Values First Advisors Inc. Acquires 211 Shares of The Trade Desk $TTD

Values First Advisors Inc. increased its stake in The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,932 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 211 shares during the quarter. Values First Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Trade Desk were worth $499,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. LaFleur & Godfrey LLC purchased a new position in shares of Trade Desk during the 2nd quarter worth $5,029,000. Congress Park Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Trade Desk by 13.2% during the 2nd quarter. Congress Park Capital LLC now owns 53,781 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,872,000 after purchasing an additional 6,257 shares during the period. Swedbank AB raised its position in shares of Trade Desk by 32.2% during the 2nd quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 552,260 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $39,757,000 after purchasing an additional 134,620 shares during the period. First Bank & Trust raised its position in shares of Trade Desk by 137.6% during the 2nd quarter. First Bank & Trust now owns 23,166 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,668,000 after purchasing an additional 13,418 shares during the period. Finally, Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc. purchased a new stake in Trade Desk in the 2nd quarter worth $845,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 67.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Trade Desk

In related news, Director Andrea Lee Cunningham sold 1,403 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.20, for a total transaction of $67,624.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 5,035 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $242,687. This trade represents a 21.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Jay R. Grant sold 51,290 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.18, for a total transaction of $4,676,622.20. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 218,246 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,899,670.28. This trade represents a 19.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 10.00% of the company’s stock.

Trade Desk Stock Down 2.3%

NASDAQ:TTD opened at $49.90 on Friday. The Trade Desk has a 52 week low of $42.96 and a 52 week high of $141.53. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $50.74 and a 200 day moving average of $62.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 60.12, a PEG ratio of 2.73 and a beta of 1.38.

Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The technology company reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.42 by ($0.24). Trade Desk had a return on equity of 15.19% and a net margin of 15.57%.The company had revenue of $694.04 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $686.00 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.39 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 18.7% on a year-over-year basis. Trade Desk has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts expect that The Trade Desk will post 1.06 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have commented on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Trade Desk in a research note on Friday, August 8th. Arete Research upgraded shares of Trade Desk to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Trade Desk in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Trade Desk from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, September 1st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company set a $53.00 target price on Trade Desk and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Twenty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Trade Desk presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $84.48.

Trade Desk Profile

The Trade Desk, Inc operates as a technology company in the United States and internationally. The company offers 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.