LendingTree, Inc. (NASDAQ:TREE – Get Free Report) General Counsel Heather Novitsky sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.08, for a total transaction of $98,160.00. Following the transaction, the general counsel now owns 564 shares in the company, valued at approximately $27,681.12. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.
LendingTree Price Performance
Shares of LendingTree stock opened at $47.81 on Thursday. LendingTree, Inc. has a one year low of $10.12 and a one year high of $52.76. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $40.42 and its 200 day moving average is $30.78. The stock has a market cap of $632.29 million, a P/E ratio of -4.61 and a beta of 2.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.80, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 3.71.
LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $134.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $135.55 million. LendingTree had a positive return on equity of 1.34% and a negative net margin of 21.07%. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.53) earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that LendingTree, Inc. will post -0.04 earnings per share for the current year.
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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
TREE has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price target on LendingTree from $45.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 1st. Susquehanna boosted their target price on shares of LendingTree from $15.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 28th. Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on shares of LendingTree from $40.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 30th. Oppenheimer lifted their price target on shares of LendingTree from $45.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 1st. Finally, StockNews.com raised LendingTree from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average 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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