TREE vs. NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, BRKL, CFFN, TRST, HIFS, NFBK, and KRNY
Should you be buying LendingTree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LendingTree include Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL), Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), and Kearny Financial (KRNY). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
LendingTree vs.
Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI) and LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
66.3% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of LendingTree shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Northwest Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of LendingTree shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Northwest Bancshares has a net margin of 13.19% compared to LendingTree's net margin of -4.72%. Northwest Bancshares' return on equity of 8.24% beat LendingTree's return on equity.
LendingTree received 347 more outperform votes than Northwest Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.54% of users gave LendingTree an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave Northwest Bancshares an outperform vote.
Northwest Bancshares has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LendingTree has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Northwest Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than LendingTree. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Northwest Bancshares and 8 mentions for LendingTree. Northwest Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat LendingTree's score of -0.38 indicating that Northwest Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Northwest Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LendingTree. LendingTree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Northwest Bancshares presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.37%. LendingTree has a consensus target price of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 61.58%. Given LendingTree's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LendingTree is more favorable than Northwest Bancshares.
Summary
Northwest Bancshares and LendingTree tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TREE) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
