TREE - LendingTree, Inc. (NASDAQGS)

Overview

LendingTree, Inc., based in the United States, operates primarily within the financial services industry, specializing in an online lending exchange that connects consumers with multiple lenders, banks, and credit partners. The platform facilitates a variety of financing and refinancing transactions, including mortgages, personal loans, auto loans, small business loans, and credit cards. LendingTree leverages a proprietary technology platform to provide consumers with competitive options based on their financial profiles. The company's innovative approach also extends into personalized financial tools and services aimed at helping consumers enhance their financial decision-making and health. Key projects include expanding their digital marketplace offerings and enhancing user engagement through tailored financial education and resources.

Basic Stats

The share price of LendingTree, Inc. as of September 3, 2026 is / share. This is a decrease of -0.95% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of LendingTree, Inc. as of September 4, 2026 is MM.

The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of LendingTree, Inc. from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.

For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.

Market & Dividend

Market and Dividend Metrics
Market Cap	393.10 MM
EV	672.62 MM
Shares Out.	14.03 MM
EPS (TTM)	12.94
Dividend Yield
Ex-Dividend Date

Valuation & Profitability

Valuation and Profitability Metrics
PE Ratio	2.16
Price/Book	1.23
ROA	0.22
ROE	1.54
ROIC	0.24
CROIC	-0.05

Shorts & Options

Short Interest and Options Metrics
Short Float	6.28 %
Short Interest	0.85 MM
Days to Cover	2.55 d
Borrow Rate	0.28
Implied Volatility	59.52 %
Put/Call OI Ratio	0.88

Risk & Price

Risk and Price Metrics
Beta	1.51
Volatility (1 yr)	0.67
Sharpe Ratio (1 yr)	-0.97
Price Change (1 yr) (1Y)	-60.69 %
Risk Free Rate	4.77 %

Fintel Scores

Fintel Quant Scores
Quality Score
Value Score	18.44
Momentum Score	14.21
Growth	45.37
Piotroski F-SCORE	7.00

Ownership

Ownership Sentiment Metrics
Fund Sentiment	68.90
Insider Sentiment	29.14
Officer Sentiment	24.23
Analyst Sentiment	77.73

Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.

Price Target

The average one-year price target for LendingTree, Inc. is $56.51. The forecasts range from a low of to a high of $73.50. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.

Update Frequency: Monthly

Stock Price Forecast Table
Record Date	Projection Date	High	Low	Median	Average
2026-08-28	2027-08-28	73.50	45.45	56.10	56.51

Stock Upgrades/Downgrades

This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for LendingTree, Inc.. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.

The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:

Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.

When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.

The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.

Analyst Upgrade and Downgrade History
Date	Analyst	Prior	Latest Recommendation	Action
2022-11-08	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2022-11-04	Needham		Buy	Maintains
2022-07-29	Truist Securities		Buy	Maintains
2022-07-29	Susquehanna		Positive	Maintains
2022-07-29	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2022-07-29	Needham		Buy	Maintains
2022-06-24	Truist Securities		Buy	Maintains
2022-06-24	Needham		Buy	Maintains
2022-05-06	Northland Capital Markets	Outperform	Market Perform	Downgrade
2022-05-06	Needham		Buy	Maintains
2022-02-28	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2022-02-28	Needham		Buy	Maintains
2022-02-14	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods		Market Perform	Initiate
2021-10-29	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2021-09-23	Stephens & Co.		Overweight	Maintains
2021-07-19	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2021-05-20	Northland Capital Markets	Market Perform	Outperform	Upgrade
2021-04-29	Needham		Buy	Maintains
2021-04-08	Northland Capital Markets		Underperform	Maintains
2021-02-23	JP Morgan		Overweight	Maintains
2021-01-13	Northland Capital Markets	Outperform	Market Perform	Downgrade
2020-11-10	Deutsche Bank	Hold	Buy	Upgrade
2020-11-06	Needham		Buy	Maintains
2020-11-06	JP Morgan	Neutral	Overweight	Upgrade
2020-08-05	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2020-08-05	Deutsche Bank		Hold	Maintains
2020-07-17	SunTrust Robinson Humphrey		Buy	Maintains
2020-07-17	Needham		Buy	Maintains
2020-07-17	JP Morgan	Overweight	Neutral	Downgrade
2020-05-06	SunTrust Robinson Humphrey		Buy	Maintains
2020-05-06	JP Morgan		Overweight	Maintains
2020-05-06	Deutsche Bank		Hold	Maintains
2020-05-06	Compass Point	Buy	Neutral	Downgrade
2020-04-16	UBS		Buy	Maintains
2020-04-16	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2020-04-15	SunTrust Robinson Humphrey	Hold	Buy	Upgrade
2020-04-15	Needham		Buy	Maintains
2020-03-31	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2020-03-12	RBC Capital	Sector Perform	Outperform	Upgrade
2020-02-26	Stephens & Co.		Overweight	Reiterate
2020-02-26	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2020-02-26	JP Morgan		Overweight	Maintains
2020-02-26	B of A Securities		Buy	Maintains
2019-12-30	Compass Point	Neutral	Buy	Upgrade
2019-12-13	Stephens & Co.		Overweight	Reiterate
2019-12-12	SunTrust Robinson Humphrey		Hold	Maintains
2019-12-12	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2019-12-12	JP Morgan		Overweight	Maintains
2019-11-22	JP Morgan		Overweight	Initiate
2019-10-22	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2019-09-03	UBS	Neutral	Buy	Upgrade
2019-07-25	Susquehanna	Neutral	Positive	Upgrade
2019-07-02	RBC Capital	Outperform	Sector Perform	Downgrade
2019-02-28	UBS	Buy	Neutral	Downgrade
2019-02-27	Deutsche Bank	Hold	Hold	Maintains
2018-11-12	Northland Securities	Outperform	Market Perform	Downgrade
2018-08-16	Deutsche Bank	Hold	Hold	Maintains
2018-07-27	Northland Securities	Outperform	Market Perform	Downgrade
2018-06-26	Compass Point	Buy	Neutral	Downgrade
2018-05-30	Deutsche Bank		Hold	Initiate
2018-05-07	UBS	Neutral	Buy	Upgrade
2018-03-28	UBS		Neutral	Initiate
2018-03-07	Susquehanna		Neutral	Initiate
2018-01-24	SunTrust Robinson Humphrey		Hold	Initiate
2017-10-27	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2017-10-12	BWS Financial	Buy	Sell	Downgrade
2017-06-21	William Blair		Outperform	Initiate
2017-02-08	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Initiate
2016-10-12	Loop Capital		Buy	Maintains
2016-08-05	Loop Capital		Buy	Initiate
2016-06-02	Compass Point		Buy	Initiate
2016-03-29	Mizuho		Buy	Initiate
2016-02-01	Northland Securities		Outperform	Initiate
2016-01-15	SunTrust Robinson Humphrey		Buy	Maintains
2015-12-10	Bank of America	Neutral	Buy	Upgrade
2015-11-17	Topeka		Buy	Initiate
2015-11-16	Guggenheim		Buy	Initiate
2015-11-09	SunTrust Robinson Humphrey		Buy	Initiate
2015-11-09	RBC Capital		Outperform	Initiate
2015-10-26	BWS Financial		Buy	Maintains
2013-09-12	Needham		Buy	Initiate
2012-11-06	Stephens & Co.	Equal-Weight	Overweight	Upgrade
2012-07-24	BWS Financial		Buy	Initiate
2023-02-27	Needham		Buy	Maintains
2023-02-28	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods		Market Perform	Maintains
2023-02-28	Oppenheimer		Outperform	Maintains
2023-02-28	B of A Securities		Buy	Maintains
2023-02-28	Susquehanna	Positive	Neutral	Downgrade
2023-03-30	Stephens & Co.		Overweight	Reiterate
2023-05-04	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods		Market Perform	Maintains
2023-05-03	Stephens & Co.		Overweight	Maintains
2023-05-03	Needham		Buy	Reiterate
2023-05-03	Truist Securities		Buy	Maintains
2023-07-28	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2023-11-01	Susquehanna	Neutral	Neutral	Maintains
2023-11-01	Truist Securities	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2023-11-01	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2024-04-30	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2024-05-01	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Outperform	Outperform	Maintains
2024-05-01	Truist Securities	Buy	Buy	Reiterate
2024-05-01	Oppenheimer	Outperform	Outperform	Maintains
2024-02-28	Truist Securities	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2024-02-28	Susquehanna	Neutral	Neutral	Maintains
2024-02-28	JP Morgan	Overweight	Overweight	Maintains
2024-02-28	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2024-02-28	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Market Perform	Outperform	Upgrade
2024-01-08	Oppenheimer	Outperform	Outperform	Maintains
2024-06-20	Stephens & Co.	Overweight	Overweight	Reiterate
2024-06-20	Needham	Buy	Buy	Reiterate
2024-07-26	Northland Capital Markets	Market Perform	Market Perform	Maintains
2024-07-26	Truist Securities	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2024-07-26	Susquehanna	Neutral	Neutral	Maintains
2024-07-26	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2025-08-01	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2024-07-30	Oppenheimer	Outperform	Outperform	Maintains
2024-11-01	Truist Securities	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2024-11-01	Susquehanna	Neutral	Neutral	Maintains
2024-11-01	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Outperform	Outperform	Maintains
2024-11-01	Oppenheimer	Outperform	Outperform	Maintains
2024-11-01	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2024-07-29	Stephens & Co.	Overweight	Overweight	Maintains
2025-03-06	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2025-01-21	Northland Capital Markets	Market Perform	Outperform	Upgrade
2025-03-06	JP Morgan	Overweight	Overweight	Maintains
2025-03-06	Stephens & Co.	Overweight	Overweight	Reiterate
2025-03-06	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Outperform	Outperform	Maintains
2025-10-31	JP Morgan	Overweight	Overweight	Maintains
2025-05-02	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2025-07-24	Needham	Buy	Buy	Reiterate
2025-05-05	Truist Securities	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2025-10-30	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2025-08-04	Truist Securities	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2025-11-03	Truist Securities	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2026-03-03	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2026-05-01	Needham	Buy	Buy	Reiterate
2026-03-04	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Outperform	Outperform	Maintains
2026-07-13	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Outperform	Outperform	Maintains
2026-07-30	Truist Securities	Buy	Buy	Maintains
2026-07-30	Needham	Buy	Buy	Maintains