What Trade Desk Investors Should Keep in Mind

By Susan Ramirez • Monday, February 10 10:07 • Permanent Link

Shares of Software company Trade Desk jumped 5.5% today. With many investors piling into TTD without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

Trade Desk has moved 58.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 20.0%
TTD has an average analyst rating of buy and is -8.59% away from its mean target price of $135.42 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $0.62
Trade Desk has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 199.7 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.93 and its forward P/E ratio is 64.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 23.26 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Trade Desk is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 30.01 and an average P/B of 3.91
TTD has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 137.5% and gross profit margins of 0.8%
The company has a free cash flow of $542.2 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
The Trade Desk, Inc. operates as a technology company in the United States and internationally. The company offers a self-service cloud-based platform that allows buyers to plan, manage, optimize, and measure data-driven digital advertising campaigns across various ad formats and channels, including video, display, audio, digital-out-of-home, native, and social on various devices, such as computers, mobile devices, televisions, and streaming devices. It provides data and other value-added services. The company serves advertising agencies, brands, and other service providers for advertisers. The Trade Desk, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Ventura, California.

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