Trade Desk (TTD) Competitors

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.

Do analysts recommend CRWD or TTD?

CrowdStrike presently has a consensus target price of $400.76, suggesting a potential downside of 6.56%. Trade Desk has a consensus target price of $101.32, suggesting a potential upside of 88.93%. Given Trade Desk's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Trade Desk is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CrowdStrike	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	30 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
Trade Desk	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Does the media refer more to CRWD or TTD?

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 4 more articles in the media than Trade Desk. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for CrowdStrike and 45 mentions for Trade Desk. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Trade Desk's score of 0.81 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CrowdStrike	24 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trade Desk	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CRWD or TTD more profitable?

Trade Desk has a net margin of 16.08% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of 3.39%. Trade Desk's return on equity of 16.38% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CrowdStrike	3.39%	7.11%	2.72%
Trade Desk	16.08%	16.38%	7.69%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CRWD or TTD?

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Trade Desk shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Trade Desk shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRWD or TTD?

Trade Desk received 260 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.39% of users gave Trade Desk an outperform vote while only 70.78% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CrowdStrike	Outperform Votes 591 70.78%	Underperform Votes 244 29.22%
Trade Desk	Outperform Votes 851 76.39%	Underperform Votes 263 23.61%

Which has more risk and volatility, CRWD or TTD?

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trade Desk has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CRWD or TTD?

Trade Desk has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trade Desk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CrowdStrike	$3.95B	26.89	$89.33M	-$0.08	-5,360.88
Trade Desk	$2.44B	10.88	$393.08M	$0.78	68.76

Summary

Trade Desk beats CrowdStrike on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.