Let N be the set of all meromorphic functions f defined in the unit disc D that satisfy Nehari's univalence criterion (1 − |z| 2 ) 2 |Sf (z)| ≤ 2. In this paper we investigate certain properties of the class N . We obtain sharp estimates for the spherical distortion, and also a two-point distortion theorem that actually characterizes the set N . Finally, we study some aspects of the boundary behavior of Nehari functions, and obtain results that indicate how such maps can fail to map D onto a quasidisc.