Insider Sale: President of LDI Mortgage, Jeff Walsh, Sells Shares of loanDepot Inc (LDI)

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Nov 09, 2024
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On November 6, 2024, Jeff Walsh, President of LDI Mortgage, executed a sale of 66,666 shares of loanDepot Inc (LDI, Financial). The transaction was filed on the same day with the SEC. Following this sale, the insider now owns 3,973,770 shares of the company.

loanDepot Inc, headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, operates as a nonbank consumer lender and retail mortgage lender in the United States. It primarily focuses on consumer loan products, offering a range of mortgage products including loans for new home purchases as well as for refinancing existing mortgages.

Over the past year, Jeff Walsh has sold a total of 690,474 shares and has not made any purchases of the company's stock. The insider transaction history for loanDepot Inc shows a trend with 5 insider buys and 32 insider sells over the past year.

Shares of loanDepot Inc were trading at $2.53 on the day of the sale, giving the company a market cap of $491.789 million. According to the GF Value, the intrinsic value estimate for the stock is $1.21, indicating a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 2.09. This suggests that the stock is significantly overvalued.

The GF Value is calculated based on historical multiples such as price-earnings ratio, price-sales ratio, price-book ratio, and price-to-free cash flow, along with a GuruFocus adjustment factor based on past returns and growth, and future business performance estimates from Morningstar analysts.

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This sale by the insider may be of interest to current and potential investors, providing insight into insider confidence and valuation perspectives at loanDepot Inc.

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