Lendingtree, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Lendingtree, Inc. had return on equity of 76.5% and a net margin of 13.5%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | −30.3% | −108.9% | 60.2% | 2.8% | 5.6% | 18.9% | 7.2% | 2.5% | 12.6% | 1.6% | −5.3% | 6.3% | −19.1% | −18.2% | −4.6% | 13.5% | 14.3% |
| Return on equity | −17.9% | −80.8% | 72.6% | 4.6% | 10.2% | 28.5% | 11.6% | 5.9% | 30.1% | 4.8% | −12.6% | 17.0% | −57.3% | −73.7% | −35.8% | 76.5% | 59.8% |
| Return on assets | −6.4% | −19.4% | 19.7% | 2.7% | 6.4% | 22.1% | 8.9% | 3.1% | 12.1% | 1.9% | −4.5% | 5.6% | −15.0% | −12.2% | −5.3% | 18.6% | 20.6% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39.5% | 24.5% | — | −27.4% | — | 13.4% | — | — | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 5.7% | 5.9% | 4.6% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 4.8% | 4.8% | 5.6% | 7.0% | 5.1% | 4.0% | 3.4% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | 24.5% | −3.6% | 2.4% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Lendingtree's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median 0.6% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 11 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 37.9%, moving by 4.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 3.8%; its worst year was -3.9%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 7.2% of revenue.
- Discipline 10 / 20
The diluted share count rose 8.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 5.3% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (34 before it).
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