How to buy LendingTree stock | 337.52

LendingTree, Inc is a mortgage finance business based in the US. LendingTree shares (TREE) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. LendingTree employs 1,095 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1 billion.

How to buy shares in LendingTree

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for LendingTree. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: TREE. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until LendingTree reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$337.52, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of LendingTree, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of LendingTree. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted LendingTree's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, LendingTree's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$337.52, which is 0.01% up on its pre-crash value of USD$337.49 and 115.57% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$156.57.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of LendingTree shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$533.81 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,096.94.

LendingTree share price

Use our graph to track the performance of TREE stocks over time.

LendingTree shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$337.52
52-week range	USD$135.72 - USD$392.74
50-day moving average	USD$313.8594
200-day moving average	USD$286.0031
Wall St. target price	USD$378.6
PE ratio	134.4701
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.24

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Is it a good time to buy LendingTree stock?

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LendingTree price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $337.52 from 2020-10-16

1 week (2020-10-16)	337.52
1 month (2020-09-25)	11.45%
3 months (2020-07-24)	-4.60%
6 months (2020-04-24)	56.52%

1 year (2019-10-25)	4.29%
2 years (2018-10-25)	59.26%
3 years (2017-10-25)	52.41%
5 years (2015-10-23)	244.41%

Is LendingTree under- or over-valued?

Valuing LendingTree stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of LendingTree's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

LendingTree's P/E ratio

LendingTree's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 134x. In other words, LendingTree shares trade at around 134x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

LendingTree's PEG ratio

LendingTree's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 9.869. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into LendingTree's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

LendingTree's EBITDA

LendingTree's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$124.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a LendingTree's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

LendingTree financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1 billion
Operating margin TTM	6.33%
Gross profit TTM	USD$1 billion
Return on assets TTM	3.95%
Return on equity TTM	9.31%
Profit margin	-0.89%
Book value	$31.016
Market capitalisation	USD$4.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting LendingTree shares

There are currently 2.1 million LendingTree shares held short by investors – that's known as LendingTree's "short interest". This figure is 0.6% down from 2.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting LendingTree shares can be evaluated.

LendingTree's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

LendingTree's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of LendingTree shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of LendingTree shares traded daily (recently around 107842.35417761). LendingTree's SIR currently stands at 19.03. In other words for every 100,000 LendingTree shares traded daily on the market, roughly 19030 shares are currently held short.

However LendingTree's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of LendingTree shares, or, against the total number of tradable LendingTree shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case LendingTree's short interest could be expressed as 0.16% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 LendingTree shares in existence, roughly 160 shares are currently held short) or 0.3124% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable LendingTree shares, roughly 312 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 10% would generally be considered pretty high, pointing to a potentially pessimistic outlook for the share price and a discouraging interest in betting against LendingTree.

Find out more about how you can short LendingTree stock.

LendingTree share dividends

We're not expecting LendingTree to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

LendingTree share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, LendingTree's shares have ranged in value from as little as $135.72 up to $392.74. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while LendingTree's is 2.2896. This would suggest that LendingTree's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

LendingTree overview

LendingTree, Inc., through its subsidiary, LendingTree, LLC, operates online consumer platform in the United States. It operates through Home, Consumer, and Insurance segments. The company's Home segment offers purchase mortgage, refinance mortgage, reverse mortgage, and home equity loans; lines of credit; and real estate brokerage services. Its Consumer segment provides credit cards; personal, small business, student, and auto loans; deposit accounts; and other credit products, such as credit repair and debt settlement services. The company's Insurance segment includes information, tools, and access to insurance quote products, including home and automobile, through which consumers are matched with insurance lead aggregators to obtain insurance offers. It also operates CompareCards, an online source for side-by-side credit card comparison shopping; SimpleTuition, an online marketing platform for student loans; MagnifyMoney, a consumer facing media property that offers editorial content, expert commentary, tools, and resources; SnapCap, an online platform, which connects business owners with lenders; ValuePenguin, a personal finance website that offers consumers objective analysis; QuoteWizard.com, a marketplace for insurance comparison; and Student Loan Hero, a personal finance website dedicated to helping student loan borrowers manage their student debt. The company was formerly known as Tree.com, Inc. and changed its name to LendingTree, Inc. in January 2015. LendingTree, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of LendingTree is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 39.702% of LendingTree shares are held by insiders and 76.465% by institutions.

• How many people work for LendingTree?

  Latest data suggests 1,095 work at LendingTree.

• When does the fiscal year end for LendingTree?

  LendingTree's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is LendingTree based?

  LendingTree's address is: 11115 Rushmore Drive, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28277

• What is LendingTree's ISIN number?

  LendingTree's international securities identification number is: US52603B1070

• What is LendingTree's CUSIP number?

  LendingTree's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 52603B107