TREE vs. BETR, FINV, HFWA, CCAP, CFB, UVSP, FCBC, OSBC, NBBK, and MBWM
Should you be buying LendingTree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LendingTree include Better Home & Finance (BETR), FinVolution Group (FINV), Heritage Financial (HFWA), Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP), CrossFirst Bankshares (CFB), Univest Financial (UVSP), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), Old Second Bancorp (OSBC), NB Bancorp (NBBK), and Mercantile Bank (MBWM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE) and Better Home & Finance (NASDAQ:BETR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
LendingTree has higher revenue and earnings than Better Home & Finance. LendingTree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Better Home & Finance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LendingTree received 605 more outperform votes than Better Home & Finance when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, LendingTree had 11 more articles in the media than Better Home & Finance. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for LendingTree and 4 mentions for Better Home & Finance. Better Home & Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat LendingTree's score of -0.18 indicating that Better Home & Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Better Home & Finance has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LendingTree's net margin of -21.07%. LendingTree's return on equity of 1.34% beat Better Home & Finance's return on equity.
LendingTree currently has a consensus price target of $48.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.13%. Given LendingTree's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LendingTree is more favorable than Better Home & Finance.
68.3% of LendingTree shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Better Home & Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of LendingTree shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of Better Home & Finance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LendingTree has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Better Home & Finance has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
LendingTree beats Better Home & Finance on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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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