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LendingTree (TREE) Competitors

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TREE vs. WSFS, WD, SMPL, PFS, 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), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Provident Financial Services (PFS), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

68.3% of LendingTree shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of LendingTree shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of WSFS Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LendingTree$900.22M1.09-$41.70M-$4.06-17.69
WSFS Financial$1.40B2.32$263.67M$4.5612.78

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LendingTree-5.33% 25.79% 3.46%
WSFS Financial 19.29%10.15%1.29%

In the previous week, LendingTree had 17 more articles in the media than WSFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for LendingTree and 8 mentions for WSFS Financial. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat LendingTree's score of 0.52 indicating that WSFS Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LendingTree
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WSFS Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

LendingTree presently has a consensus price target of $65.38, suggesting a potential downside of 8.96%. WSFS Financial has a consensus price target of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.23%. Given WSFS Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WSFS Financial is more favorable than LendingTree.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LendingTree
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
WSFS Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

LendingTree has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TREE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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TREE vs. The Competition

MetricLendingTreeFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$978.05M$6.91B$12.64B$9.93B
Dividend YieldN/A3.34%5.41%4.52%
P/E Ratio-17.6910.58232.4226.11
Price / Sales1.092.6730.95121.52
Price / Cash22.2724.3922.1359.28
Price / Book8.822.722.296.09
Net Income-$41.70M$1.82B$1.01B$266.51M
7 Day Performance5.68%10.23%0.41%0.46%
1 Month Performance31.71%26.98%3.76%4.59%
1 Year Performance38.66%148.08%540.98%26.04%

LendingTree Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TREE
LendingTree
3.6107 of 5 stars
$71.81
+0.8%
$65.38
-9.0%
+35.5%$978.05M$900.22M-17.691,250News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.2779 of 5 stars
$58.29
-0.1%
$66.00
+13.2%
+11.1%$3.26B$1.40B12.782,160News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.6362 of 5 stars
$85.09
-1.0%
$92.50
+8.7%
-18.2%$2.90B$1.13B26.261,450News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
4.0803 of 5 stars
$28.63
0.0%
$39.88
+39.3%
-15.4%$2.88B$1.33B20.02260Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
3.8691 of 5 stars
$19.86
-0.2%
$22.70
+14.3%
+6.9%$2.59B$1.14B11.221,150News Coverage
Positive News
BANC
Banc of California
4.6197 of 5 stars
$16.95
+0.7%
$17.33
+2.3%
+19.2%$2.50B$1.89B26.07680News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
WAFD
WaFd
4.1042 of 5 stars
$31.45
-0.3%
$32.25
+2.5%
-11.3%$2.48B$1.43B11.962,130Positive News
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.3035 of 5 stars
$210.24
+0.2%
$217.00
+3.2%
+9.2%$2.30B$1.62B12.38160Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
3.6403 of 5 stars
$12.65
+0.2%
$15.00
+18.6%
-5.4%$1.85B$756.21M11.292,027
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
4.3008 of 5 stars
$30.76
+0.0%
$36.88
+19.9%
+21.1%$1.35B$646.19M36.62820News Coverage
Positive News
BHLB
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
4.6713 of 5 stars
$26.11
-0.7%
$32.75
+25.5%
-3.6%$1.21B$696.05M10.201,238News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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