | -13.1% | -10.5% | -9.1% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | +120.0% | -2.9% | +29.5% | +38.3% | +15.6% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +40.9% | +0.5% | +7.0% | +13.0% | +17.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.53 | $0.52 | +1.3% | $195.1M |
| May 4, 2026 | $0.51 | $0.43 | +18.6% | $190.9M |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $1.54 | $0.35 | +340.0% | $195.3M |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.50 | $0.37 | +35.1% | $173.9M |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $0.39 | $0.35 | +11.4% | $156.6M |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.32 | +18.8% | $166.6M |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.15 | +120.0% | $147.5M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.31 | $0.22 | +40.9% | $144.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 6.4× | 18.1× | 13th | Top 6% |
| P/E (forward) | 9.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.5× | — | — | Top 11% |
| EV / Sales | 0.66× | — | — | Top 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 13.94% | — | — | Top 21% |
| Earnings yield | 15.74% | — | — | Top 6% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.9× – 53.0× since Sep 30, 2024. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -12.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +147.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -59.4%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -17.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.7%
- RSI (14)
- 36.9
- Relative volume
- 0.65×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 61.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 41th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.09
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.26
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -30.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -52.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2021 | Oct 24, 2022 | -89.3% | 420 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 23, 2020 | Dec 9, 2020 | -21.8% | 11 days | 31 days (Jan 26, 2021) |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -17.5% | 13 days | 8 days (Nov 11, 2020) |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Feb 22, 2021 | -12.6% | 5 days | 2 days (Feb 24, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $687.2M
- P/E (TTM)
- 6.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.07
- Revenue (TTM)
- $755.2M
- 52-week range
- $13.88 – $28.73
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $418.5M | $404.1M | $287.9M | $500.2M | $692.5M |
| Gross profit | $394.6M | $380.1M | $265.5M | $479.3M | $673.1M |
| Operating income | -$21.9M | -$24.8M | -$52.0M | $31.8M | $66.6M |
| Net income | -$19.4M | -$24.4M | -$51.3M | $32.2M | $99.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.67 | -$0.77 | -$1.54 | $0.88 | $2.63 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $144.5M | $147.5M | $166.6M | $156.6M | $173.9M | $195.3M | $190.9M | $195.1M |
| Net income | $11.6M | $12.3M | $8.0M | $14.7M | $18.9M | $57.8M | $18.7M | $19.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.31 | $0.33 | $0.21 | $0.39 | $0.50 | $1.53 | $0.51 | $0.53 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $7.2M | -$15.8M | -$2.8M | $66.6M | $95.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.9M | -$4.3M | -$3.8M | -$4.1M | -$5.1M |
| Free cash flow | $4.3M | -$20.1M | -$6.7M | $62.5M | $90.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $15.0M | $0 | $0 | -$17.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $192.3M
- Total assets
- $341.0M
- Total liabilities
- $84.2M
- Total debt
- $1.9M
- Net debt
- -$190.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $256.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2015 | $0.06 | Nov 23, 2015 |
| Aug 7, 2015 | $0.06 | Aug 21, 2015 |
| Nov 1, 2012 | $0.02 | Nov 20, 2012 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,636,527
- Days to cover
- 12.81
- Change vs previous report
- -1.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.