Mike S. Newton, CIM FCSIThe Trade DeskTTDTOP PICKSep 25, 2018
There's a massiec shift happening in advertising and it's not just in digital. TTD empowers buyers of advertising by helping them with matching with their brands. There are 500 billion digital opportunities across all omni channels. It's a dashbaord that lets buyers best spend their money and target their audience. It won't replace digital advertising companies, but enable them. Grown 60% revenue over two years as margins have grown. Shares rocketed today with the release of new software. This is like fintech in advertising. (no dividend, Analysts' price target $131.31)
Are struggling to adapt to the AI era. One of the worst performers last year. Is -20% this year already. Nothing to do with earnings. They fired their CEO after only five months.
The S&P's worst performer in 2025 at -67.7%, as it struggles to adapt to AI and faces competition from richer companies like Amazon. They had a bad rollout on their own AI offering.
Is -10% in one week. The CEO, in the conference call, said he was disappointed in himself and isn't clear how much things have really changed and if they will change. Wait another quarter before deciding.
Just bought more. Meta and GOOG have dominated digital ad spending, but connected TV is now seeing more of that spend. TTD sits in the middle of this huge secular trend. They use AI well to help place those ads. You can buy it here for an impending breakout. But it's volatile.
Reported a beat and was upgraded today and shares are popping 18% and rebounding from last November's earnings debacle. Were concerns over the video ad market, and the outlook was not confident.
There's a massiec shift happening in advertising and it's not just in digital. TTD empowers buyers of advertising by helping them with matching with their brands. There are 500 billion digital opportunities across all omni channels. It's a dashbaord that lets buyers best spend their money and target their audience. It won't replace digital advertising companies, but enable them. Grown 60% revenue over two years as margins have grown. Shares rocketed today with the release of new software. This is like fintech in advertising. (no dividend, Analysts' price target $131.31)