Intrum AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:ITJTY) and LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE) Head-To-Head Comparison

LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE) and Intrum AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:ITJTY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares LendingTree and Intrum AB (publ)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LendingTree	14.33%	14.57%	4.49%
Intrum AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LendingTree and Intrum AB (publ)”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LendingTree	$1.12 billion	0.40	$151.31 million	$12.90	2.47
Intrum AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.65	0.02

LendingTree has higher revenue and earnings than Intrum AB (publ). Intrum AB (publ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LendingTree, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

68.3% of LendingTree shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of LendingTree shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for LendingTree and Intrum AB (publ), as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LendingTree	0	2	5	0	2.71
Intrum AB (publ)	0	0	0	0	0.00

LendingTree presently has a consensus target price of $61.33, suggesting a potential upside of 92.88%. Given LendingTree’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LendingTree is more favorable than Intrum AB (publ).

Summary

LendingTree beats Intrum AB (publ) on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LendingTree

LendingTree, Inc., through its subsidiary, operates online consumer platform in the United States. It operates through three segments: Home, Consumer, and Insurance. The Home segment offers purchase mortgage, refinance mortgage, and home equity loans and lines of credit; and real estate brokerage services. The Consumer segment provides credit cards; personal, small business, student, 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 home, automobile, and health and Medicare through which consumers are matched with insurance lead aggregators to obtain insurance offers and policies. In addition, the company offers QuoteWizard, a marketplace for insurance comparison; ValuePenguin, a personal finance website that offers consumers objective analysis on various financial topics from insurance to credit cards; and Stash, a consumer investing and banking platform that offers a suite of personal investment accounts, traditional and Roth IRAs, custodial investment accounts, and banking services, including checking accounts and debit cards with a Stock-Back rewards program. 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.

About Intrum AB (publ)

Intrum AB (publ), together with its subsidiaries, provides credit management services in Europe and internationally. The company offers credit optimization services, including credit monitoring, credit decision, factoring, and credit information services; and debt collection comprising surveillance and purchase services. It also provides payment services, such as reminder, payment guarantee, and VAT services; e-commerce services comprising credit management, payment solutions, and collection services; accounts receivables services that include invoice, payment booking, monitoring of due dates, reminder, and collection services; and financing and portfolio investment services. Intrum AB (publ) was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.