BETR vs. TREE, EBTC, SAR, FFWM, FRGE, PSTL, PMO, HBCP, RFI, and MHN
Should you be buying Better Home & Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Better Home & Finance include LendingTree (TREE), Enterprise Bancorp (EBTC), Saratoga Investment (SAR), First Foundation (FFWM), Forge Global (FRGE), Postal Realty Trust (PSTL), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), and BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking 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 has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Better Home & Finance has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of Better Home & Finance shares are owned by company 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.
Better Home & Finance has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Better Home & Finance's net margin of -21.07%. Better Home & Finance's return on equity of 1.34% beat LendingTree's return on equity.
LendingTree received 605 more outperform votes than Better Home & Finance when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, LendingTree had 10 more articles in the media than Better Home & Finance. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for LendingTree and 4 mentions for Better Home & Finance. LendingTree's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Better Home & Finance's score of -0.18 indicating that Better Home & Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LendingTree presently has a consensus price target of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.13%. Given Better Home & Finance's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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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