loanDepot (LDI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

loanDepot, Inc. engages in originating, financing, selling, and servicing residential mortgage loans in the United States. The company offers conventional agency-conforming and prime jumbo, federal assistance residential mortgage, and home equity loans. It also provides settlement services, which include captive title and escrow business; real estate services that cover captive real estate referral business; and insurance services, including services to homeowners, as well as other consumer insurance policies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1.10 to $1.21
• 50-Day Range: $1.05 to $1.80
• 52-Week Range: $1.01 to $3.23
• Volume: 1.34 million shs
• Average Volume: 805,620 shs
• Market Capitalization: $372.60 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $1.98
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

loanDepot Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

loanDepot scored higher than 67% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 610th out of 949 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

loanDepot has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.67, and is based on no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

loanDepot has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for loanDepot are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.23) to $0.18 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of loanDepot is -2.18, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of loanDepot is -2.18, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

loanDepot has a PEG Ratio of 0.25. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

loanDepot has a P/B Ratio of 0.53. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.71% of the float of loanDepot has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

loanDepot has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in loanDepot has recently decreased by 9.59%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

loanDepot does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

loanDepot does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, loanDepot will have a dividend payout ratio of 2,666.67% in the coming year. This indicates that loanDepot may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.71% of the float of loanDepot has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

loanDepot has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in loanDepot has recently decreased by 9.59%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

loanDepot has a news sentiment score of 0.25. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.88 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for loanDepot this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for LDI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, loanDepot insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

83.04% of the stock of loanDepot is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 39.39% of the stock of loanDepot is held by institutions.

LDI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LDI shares performed this year?

loanDepot's stock was trading at $2.04 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, LDI shares have decreased by 44.4% and is now trading at $1.1350.
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How were loanDepot's earnings last quarter?

loanDepot, Inc. (NYSE:LDI) issued its earnings results on Sunday, October, 31st. The company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.07. The company earned $923.76 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $870.30 million. loanDepot had a negative net margin of 8.95% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.66%.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did loanDepot IPO?

loanDepot (LDI) raised $300 million in an IPO on Thursday, February 11th 2021. The company issued 15,000,000 shares at $19.00-$21.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Citigroup, Jefferies and UBS Investment Bank acted as the underwriters for the IPO and JMP Securities, Nomura, Piper Sandler, Raymond James and William Blair were co-managers.

How do I buy shares of loanDepot?

Shares of LDI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of loanDepot own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that loanDepot investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Ford Motor (F), PayPal (PYPL), Meta Platforms (META) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/31/2021
• Today: 5/01/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Nondepository credit institutions
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: NYSE:LDI
• CIK: 1831631
• Web: www.loandepot.com
• Phone: 888-337-6888
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 13,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $1.98
• High Stock Price Target: $2.70
• Low Stock Price Target: $1.25
• Potential Upside/Downside: +74.0%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.67
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.53)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 0.25
• Net Income: $-110,140,000.00
• Net Margins: -8.95%
• Pretax Margin: -22.56%
• Return on Equity: -14.66%
• Return on Assets: -1.49%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 4.76
• Current Ratio: 1.16
• Quick Ratio: 1.16

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $781.10 million
• Price / Sales: 0.48
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $2.16 per share
• Price / Book: 0.53

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 328,282,000
• Free Float: 55,459,000
• Market Cap: $372.60 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 3.38