Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ:CRTO) Given Average Recommendation of "Hold" by Analysts

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Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ:CRTO - Get Free Report) has received a consensus recommendation of "Hold" from the nine research firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $40.00.

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on Criteo from $54.00 to $40.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on Criteo from $49.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. DA Davidson dropped their price target on Criteo from $42.00 to $38.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Benchmark dropped their price target on Criteo from $46.00 to $42.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Criteo from $42.00 to $41.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 22nd.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Brian Gleason sold 2,842 shares of Criteo stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $22.85, for a total value of $64,939.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 152,122 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,475,987.70. This trade represents a 1.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 1.66% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Neuberger Berman Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Criteo by 6.9% during the second quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 6,542,808 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $156,766,000 after buying an additional 419,808 shares during the period. DnB Asset Management AS boosted its position in shares of Criteo by 1.9% during the first quarter. DnB Asset Management AS now owns 5,511,195 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $195,372,000 after buying an additional 104,138 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its position in shares of Criteo by 1.9% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 4,411,988 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $105,711,000 after buying an additional 82,134 shares during the period. Senvest Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Criteo by 1.9% during the second quarter. Senvest Management LLC now owns 4,071,880 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $97,562,000 after buying an additional 74,612 shares during the period. Finally, ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd boosted its position in shares of Criteo by 45.9% during the first quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 1,451,188 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $51,391,000 after buying an additional 456,633 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.27% of the company's stock.

Criteo Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of Criteo stock opened at $22.51 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.42 and a beta of 0.47. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $23.32 and a 200-day moving average price of $26.93. Criteo has a twelve month low of $21.44 and a twelve month high of $47.26.

Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The information services provider reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.70 by $0.22. The firm had revenue of $292.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $274.62 million. Criteo had a return on equity of 16.91% and a net margin of 7.10%.The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.08 earnings per share. Criteo has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Criteo will post 3.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Criteo

Criteo SA, a technology company, provides marketing and monetization services on the open Internet in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company's Criteo Shopper Graph, which derives clients' proprietary commerce data, such as transaction activity on their digital properties.

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