LendingTree, Inc. (TREE) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup · Catalyst-Driven edge
Financial Services · Financial Conglomerates
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $45.00: Risk below floor (2.6 < 3.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.8/10 and A.R:R 1.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.40; Below long-term trend.
LendingTree, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates online consumer platform in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Home, Consumer, and Insurance. The Home segments offer purchase mortgage, refinance mortgage, and home equity loans and lines of... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $45.00: Risk below floor (2.6 < 3.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.8/10 and A.R:R 1.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.40; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 71. Score 6.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 8/9 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 26d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: speculative.
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2 floor-breakers·2 ceiling hits
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Volatile — 5.4% daily ATR makes tight stops impractical. Position-size conservatively.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $45.00: Risk below floor (2.6 < 3.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 6.8/10 and A.R:R 1.8:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.40; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 71. Prior stop was $41.85. Score 6.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $57.27 (+27.3% upside). Prior stop was $41.85. Stop-loss: $41.85.
Risk below floor (2.6 < 3.0).
LendingTree, Inc. trades at a P/E of 3.5 (forward 6.6). TrendMatrix value score: 9.2/10. Verdict: Sell.
12 analysts cover TREE with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $66.
What does LendingTree, Inc. do?LendingTree, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates online consumer platform in the United States. The company operates...
LendingTree, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates online consumer platform in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Home, Consumer, and Insurance. The Home segments offer purchase mortgage, refinance mortgage, and home equity loans and lines of credit. The Consumer segment provides credit cards; personal, small business, and auto loans; deposit accounts; and other credit products, such as debt settlement services. The Insurance segment includes information, tools, and access to insurance quote products, including automobile, home, life, and health and Medicare through which consumers are matched with insurance lead aggregators to obtain insurance offers and policies. This segment also offers QuoteWizard, a marketplace for insurance comparison; and ValuePenguin, a personal finance website that offers consumers objective analysis on various financial topics. The company was formerly known as Tree.com, Inc. and changed its name to LendingTree, Inc. in January 2015. LendingTree, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.