Q4 EPS Estimates for Trade Desk Lowered by Seaport Res Ptn

The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTD) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Trade Desk in a report released on Thursday, February 13th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst A. Kessler now expects that the technology company will post earnings of $0.46 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.53. The consensus estimate for Trade Desk’s current full-year earnings is $0.87 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Trade Desk’s FY2026 earnings at $1.49 EPS.

Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The technology company reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.57 by ($0.21). Trade Desk had a return on equity of 13.17% and a net margin of 13.34%.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on TTD. Susquehanna reduced their target price on Trade Desk from $150.00 to $135.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Macquarie upped their price objective on Trade Desk from $133.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Citigroup dropped their price objective on Trade Desk from $140.00 to $108.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on shares of Trade Desk from $160.00 to $115.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “sell” rating and set a $57.00 price target on shares of Trade Desk in a research note on Friday, November 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, twenty-three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $120.97.

Trade Desk Price Performance

TTD stock opened at $80.16 on Monday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $120.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $115.58. Trade Desk has a 12 month low of $73.68 and a 12 month high of $141.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $39.56 billion, a PE ratio of 131.41, a P/E/G ratio of 3.63 and a beta of 1.45.

Institutional Trading of Trade Desk

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Focus Financial Network Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Trade Desk by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 3,877 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $456,000 after acquiring an additional 84 shares during the last quarter. CAP Partners LLC increased its stake in Trade Desk by 1.4% during the third quarter. CAP Partners LLC now owns 6,403 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $702,000 after purchasing an additional 86 shares during the last quarter. RMR Wealth Builders raised its holdings in shares of Trade Desk by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. RMR Wealth Builders now owns 10,613 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,247,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the period. Quotient Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Trade Desk by 4.2% in the 4th quarter. Quotient Wealth Partners LLC now owns 2,347 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $276,000 after buying an additional 94 shares during the period. Finally, TFB Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Trade Desk by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. TFB Advisors LLC now owns 3,759 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $442,000 after buying an additional 94 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Jay R. Grant sold 18,524 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.35, for a total value of $2,210,839.40. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 169,464 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,225,528.40. The trade was a 9.85 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Samantha Jacobson sold 4,298 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $118.56, for a total transaction of $509,570.88. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 90,709 shares in the company, valued at $10,754,459.04. The trade was a 4.52 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 41,029 shares of company stock worth $5,004,296. 9.72% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Trade Desk declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 12th that allows the company to repurchase $564.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the technology company to buy up to 0.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Trade Desk Company 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.