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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 9.68%
Profit Margins 14.57%
Return on Equity 16.74%
Return on Assets 6.57%
Free Float 0.42B
Short Int % Utilisation 21.02%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 11.8%
Free Cash Flow 0.57B
EBITDA 11.39 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 8.09B
EV/Revenue 2.72
EV/EBITDA 11.39

Revenue growth of 11.8% indicates steady, moderate expansion.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* -68.27%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 57.24%
1-Year Price Return* -72.87%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, US Eastern time):

Metric Value
Last Price $14.14
52-Week Range $12.83 – $56.39
Observation Count 251 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year series and annualise daily moments using 252 trading days. The last price is the latest regular-market price reported for the stated date. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.

DuPont Model Analysis

The DuPont model decomposes return on equity (ROE) into three operating and capital-structure drivers:

ROE = Net Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier

The comparison uses the latest two comparable annual periods available for the issuer, with reported statement amounts shown in US$. Revenue and net income are income-statement flows; total assets and shareholders’ equity are year-end balance-sheet figures. This is a simplified year-end-balance DuPont comparison rather than an average-balance ROE calculation.

DuPont component Calculation FY2025 FY2024
Revenue Reported revenue $2.90B $2.44B
Net income Reported net income $443.30M $393.08M
Total assets Year-end reported balance $6.15B $6.11B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance $2.48B $2.95B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 15.31% 16.08%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.4707x 0.4000x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 2.4768x 2.0724x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 17.84% 13.33%

Source: Yahoo Finance annual statements. Values are based on the two latest comparable annual periods returned by the source; fiscal period labels use the statement period-end year.

2.5 FCFF DCF Valuation

Valuation basis: This research model follows a five-year, unlevered FCFF DCF. It starts from reported annual operating inputs, forecasts revenue and operating cash conversion under an explicit mechanical policy, discounts FCFF at WACC, applies a Gordon-growth terminal value, and bridges enterprise value to an indicative common-equity value per share. It is an analytical estimate rather than a recommendation or personalised target price.

Step 1 — Forecast Operating Profit and NOPAT

Reported operating input Value
Revenue $2.90B
Prior annual revenue $2.44B
EBIT $589.32M
Tax rate 32.70%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) $396.61M
Forecast start-growth basis 15.00%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT $396.61M
Add: depreciation & amortisation $115.78M
Less: capital expenditure -$209.76M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -$275.13M
Current unlevered FCFF $27.51M

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 15.00% $456.10M $133.15M -$241.23M -$316.40M $31.63M $30.15M
2 11.88% $510.27M $148.96M -$239.65M -$353.97M $65.61M $56.81M
3 8.75% $554.92M $162.00M -$227.74M -$384.94M $104.23M $81.99M
4 5.62% $586.13M $171.11M -$205.83M -$406.60M $144.81M $103.48M
5 2.50% $600.78M $175.39M -$175.39M -$416.76M $184.02M $119.46M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 1.04
Cost of equity 10.42%
Pre-tax cost of debt 7.71%
WACC 10.08%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value $2.49B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 2.33x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 79.72%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF $391.89M
Present value of terminal value $1.54B
Indicated enterprise value $1.93B
Discounting convention mid-year for explicit FCFF; terminal value discounted at year-end five

Step 6 — Convert Enterprise Value to Equity Value

Equity bridge Value
Indicated enterprise value $1.93B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt $436.33M
Add: cash and equivalents $1.30B
Add: affiliate investments $0.00
Less: minority interests $0.00
Indicated common equity value $2.80B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 493,551,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price $13.42
DCF indicative value per share $5.67
Indicative value vs. market price -57.74%

Model Integrity Checks

Check Result
Perpetuity growth is below the risk-free rate pass
Perpetuity growth is below WACC pass
WACC is within the configured operating-company range pass
Terminal-year FCFF is positive pass
Terminal capex converges to D&A pass
Terminal-value concentration within review band
Implied price differs from spot by more than 30% review required

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks 4/4 evidenced checks
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks 4/4 evidenced checks

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 17:51:56.455615 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-12-31 00:00:00. Default assumptions: five-year forecast, mid-year discounting for explicit FCFF, a maximum 2.50% perpetuity-growth rate below both WACC and the risk-free rate, historical operating-ratio persistence, and capex convergence to D&A by year five. No sell-side consensus or management guidance is substituted for reported inputs. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

2.7 Quantitative Factor Diagnostics

Model basis: Daily issuer USD excess returns are regressed in-sample using ordinary least squares on matching regional Fama–French factors. FF3 estimates market, size, and value loadings; FF5 adds profitability and investment. Coefficients are descriptive historical exposures, not predictions.

Estimation input Value
Regional factor set US
Factor-return currency USD
Issuer-return basis USD adjusted total return
Estimation window 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30
Aligned daily observations 217
Minimum observation requirement 120
Currency conversion for HK listings not required

Fama–French Three-Factor and Five-Factor Results

Diagnostic FF3 FF5
Annualised alpha -67.92% -67.79%
Adjusted R² 0.07 0.06
Annualised residual volatility 50.41% 50.26%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.54 (1.80) 0.57 (1.67)
Size (SMB) 0.35 (0.87) 0.18 (0.41)
Value (HML) -0.91 (-2.64) -1.15 (-2.71)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.17 (-0.47)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.69 (1.11)

Definitions: Mkt-RF is the market return less the risk-free rate; SMB is small minus big; HML is high minus low book-to-market; RMW is robust minus weak profitability; CMA is conservative minus aggressive investment. Factor returns are sourced from the Kenneth R. French Data Library; issuer adjusted-return history is sourced from Yahoo Finance. For Hong Kong listings, adjusted HKD prices are converted into USD with daily USD/HKD closes before return calculation to match the USD regional factor basis. This is an in-sample historical regression; coefficients and t-statistics do not establish causation or predict future returns. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

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