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TREE vs. WSFS, SMPL, WD, PFS, WAFD, BANC, 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), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), WaFd (WAFD), Banc of California (BANC), 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

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$1.01B0.85-$41.70M-$4.06-15.65
WSFS Financial$1.40B2.20$263.67M$4.5612.09

LendingTree has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

LendingTree presently has a consensus target price of $65.38, indicating a potential upside of 2.92%. WSFS Financial has a consensus target price of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.72%. 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)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
WSFS Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, LendingTree had 21 more articles in the media than WSFS Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for LendingTree and 3 mentions for WSFS Financial. WSFS Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat LendingTree's score of 0.35 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WSFS Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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%

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$844.44M$6.13B$12.44B$9.82B
Dividend YieldN/A3.70%5.55%4.07%
P/E Ratio-15.658.5519.6225.12
Price / Sales0.852.3826.71114.82
Price / Cash19.2322.8521.8559.05
Price / Book7.332.582.286.18
Net Income-$41.70M$1.82B$1.00B$264.89M
7 Day Performance17.26%9.60%1.23%4.18%
1 Month Performance67.95%17.02%1.37%1.99%
1 Year Performance26.48%389.53%539.15%24.22%

LendingTree Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TREE
LendingTree
4.0652 of 5 stars
$63.52
+2.5%
$65.38
+2.9%
+27.5%$844.44M$1.01B-15.651,250Short Interest ↓
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.543 of 5 stars
$53.34
-0.2%
$66.00
+23.7%
+9.0%$2.99B$1.05B11.702,309
SMPL
Simply Good Foods
4.5241 of 5 stars
$28.86
-2.0%
$39.88
+38.2%
-14.6%$2.90B$1.33B20.18260Positive News
WD
Walker & Dunlop
3.5176 of 5 stars
$78.49
-2.9%
$102.50
+30.6%
-19.1%$2.67B$1.14B24.221,399Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PFS
Provident Financial Services
4.1568 of 5 stars
$18.13
-0.4%
$22.70
+25.2%
+4.0%$2.37B$839.40M10.241,801
WAFD
WaFd
4.3652 of 5 stars
$29.68
-0.3%
$32.25
+8.7%
-10.7%$2.34B$725.85M11.292,208Dividend Announcement
BANC
Banc of California
4.8763 of 5 stars
$14.51
-0.2%
$17.33
+19.5%
+15.6%$2.14B$1.00B22.321,903Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.5961 of 5 stars
$178.86
+0.7%
$217.00
+21.3%
+3.3%$1.95B$1.62B10.53160News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
4.2953 of 5 stars
$11.51
+0.1%
$15.00
+30.3%
-7.7%$1.68B$756.21M10.282,027
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
4.3217 of 5 stars
$27.59
+0.5%
$36.88
+33.7%
+24.7%$1.21B$646.19M32.85820
BHLB
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
4.775 of 5 stars
$24.42
+0.3%
$32.75
+34.1%
-2.3%$1.13B$696.05M9.541,238Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:TREE) was last updated on 8/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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