The Trade Desk, Inc. operates as a technology company in the United States and internationally. The company operates 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 also 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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Below is Validea's guru fundamental report for TRADE DESK INC (TTD). Of the 22 guru strategies we follow, TTD rates highest using our P/B Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Partha Mohanram. This growth model looks for low book-to-market stocks that exhibit characteristics associated with sustained future growth.
TRADE DESK INC (TTD) is a large-cap growth stock in the Software & Programming industry. The rating using this strategy is 66% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.
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TTD Factor-Based Stock Analysis

Investors eyeing a purchase of The Trade Desk Inc (Symbol: TTD) stock, but cautious about paying the going market price of $51.87/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the January 2027 put at the $37.50 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of $4.85. Collecting that bid as the premium represents a 12.9% return against the $37.50 commitment, or a 9.2% annualized rate of return (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost).
Selling a put does not give an investor access to TTD's upside potential the way owning shares would, because the put seller only ends up owning shares in the scenario where the contract is exercised. And the person on the other side of the contract would only benefit from exercising at the $37.50 strike if doing so produced a better outcome than selling at the going market price. (Do options carry counterparty risk? This and six other common options myths debunked). So unless The Trade Desk Inc sees its shares decline 27.9% and the contract is exercised (resulting in a cost basis of $32.65 per share before broker commissions, subtracting the $4.85 from $37.50), the only upside to the put seller is from collecting that premium for the 9.2% annualized rate of return.
Below is a chart showing the trailing twelve month trading history for The Trade Desk Inc, and highlighting in green where the $37.50 strike is located relative to that history:
The chart above, and the stock's historical volatility, can be a helpful guide in combination with fundamental analysis to judge whether selling the January 2027 put at the $37.50 strike for the 9.2% annualized rate of return represents good reward for the risks. We calculate the trailing twelve month volatility for The Trade Desk Inc (considering the last 250 trading day closing values as well as today's price of $51.87) to be 82%. For other put options contract ideas at the various different available expirations, visit the TTD Stock Options page of StockOptionsChannel.com.
In mid-afternoon trading on Wednesday, the put volume among S&P 500 components was 1.52M contracts, with call volume at 1.52M, for a put:call ratio of 0.72 so far for the day, which is above normal compared to the long-term median put:call ratio of .65. In other words, if we look at the number of call buyers and then use the long-term median to project the number of put buyers we'd expect to see, we're actually seeing more put buyers than expected out there in options trading so far today. Find out which 15 call and put options traders are talking about today.
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The best performing sector as of midday Monday is the Technology & Communications sector, up 0.8%. Within that group, Dayforce Inc (Symbol: DAY) and First Solar Inc (Symbol: FSLR) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 27.0% and 9.6%, respectively. Among technology ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLK), which is flat on the day on the day, and up 14.57% year-to-date. Dayforce Inc, meanwhile, is down 7.55% year-to-date, and First Solar Inc is up 24.29% year-to-date. FSLR makes up approximately 0.2% of the underlying holdings of XLK.
The next best performing sector is the Services sector, higher by 0.2%. Among large Services stocks, The Trade Desk Inc (Symbol: TTD) and lululemon athletica inc (Symbol: LULU) are the most notable, showing a gain of 5.9% and 3.9%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Services stocks is the iShares U.S. Consumer Services ETF (IYC), which is up 0.4% in midday trading, and up 7.59% on a year-to-date basis. The Trade Desk Inc, meanwhile, is down 53.05% year-to-date, and lululemon athletica inc, is down 46.09% year-to-date. Combined, TTD and LULU make up approximately 0.7% of the underlying holdings of IYC.
Comparing these stocks and ETFs on a trailing twelve month basis, below is a relative stock price performance chart, with each of the symbols shown in a different color as labeled in the legend at the bottom:
Here's a snapshot of how the S&P 500 components within the various sectors are faring in afternoon trading on Monday. As you can see, four sectors are up on the day, while four sectors are down.
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Monday Sector Leaders: Technology & Communications, Services

The Innovator Equity Managed Floor ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 2.1 million shares traded versus three month average volume of about 121,000. Shares of SFLR were off about 0.1% on the day.
Components of that ETF with the highest volume on Monday were Nvidia, trading up about 0.5% with over 88.0 million shares changing hands so far this session, and Palantir Technologies, down about 2.8% on volume of over 47.1 million shares. The Trade Desk is the component faring the best Monday, up by about 5.9% on the day, while Rocket Companies is lagging other components of the Innovator Equity Managed Floor ETF, trading lower by about 3.3%.
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Monday's ETF with Unusual Volume: SFLR

In early trading on Monday, shares of lululemon athletica topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 2.5%. Year to date, lululemon athletica has lost about 46.8% of its value.
And the worst performing Nasdaq 100 component thus far on the day is Intel, trading down 4.4%. Intel is showing a gain of 17.1% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Meta Platforms, trading down 3.2%, and The Trade Desk, trading up 2.1% on the day.
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Key Points
The Trade Desk's stock is pretty much back where it was five years ago.
The business results are strong, but forward-looking guidance points to a modest slowdown.
At 9 times sales, The Trade Desk trades at a fraction of its former nosebleed valuations while maintaining strong fundamentals.
Digital advertising veteran The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) used to be hot stuff. In early December 2024, the stock had posted a market-stomping 156% gain in two years. The stock traded at market-darling valuation multiples such as 134 times free cash flow and 30 times sales. The Trade Desk made mighty Nvidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock look affordable by comparison.
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The Trade Desk's recent earnings reports have been robust, but they were accompanied by a sobering market analysis and modest forward-looking guidance. The brutal market reaction wiped out several years of The Trade Desk's investor gains.
So if you invested $500 in The Trade Desk five years ago, that position would be worth just $576 today:
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) market index more than doubled over the same period, in terms of total returns. That's an above-average compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.6% versus The Trade Desk's anemic 2.9%.
Silver lining of the reality check
These days, you can buy The Trade Desk's stock at a less outrageous valuation of 33 times free cash flow and 9 times sales. If the stock price doubled today, the shares would still carry lower valuation multiples than Nvidia's 62 times free cash flow and 30 times sales.
Mind you, The Trade Desk is still far from a deep-discount value stock. These multiples are appropriate for a fast-growing business addressing a large target market.
And I would argue that The Trade Desk fits that description. Its sales have been soaring for years, and free cash flows are richer than ever:
The company's near-term outlook has been less bullish in recent quarters, but management still expects roughly 14% sales growth in the third-quarter report. This growth story is far from over. The 2025 stock price cuts simply made this top-notch company more affordable.
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If You'd Invested $500 in The Trade Desk Stock 5 Years Ago, Here's How Much You'd Have Today

Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in The Trade Desk Inc (Symbol: TTD), where a total of 93,100 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 9.3 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 51.7% of TTD's average daily trading volume over the past month of 18.0 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $55 strike call option expiring August 15, 2025, with 4,838 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 483,800 underlying shares of TTD. Below is a chart showing TTD's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $55 strike highlighted in orange:
Home Depot Inc (Symbol: HD) options are showing a volume of 14,681 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.5 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 47.1% of HD's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.1 million shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $395 strike put option expiring August 15, 2025, with 1,599 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 159,900 underlying shares of HD. Below is a chart showing HD's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $395 strike highlighted in orange:
And General Motors Co (Symbol: GM) saw options trading volume of 42,016 contracts, representing approximately 4.2 million underlying shares or approximately 42% of GM's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 10.0 million shares. Especially high volume was seen for the $59 strike call option expiring August 22, 2025, with 15,158 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 1.5 million underlying shares of GM. Below is a chart showing GM's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $59 strike highlighted in orange:
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Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: TTD, HD, GM

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In early trading on Friday, shares of The Trade Desk topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 4.0%. Year to date, The Trade Desk has lost about 55.1% of its value.
And the worst performing Nasdaq 100 component thus far on the day is Applied Materials, trading down 11.6%. Applied Materials is showing a gain of 2.3% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are KLAC, trading down 5.8%, and MercadoLibre, trading up 3.3% on the day.
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