LendingTree
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
68.2161.1129.1319.21
Price/Sales ratio
1.010.900.840.78
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$0.91$1.02$2.15$3.26

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
57.7623.3147.14298.8532.0998.69-157.8123.41-1.45-3.20-1.7198.69
Price/Sales ratio
3.234.403.377.534.043.513.911.470.270.580.323.51
Price/Book Value ratio
5.614.645.6015.818.949.679.763.611.313.161.549.67
Price/Cash Flow ratio
-1.06K38.6826.8647.1527.9727.0592.3312.026.355.807.5027.05
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-123.9251.5890.8651.3332.3231.43-994.7416.268.657.1210.2231.43
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.470.05-1.06-6.760.07-1.791.00-0.050.000.090.000.00
Dividend Yield
0.04%0.01%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
95.27%96.31%96.41%97.21%95.24%93.82%94.01%94.78%94.13%94.23%94.13%93.82%
Operating Profit Margin
-0.57%11.21%13.55%5.36%7.34%7.27%-0.17%11.24%-2.48%-6.03%-3.32%7.27%
Pretax Profit Margin
-0.58%11.14%13.41%4.16%5.71%2.79%-4.67%7.68%-5.57%-18.57%-5.57%2.79%
Net Profit Margin
5.59%18.90%7.15%2.52%12.61%3.56%-2.47%6.29%-19.08%-18.20%-19.08%3.56%
Effective Tax Rate
49.84%-81.05%39.48%24.47%-149.90%-27.36%46.93%13.38%-242.17%2.01%-242.17%-27.36%
Return on Assets
6.69%16.24%8.43%2.24%10.76%4.16%-1.89%5.31%-15.67%-15.24%-15.67%4.16%
Return On Equity
9.71%19.92%11.87%5.29%27.87%9.80%-6.18%15.42%-90.38%-98.60%-67.98%9.80%
Return on Capital Employed
-0.95%11.79%20.10%6.06%8.86%11.22%-0.14%12.04%-2.19%-5.58%-2.93%11.22%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
3.094.542.102.960.890.822.65N/AN/AN/A5.010.89
Quick Ratio
2.604.422.042.940.810.822.571.364.942.594.620.81
Cash ratio
2.233.831.362.490.400.261.510.913.621.483.620.40
Days of Sales Outstanding
29.6842.8939.2931.5743.4637.4336.0332.4430.7729.8230.7737.43
Days of Inventory outstanding
873.12259.08108.4388.28216.280.9658.180.7036.72N/AN/A0.96
Operating Cycle
902.81301.97147.72119.86259.7438.3994.2233.1567.5029.827.5838.39
Days of Payables Outstanding
48.95223.63148.31196.03151.1515.3367.7210.7712.8218.4512.8215.33
Cash Conversion Cycle
853.8578.33-0.59-76.16108.5923.0526.4922.3754.6811.3617.9523.05
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
N/AN/AN/A0.340.410.350.560.490.680.650.820.41
Debt Equity Ratio
N/AN/AN/A0.801.080.841.821.433.924.254.761.08
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
N/AN/AN/A0.440.420.390.620.510.790.800.810.42
Total Debt to Capitalization
N/AN/AN/A0.440.520.450.640.580.790.800.810.52
Interest Coverage Ratio
5.01K165.6493.338.275.553.94-0.18N/AN/AN/A-1.253.94
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
N/AN/AN/A0.410.290.420.050.200.050.120.040.42
Company Equity Multiplier
1.451.221.402.352.582.353.252.905.766.465.762.58
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
-0.000.110.120.150.140.130.040.120.040.100.040.13
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
8.590.750.290.910.860.86-0.090.730.730.810.730.86
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/A0.410.290.420.050.200.050.120.040.42
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/A0.881.910.690.8117.1821.6217.180.88
Dividend Payout Ratio
2.44%0.27%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A