Q2 Earnings Estimate for Criteo Issued By DA Davidson

Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ:CRTO - Free Report) - Investment analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Criteo in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, May 6th. DA Davidson analyst T. White forecasts that the information services provider will earn $0.55 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a "Buy" rating and a $42.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Criteo's current full-year earnings is $3.09 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Criteo's FY2025 earnings at $3.65 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.66 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on CRTO. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $51.00 price target on shares of Criteo in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Criteo from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on shares of Criteo from $61.00 to $46.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of Criteo from $40.00 to $36.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on Criteo from $39.00 to $27.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $46.70.

Criteo Price Performance

Criteo stock traded up $0.09 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $28.46. The stock had a trading volume of 469,281 shares, compared to its average volume of 441,211. Criteo has a 1-year low of $26.67 and a 1-year high of $49.93. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.94 and a beta of 0.63. The stock's fifty day moving average is $32.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $37.41.

Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 2nd. The information services provider reported $1.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.77 by $0.33. The company had revenue of $451.43 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $259.86 million. Criteo had a net margin of 5.08% and a return on equity of 16.37%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.80 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Criteo

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Criteo by 21.9% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 86,498 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $3,063,000 after acquiring an additional 15,537 shares in the last quarter. Legacy Capital Group California Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Criteo in the first quarter valued at $267,000. Blueshift Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Criteo during the 1st quarter valued at $232,000. Natixis Advisors LLC increased its stake in Criteo by 5.9% during the 1st quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 12,070 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $427,000 after buying an additional 672 shares during the period. Finally, Seizert Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Criteo by 19.6% in the 1st quarter. Seizert Capital Partners LLC now owns 120,911 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $4,281,000 after buying an additional 19,776 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Criteo

In other news, insider Brian Gleason sold 2,841 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, April 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.89, for a total value of $96,281.49. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 157,450 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $5,335,980.50. This trade represents a 1.77 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Megan Clarken sold 13,823 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $43.56, for a total value of $602,129.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 488,229 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $21,267,255.24. This represents a 2.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 24,145 shares of company stock valued at $1,031,391. Company insiders own 1.71% of the company's stock.

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.