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MetricTTDTrade Desk, Inc.OMCOMNICOM GROUP INC.NIQNIQ Global Intelligence plcMGNIMAGNITE, INC.Median of the restexcluding TTD
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$13.16▲ 0.57 (4.53%)
$82.56▲ 2.06 (2.56%)
$19.87▲ 0.78 (4.09%)
$23.13▼ 0.49 (2.07%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.7/103.0/105.0/107.0/105.0/10
Market value$6.43B$25.85B$5.86B$3.31B
Revenue$2.90B$17.27B$4.20B$714.0M
Profit$443.3M-$54.5M-$353.3M$144.6M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.18.5%10.1%5.7%6.9%6.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.78.6%8.5%55.6%62.7%55.6%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.20.3%2.6%2.0%13.7%2.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.15.3%-0.3%-8.4%20.3%-0.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.27.5%16.1%6.3%23.2%16.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.17.8%-0.5%-35.7%15.7%-0.5%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.21.7%2.4%1.7%8.3%2.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.14.50x——22.87x22.87x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—47.99x12.47x21.88x21.88x
Price to book2.59x2.15x5.93x3.59x3.59x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.48x3.52x5.64x2.43x3.52x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/83/96/97/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safedistressdistressdistress

How TTD compares with the others

  • TTD's operating margin of 20.3% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (2.6%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 18.5% against 6.9%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the other company selected: 14.5x against 22.9x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.5x against 3.5x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.