Trade Desk (TTD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Trade Desk, Inc. is a technology company that provides a cloud-based platform for digital advertising. Its demand-side platform enables advertisers and advertising agencies to plan, purchase, optimize and measure programmatic campaigns across channels including connected television, display, mobile, audio, native advertising and digital out-of-home media.

The company’s platform is designed to help clients use data and automated bidding to reach audiences across websites, applications, streaming services and other digital properties. Its offerings include tools for campaign management, audience targeting, measurement and optimization, along with identity and data solutions intended to support advertising in a changing privacy environment. The Trade Desk has also developed Kokai, an artificial-intelligence-powered platform enhancement designed to assist with media buying and campaign decision-making.

Founded in 2009 by Jeff Green and Dave Pickles, The Trade Desk serves advertisers, agencies and other marketing organizations in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and additional international markets. Jeff Green serves as the company’s chief executive officer and chairman.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.42 to $12.72
• 50-Day Range: $11.92 to $15.09
• 52-Week Range: $11.62 to $55.11
• Volume: 9.41 million shs
• Average Volume: 18.02 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.92 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.99
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $18.16
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Trade Desk Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Trade Desk scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 77th out of 238 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Trade Desk has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.87, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 26 hold ratings, and 9 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Trade Desk has a consensus price target of $18.16, representing about 44.3% upside from its current price of $12.59.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Trade Desk has been the subject of 24 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -1.96%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Trade Desk are expected to decrease by -1.96% in the coming year, from $0.51 to $0.50 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Trade Desk is 14.99, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.69.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Trade Desk is 14.99, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 198.24.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Trade Desk has a PEG Ratio of 1.41. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Trade Desk has a P/B Ratio of 2.41. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

20.27% of the float of Trade Desk has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Trade Desk has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Trade Desk has recently decreased by 5.02%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Trade Desk does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Trade Desk does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.56

News Sentiment

Trade Desk has a news sentiment score of 0.56. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for Trade Desk this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 42 people have searched for TTD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -13% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

22 people have added Trade Desk to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 144% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Trade Desk insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

11.72% of the stock of Trade Desk is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

67.77% of the stock of Trade Desk is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Media
• Sub-Industry: Advertising
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:TTD
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:TTD
• CIK: 1671933
• Web: www.thetradedesk.com
• Phone: (805) 585-3434
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,843
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Trade Desk: $18.16
• High Price Target: $40.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +44.3%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.87
• Research Coverage: 39 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.84
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.99
• Forward P/E Ratio: 24.69
• P/E Growth: 1.41
• Net Income: $443.30 million
• Net Margins: 13.61%
• Pretax Margin: 21.47%
• Return on Equity: 16.09%
• Return on Assets: 6.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.72
• Quick Ratio: 1.72

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.90 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.04
• Cash Flow: $1.17 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.77
• Book Value: $5.22 per share
• Price / Book: 2.41

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 469,880,000
• Free Float: 414,810,000
• Market Cap: $5.92 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.00