Better Home & Finance vs LendingTree
BETR and TREE side by side, both in non-depository credit institutions. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BETR and TREE compare
LendingTree is the larger company, worth 1.8 times as much as Better Home & Finance ($517M against $292M).
Better Home & Finance grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (44.4% versus 23.1% for LendingTree).
LendingTree keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.6% compared with −112% at Better Home & Finance.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BETR | TREE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $292M | $517M |
| Share price | $15.39 | $36.84 |
| Change, 1 year | −76.7% | −31.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −96.9% | −71.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.63 | 2.06 |
| Employees | 1,329 | 926 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 7 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 5.6× |
| P/S | 1.8× | 0.4× (better) |
| P/B | 12.1× | 2.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 35.7× |
| P/FCF | – | 6.4× |
| FCF yield | −24.4% | 15.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 44.4% (better) | 23.1% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 4.2% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 600% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 545% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 29.1% |
| Operating margin | – | 0.37% |
| Net margin | −112% | 7.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | −45.0% | 6.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | −536% | 51.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 0.80% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.31 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 11.58 |
| Current ratio | – | 1.57 |
| Altman Z-score | −1.96 | 1.01 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | −36.4% | – |
| Shareholder yield | −36.4% | 0.00% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 34.2% | 81.4% |
| Held by insiders | – | 25.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $8.4M | – |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 9.2% |
Go deeper
- BETR stock overview
- BETR income statement
- BETR valuation and score
- TREE stock overview
- TREE income statement
- TREE valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.