TREE vs. BETR, FINV, BOC, LEGH, MCBC, OLP, MYD, SMBC, GCBC, and DSU
Should you be buying LendingTree stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LendingTree include Better Home & Finance (BETR), FinVolution Group (FINV), Boston Omaha (BOC), Legacy Housing (LEGH), Macatawa Bank (MCBC), One Liberty Properties (OLP), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU). 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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, LendingTree had 52 more articles in the media than Better Home & Finance. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for LendingTree and 6 mentions for Better Home & Finance. Better Home & Finance's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat LendingTree's score of 0.15 indicating that Better Home & Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Better Home & Finance has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LendingTree's net margin of -18.20%. LendingTree's return on equity of -4.22% beat Better Home & Finance's return on equity.
LendingTree has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Better Home & Finance has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
68.3% of LendingTree shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of Better Home & Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 23.0% of LendingTree shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Better Home & Finance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LendingTree received 604 more outperform votes than Better Home & Finance when rated by MarketBeat users.
LendingTree currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.03%. Given LendingTree's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe LendingTree is more favorable than Better Home & Finance.
Summary
LendingTree beats Better Home & Finance on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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