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LendingTree (TREE) Competitors

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$45.15
-11.88 (-20.83%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

TREE vs. WSFS, WAFD, PFS, BANC, AGM, NWBI, DCOM, BHLB, OCFC, and BRKL

Should you be buying LendingTree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LendingTree include WSFS Financial (WSFS), WaFd (WAFD), Provident Financial Services (PFS), Banc of California (BANC), Federal Agricultural Mortgage (AGM), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), Dime Community Bancshares (DCOM), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), and Brookline Bancorp (BRKL). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.

LendingTree vs.

LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE) and WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

LendingTree has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WSFS Financial has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

WSFS Financial has a net margin of 18.78% compared to LendingTree's net margin of -19.02%. WSFS Financial's return on equity of 10.56% beat LendingTree's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LendingTree-19.02% -2.98% -0.44%
WSFS Financial 18.78%10.56%1.29%

In the previous week, WSFS Financial had 3 more articles in the media than LendingTree. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for WSFS Financial and 26 mentions for LendingTree. LendingTree's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat WSFS Financial's score of 0.44 indicating that LendingTree is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LendingTree
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WSFS Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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$667.45M0.90-$122.40M-$9.79-4.61
WSFS Financial$1.27B2.32$269.16M$4.3811.33

LendingTree received 417 more outperform votes than WSFS Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.58% of users gave LendingTree an outperform vote while only 50.50% of users gave WSFS Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LendingTreeOutperform Votes
620
68.58%
Underperform Votes
284
31.42%
WSFS FinancialOutperform Votes
203
50.50%
Underperform Votes
199
49.50%

68.3% of LendingTree shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of WSFS Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of LendingTree shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of WSFS Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

LendingTree currently has a consensus target price of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.75%. WSFS Financial has a consensus target price of $59.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.37%. Given LendingTree's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LendingTree is more favorable than WSFS Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LendingTree
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
WSFS Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Summary

WSFS Financial beats LendingTree on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TREE vs. The Competition

MetricLendingTreeLoan brokers IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$602.39M$603.51M$10.43B$8.52B
Dividend YieldN/A3.62%10.23%4.13%
P/E Ratio-4.612.7143.7716.13
Price / Sales0.901.903,389.4093.42
Price / Cash12.148.3130.0034.18
Price / Book4.732.064.105.07
Net Income-$122.40M-$83.12M$991.46M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-15.40%-11.60%-0.35%0.54%
1 Month Performance-21.33%-14.27%0.26%3.75%
1 Year Performance186.30%810.29%22.65%29.48%

LendingTree Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TREE
LendingTree
4.8452 of 5 stars
$45.15
-20.8%
$60.13
+33.2%
+201.0%$760.89M$672.50M-16.721,250Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.3177 of 5 stars
$49.84
-0.3%
$59.75
+19.9%
+39.3%$2.95B$1.27B11.382,229Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WAFD
WaFd
4.5844 of 5 stars
$34.40
-0.1%
$38.00
+10.5%
+36.5%$2.79B$1.43B13.872,120Positive News
PFS
Provident Financial Services
3.8347 of 5 stars
$19.08
+0.3%
$20.67
+8.3%
+32.7%$2.49B$508.57M18.001,142Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
BANC
Banc of California
4.7122 of 5 stars
$15.64
+0.4%
$17.20
+10.0%
+35.3%$2.46B$728.96M-3.662,304Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage
4.8316 of 5 stars
$186.20
+0.0%
$215.00
+15.5%
+20.8%$2.03B$365.63M11.37185Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
2.2396 of 5 stars
$13.48
+0.1%
$11.00
-18.4%
+29.7%$1.72B$701.74M16.642,165Earnings Report
DCOM
Dime Community Bancshares
2.2386 of 5 stars
$30.92
+0.3%
$29.50
-4.6%
+59.0%$1.20B$339.86M19.95820
BHLB
Berkshire Hills Bancorp
3.5343 of 5 stars
$27.63
+0.1%
$26.80
-3.0%
+37.1%$1.20B$353.81M53.141,340Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
3.3865 of 5 stars
$18.50
-0.2%
$19.30
+4.3%
+42.9%$1.08B$384.08M10.57878Positive News
BRKL
Brookline Bancorp
3.9075 of 5 stars
$11.46
-0.3%
$11.50
+0.3%
+35.9%$1.02B$355.54M13.331,018

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This page (NASDAQ:TREE) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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