Trade Desk Inc TTD
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Trade Desk Inc is a mid-cap company in the Communication Services sector (Advertising Agencies), with a market value of $5.6B, based in the USA.
It employs about 3,843 people and has been listed since Sep 21, 2016.
The Trade Desk, Inc. operates as a technology company in the United States and internationally. The company creates, manages, and optimizes digital advertising campaigns across ad formats, channels and devices, including CTV and other video, display, audio, and native, on a multitude of devices, such televisions, streaming devices, mobile devices, computers and digital-out-of-home devices.
Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 0.1 versus 16.9 for the median of the Communication Services sector in our universe (14 companies) — relatively cheap.
Revenue is growing 3% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple rises to 13.9 — they expect lower earnings.
The average analyst price target is 13.57, 14% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 0% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 1.0) — big daily moves both ways.
- ⚠️ 24% of the float is sold short — part of the market is betting on a decline.
- • The stock is 79% below its one-year high.
- • More analysts rate it sell (8) than buy (5).
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 9 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (5% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ More cash than debt.
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 5.2% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLC -2.3%).
It set a new one-year low this week.
This week's news
- 3 Small-Cap Stocks That Concern Us finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- What Trade Desk (TTD)'s Healthcare Inventory Integration With OptimizeRx Means For Shareholders finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Why Is Trade Desk (TTD) Bringing Point Of Care EHR Ads Into OpenPath? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- The Trade Desk (TTD) Declines More Than Market: Some Information for Investors finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-28
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.