Match vs Trade Desk
MTCH and TTD side by side, both in computer programming, data processing, and other computer related services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MTCH and TTD compare
Match is the larger company, worth 1.6 times as much as Trade Desk ($9.5B against $5.8B).
On earnings, Trade Desk is cheaper: it trades at 14.6× trailing earnings, against 14.6× for Match.
Trade Desk grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.6% versus 1.7% for Match).
Match pays a dividend yielding 1.9%; Trade Desk does not pay one.
Trade Desk scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 16 for Match), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MTCH | TTD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $9.5B | $5.8B |
| Share price | $41.41 | $12.29 |
| Change, 1 year | 29.3% | −75.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −74.2% | −82.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.19 | 1.57 |
| Employees | 2,200 | 3,843 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 | 19 (better) |
| Valuation score | 6 | 6 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 14.6× | 14.6× (better) |
| P/S | 2.7× | 1.9× (better) |
| P/B | – | 2.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.0× | 6.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 8.3× | 6.7× (better) |
| PEG | 0.60 | 0.14 (better) |
| FCF yield | 12.0% | 14.9% (better) |
| Fair value | $60.11 | $43.99 |
| Margin of safety | 31.1% | 72.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.7% | 11.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.8% | 28.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −2.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 40.1% (better) | 1.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 29.2% (better) | 12.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 74.8% | 76.9% (better) |
| Operating margin | 28.2% (better) | 19.6% |
| Net margin | – | 13.6% |
| FCF margin | 32.5% (better) | 28.9% |
| Return on equity | – | 15.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 79.5% (better) | 35.4% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.59 | – |
| Interest coverage | 6.0× | 278× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.72 (better) | 1.72 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.18 | 2.19 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 | – |
| Buyback yield | 6.5% | 16.9% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 8.4% | 16.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 106% | 80.8% |
| Held by insiders | 5.6% | 12.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.4M | $142M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.3% | 20.4% |
Go deeper
- MTCH stock overview
- MTCH income statement
- MTCH valuation and score
- TTD stock overview
- TTD income statement
- TTD valuation and score
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