LendingTree, Inc. (NASDAQ:TREE – Get Free Report) CFO Trent Ziegler sold 8,750 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.30, for a total value of $431,375.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 5 shares in the company, valued at $246.50. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.
LendingTree Trading Down 2.3 %
Shares of LendingTree stock opened at $47.81 on Thursday. LendingTree, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $10.12 and a fifty-two week high of $52.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.80, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 3.71. The company has a market cap of $632.29 million, a P/E ratio of -4.61 and a beta of 2.10. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $40.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $30.78.
LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.14. LendingTree had a positive return on equity of 1.34% and a negative net margin of 21.07%. The company had revenue of $134.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $135.55 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.53) EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that LendingTree, Inc. will post -0.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
TREE has been the topic of several research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of LendingTree from $25.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 28th. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of LendingTree from $45.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 1st. StockNews.com raised shares of LendingTree from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 2nd. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on LendingTree from $15.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 28th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on LendingTree from $40.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $48.50.
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About LendingTree
LendingTree, Inc, through its subsidiary, operates online consumer platform in the United States. It operates through three segments: Home, Consumer, and Insurance. The Home segment offers purchase mortgage, refinance mortgage, and home equity loans and lines of credit; and real estate brokerage services.
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