LendingTree Stock Price and Value Analysis

LendingTree (NasdaqGS:TREE) in our automated value investing analysis, with the cash flow history and price comparison below.

Key Facts

Ticker: TREE (NasdaqGS)
Current price: $26.96
Sector: Unknown
Industry: Unknown

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Inside the TREE Numbers

	TREE Price (LendingTree stock price per share)	$26.96
× PE Ratio Versus Sector The PE ratio measures the reported earnings of a company to its current stock price. While earnings are easy to manipulate on the balance sheet, this ratio gives you a sense of what buyers are willing to pay for the stock—what they believe it will do in the future. Comparing a stock's PE to the average PE of companies in its industry gives you a sense of market sentiment about the stock and how well it fares financially. It's not the only number, nor the most important, but comparing similar companies is valuable. A ratio far above or below that of its peers is significant. Industries are more specific than sectors, so companies within most industries are more similar than are companies within an industry. Be aware that the size and customers of companies are important to their prospects. Close ^[?]	PE Ratio versus Sector	10% lower than other Unknown stocks
× PE Ratio Versus Industry The PE ratio measures the reported earnings of a company to its current stock price. While earnings are easy to manipulate on the balance sheet, this ratio gives you a sense of what buyers are willing to pay for the stock—what they believe it will do in the future. Comparing a stock's PE to the average PE of companies in its sector gives you a sense of market sentiment about the stock and how well it fares financially. It's not the only number, nor the most important, but comparing similar companies is valuable. A ratio far above or below that of its peers is significant. Be aware that sectors are very broad, with many types of companies in the same sector. Close ^[?]	PE Ratio versus Industry	0% lower than other Unknown stocks
× Free Cash Flow Jitter The free cash flow jitter of a stock measures how much the company's free cash flow varies from its historical trend, on average. While it's always nice to make more money than you expected, a company with predictable free cash flow is stable and good. A company with wild swings in its free cash flow warrants further research. In general, the lower this number, the better. Close ^[?]	Free Cash Flow Jitter	167%

Insider Activity Summary

No open-market insider buys or sells are recorded for the last 12 months.

Recent Insider Activity

Open-market buys and sells reported by LendingTree's officers, directors, and 10% owners on SEC Form 4. Routine transactions (tax withholding, option exercises, and stock grants) are excluded -- these are discretionary trades only.

Date	Insider	Type	Shares	Price
2025-08-25	Rodriguez Diego A	Sell	1,200	$69.78
2025-08-25	Bengel Jason (Chief Financial Officer)	Sell	6,469	$68.86
2025-08-22	Enlow-Novitsky Heather (General Counsel & Corp Sec.)	Sell	30	$69.16
2025-08-22	Enlow-Novitsky Heather (General Counsel & Corp Sec.)	Sell	970	$69.14
2025-05-27	Enlow-Novitsky Heather (General Counsel & Corp Sec.)	Sell	13	$36.28
2025-05-27	Enlow-Novitsky Heather (General Counsel & Corp Sec.)	Sell	1,237	$36.24
2025-03-13	Peyree Scott (Chief Operating Officer)	Buy	5,616	$46.47
2025-03-13	Peyree Scott (Chief Operating Officer)	Buy	1,080	$47.00
2025-03-13	Peyree Scott (Chief Operating Officer)	Buy	3,098	$45.21
2025-03-12	Peyree Scott (Chief Operating Officer)	Buy	2,518	$44.15

This stock has short interest! This means that people have shorted it.

Why does that matter? They've made a bet that price will decrease from where they bought it. Maybe there are financial problems, or maybe there's a value play.

As of the latest analysis, there are 872,458 shares shorted. With 13,469,836 shares available for purchase and an average trading volume over the past 10 trading days of 346,040, it would take at least 2.5 days for all of the short holders to cover their shorts.

Estimate Intrinsic Value (DCF)

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📊 Intrinsic Value Calculator (DCF Method)

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Calculation Results

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Year	Future CF	Present Value

How to use this result: Compare the intrinsic value to the current stock price. If intrinsic value is significantly higher than market price (30-50% margin of safety), the stock may be undervalued. Remember, these are estimates based on your assumptions.

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Free Cash Flow by Fiscal Year

Price Versus Our Estimated Value

We do not estimate a fair value for LendingTree while its free cash flow growth is not positive, so there is no value comparison here.

Free cash flow was positive in 13 out of 16 reported years for LendingTree, using only its current SEC filer.

Free cash flow is volatile from year to year, with a variability measure of 167%.

These numbers change when new filings or prices arrive, so treat this page as a snapshot and check the company's own filings.

No dividend yield is recorded for LendingTree in our data.

SEC Filer History

Every fiscal year on this page is reported by one SEC filer, CIK 1434621.

Each figure on this page comes from that filer.

Risks to This Analysis

Free cash flow was negative in 3 of the 16 years we have.
Free cash flow is volatile from year to year, so the estimates depend heavily on which years are included.
We have no value estimate for this stock, so no price comparison is made.
This page's data was last updated on 2026-09-21. Prices and filings may have changed since.
These figures are automated calculations from SEC filings and the recent price. They may contain errors, and they do not reflect lawsuits, management changes, or other events the filings do not show.

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Questions to Answer Before You Invest in TREE

Does LendingTree have a coherent story? Does it have a plan to continue to make money? Is it worth your time? Only you can decide where to go from here. Our investment guide helps you ask the right questions, including how to buy stocks. Use these research links for more information.

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