Quick Overview of The Trade Desk

By Susan Ramirez • Friday, October 06 15:23 • Permanent Link

We're taking a closer look at The Trade Desk today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 5.3% compared to 1.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:

The Trade Desk, Inc. operates as a technology company in the United States and internationally.
The Trade Desk has moved 45.0% over the last year compared to 20.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 25.0%
TTD has an average analyst rating of buy and is -6.86% away from its mean target price of $88.33 per share
Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $0.26
The Trade Desk has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 316.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.49 and its forward P/E ratio is 55.2
TTD has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.63, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 19.46 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
The Trade Desk is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 27.16 and an average P/B of 6.23
The Trade Desk has on average reported free cash flows of $299.55 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 0.0%

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