LendingTree, Inc. (TREE)Financial Services | Financial Conglomerates | Charlotte, United States | NasdaqGS
28.96 USD
+0.68
(2.405%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 28.96 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:56 a.m. EDT
The investment case for LendingTree is a classic tale of a battered asset with a pristine balance sheet but a broken price trend. Fundamentally, the company is an anomaly: it boasts a 25% revenue growth rate, a 96% gross margin, and a return on equity exceeding 80%, all while trading at a fraction of book value. The market has seemingly priced in a permanent loss of relevance or a regulatory overhang that isn't reflected in the earnings beats. However, the price action tells a different story. The stock is down nearly 60% from its highs, and the recent price history shows a failure to sustain gains, hovering near the 52-week low. This disconnect creates a compelling long-term value thesis, but the short-term outlook is murky. The options market is screaming caution, with investors loading up on deep out-of-the-money puts for 2027, indicating a belief that the recovery may take years or never happen. Until the price history proves a sustained reversal of this multi-year decline, the risk of further downside outweighs the immediate upside potential. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.100810 |
| AutoETS | 0.102231 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.102232 |
| AutoTheta | 0.102368 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 4.35 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.305 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.08 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2012-12-12 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2012-12-12 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 135.941 |
| Revenue per Share | 92.003 |
| Market Cap | 406,585,664 |
| Trailing P/E | 2.19 |
| Forward P/E | 4.37 |
| Beta | 2.08 |
| Profit Margins | 14.32% |
| Website | https://www.lendingtree.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:56 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts expiring in January 2027 (over 1,300 contracts) compared to negligible call volume. While there is some speculative call activity at strikes significantly above the current price (55 and 60), the overwhelming capital deployment is in put writing and buying, suggesting a fear of a prolonged decline or a 'bear trap' scenario where the stock fails to recover from its lows.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-13 | 1.0 | 6.18047 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.5831368 |
| Address1 | 1,415 Vantage Park Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 700 |
| All Time High | 434.94 |
| All Time Low | 1.42 |
| Ask | 36.22 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 416,850 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 353,279 |
| Average Volume | 353,279 |
| Average Volume10Days | 416,850 |
| Beta | 2.076 |
| Bid | 28.72 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 22.856 |
| City | Charlotte |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 28.96 |
| Current Ratio | 1.846 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 29.055 |
| Day Low | 28.16 |
| Debt To Equity | 135.941 |
| Display Name | LendingTree |
| Dividend Date | 1,356,480,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,357,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,357,000 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.046 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.08 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,355,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,304,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,304,000 |
| Ebitda | 117,628,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.09275 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 6.222 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.577 |
| Enterprise Value | 731,881,664 |
| Eps Current Year | 5.3377 |
| Eps Forward | 6.62102 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 13.25 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,355,356,800 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 37.7956 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -8.835602 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.23377329 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -58.31368 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 77.35 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -48.39 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.62559795 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 27.7 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.2599983 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.045487303 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 27.7 - 77.35 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,218,547,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 13,469,976 |
| Forward Eps | 6.62102 |
| Forward P E | 4.3739486 |
| Free Cashflow | 63,107,376 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 919 |
| Fullday Change | 0.679998 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 2.40452 |
| Fullday Price | 28.96 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.96408 |
| Gross Profits | 1,222,616,064 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.1899 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.83098 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 14,039,561 |
| Industry | Financial Conglomerates |
| Industry Disp | Financial Conglomerates |
| Industry Key | financial-conglomerates |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,355,356,800 |
| Last Dividend Value | 1.0 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | LendingTree, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates online consumer platform in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Home, Consumer, and Insurance. The Home segments offer purchase mortgage, refinance mortgage, and home equity loans and lines of credit. The Consumer segment provides credit cards; personal, small business, and auto loans; deposit accounts; and other credit products, such as debt settlement services. The Insurance segment includes information, tools, and access to insurance quote products, including automobile, home, life, and health and Medicare through which consumers are matched with insurance lead aggregators to obtain insurance offers and policies. This segment also offers QuoteWizard, a marketplace for insurance comparison; and ValuePenguin, a personal finance website that offers consumers objective analysis on various financial topics. The company was formerly known as Tree.com, Inc. and changed its name to LendingTree, Inc. in January 2015. LendingTree, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| Long Name | LendingTree, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 406,585,664 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_91183 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 181,660,992 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 397,038,785 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 28.29 |
| Operating Cashflow | 86,077,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.07783 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 3.55 |
| Phone | 704 541 5351 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 28.96 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Previous Close | 28.28 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 5.4255576 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.2670633 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.32060844 |
| Profit Margins | 0.14325 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.765 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.679998 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.40452 |
| Regular Market Day High | 29.055 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 28.16 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 28.16 - 29.055 |
| Regular Market Open | 28.29 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 28.28 |
| Regular Market Price | 28.96 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 552,256 |
| Return On Assets | 0.07754 |
| Return On Equity | 0.82782996 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.253 |
| Revenue Per Share | 92.003 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Sector Disp | Financial Services |
| Sector Key | financial-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 14,039,561 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.060300004 |
| Shares Short | 846,359 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,725,168 |
| Short Name | LendingTree, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.062 |
| Short Ratio | 1.96 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NC |
| Symbol | TREE |
| Target High Price | 70.0 |
| Target Low Price | 45.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 56.0 |
| Target Median Price | 56.5 |
| Total Cash | 110,766,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 7.89 |
| Total Debt | 436,062,016 |
| Total Revenue | 1,268,168,960 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 13.25 |
| Trailing P E | 2.1856604 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 44.37235 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -15.41235 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.3473413 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 552,256 |
| Website | https://www.lendingtree.com |
| Zip | 28,203 |