LendingTree Acquires CompareCards
"CompareCards has an established reputation as a leader in the online credit card comparison industry with solid issuer relationships and un-matched expertise in credit card search engine marketing," said
"We are very pleased to join the
The equity purchase has a possible total consideration of
Key Financial Metrics
For the nine months ended
- Revenue:
$54.1 million - EBITDA:
$11.3 million
"We are particularly excited about the accelerating profitability of CompareCards in 2016, driven by sustainable technology and breakthrough marketing performance," said
About CompareCards:
CompareCards' mission is to help people make smarter, more informed, healthier financial decisions based on deeper knowledge of financial offers. Each month, over 1.5 million visitors come to CompareCards' website to independently compare credit cards side-by-side and choose a credit card based on interest rate, reward benefit, cost savings, and other factors that are important to each consumer. CompareCards provides easy-to-use, objective tools and educational resources that help consumers do everything from making credit card comparisons and managing their credit health to helping children in primary, middle, and high school learn how to make wise financial decisions. For more information, please visit www.comparecards.com.
About LendingTree, Inc.
Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
The matters contained in the discussion above may be considered to be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations or anticipations of the Company and members of its management team regarding the expected benefits to the Company of the acquisition of CompareCards, including expected growth in the Company's credit cards business, earnings accretion and potential synergies. Factors currently known to management that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include the following: the retention of key employees of CompareCards and the ability of the Company to successfully integrate
CompareCards to achieve expected benefits; accounting rules related to contingent consideration that could materially affect earnings in future periods; adverse conditions in the economy affecting credit card issuers and their willingness to issue new credit; the willingness or interest of credit card issuers and other advertisers in the business verticals in which we or CompareCards operate to advertise on our or CompareCard's websites or mobile applications; changes in application approval rates by credit card issuer customers; increased competition and its effect on our or CompareCards's website traffic, click-through rates, advertising rates, margins, and market share ability to provide competitive service to credit card issuers and to consumers using CompareCards' and the Company's online offerings and other platforms; ability to maintain brand recognition for both the Company and
CompareCards and to effectively leverage the LendingTree brand with the CompareCards brand; ability to develop new products and services and enhance existing ones; competition; risks associated with the Company's ongoing litigation with NextAdvisor including the effect of the preliminary injunction obtained by NextAdvisor on a portion of the acquired CompareCards business; the potential effects of existing and new laws, rules or regulations; failure to maintain the integrity of systems and infrastructure through integration; assumed liabilities associated with CompareCards' historical operations, including as a result of privacy regulations or data breaches; and failure to adequately protect intellectual property rights or allegations of infringement of intellectual property rights. These and additional factors to be considered are set forth under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
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