TREE vs. WSFS, WD, PFS, SMPL, BANC, WAFD, AGM, NWBI, DCOM, and BHLB
Should you be buying LendingTree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LendingTree include WSFS Financial (WSFS), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Banc of California (BANC), WaFd (WAFD), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), and Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
LendingTree vs. Its Competitors
LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE) and WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.
LendingTree has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
WSFS Financial has a net margin of 19.29% compared to LendingTree's net margin of -5.33%. LendingTree's return on equity of 25.79% beat WSFS Financial's return on equity.
68.3% of LendingTree shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of LendingTree shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of WSFS Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
WSFS Financial has higher revenue and earnings than LendingTree. LendingTree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WSFS Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, LendingTree had 9 more articles in the media than WSFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for LendingTree and 2 mentions for WSFS Financial. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat LendingTree's score of -0.13 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LendingTree presently has a consensus price target of $65.38, indicating a potential upside of 8.42%. WSFS Financial has a consensus price target of $66.25, indicating a potential upside of 21.49%. Given WSFS Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than LendingTree.
Summary
WSFS Financial beats LendingTree on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:TREE) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
