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    Is Nu’s Rapid Revenue And Customer Growth Reshaping The Investment Case For Nu Holdings (NU)?

    Simply Wall St·07/26/2026 02:28:35
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    • Earlier this year, Nu Holdings reported that revenue rose 42% year over year, its customer base reached 135 million, and monthly average revenue per active customer increased 23% on a currency-neutral basis, underscoring continued expansion across its digital financial platform.
    • Despite lingering concerns over Brazil’s credit cycle, political uncertainty, and the costs of entering the U.S. market, Nu’s combination of profitable growth and higher revenue per customer has drawn attention to how its operational model may support further scale.
    • Now we’ll examine how Nu’s sharp revenue and customer growth influences the existing investment narrative built around its digital banking expansion.

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    Nu Holdings Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Nu Holdings, you need to believe its digital-first model can keep attracting and monetizing customers faster than traditional banks, while managing a higher risk lending book in Brazil and other core markets. The latest quarter’s 42% revenue growth and 23% higher revenue per active customer support that thesis, and do not materially change the key near term swing factor, which remains Brazil’s credit cycle and its impact on defaults and provisioning.

    The most relevant recent development here is Nu’s conditional approval for a U.S. national bank charter, which sits at the center of current debate. For some, this expansion could eventually deepen Nu’s funding base and product breadth. For others, it adds execution and regulatory risk on top of existing concerns about Brazil’s political backdrop and credit quality, making the timing and scale of the U.S. ramp an important catalyst to watch.

    Yet behind the impressive growth figures, investors still need to think hard about how Nu might be affected if Brazil’s credit conditions were to...

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    Nu Holdings' narrative projects $41.8 billion revenue and $7.3 billion earnings by 2029. This requires 76.6% yearly revenue growth and about a $4.1 billion earnings increase from $3.2 billion today.

    Uncover how Nu Holdings' forecasts yield a $17.82 fair value, a 26% upside to its current price.

    Exploring Other Perspectives

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    While consensus focuses on profitable growth and Brazil risk, the most optimistic analysts were already assuming revenue could reach about US$40.0 billion by 2029 and see Nu’s AI lending engine as a key accelerator, so this new growth news may either reinforce or challenge those higher expectations depending on how you weigh credit quality and execution abroad.

    Explore 16 other fair value estimates on Nu Holdings - why the stock might be worth just $16.31!

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    This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.