People vs Trade Desk
PPLI 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 PPLI and TTD compare
Trade Desk is the larger company, worth 2.3 times as much as People ($7.5B against $3.3B).
People grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.8% versus 7.0% for Trade Desk).
Trade Desk keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.0% compared with −13.8% at People.
Trade Desk scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 7 for People), 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 | PPLI | TTD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.3B | $7.5B |
| Share price | $43.79 | $15.98 |
| Change, 1 year | 31.8% | −63.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −66.0% | −85.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.26 | 1.60 |
| Employees | 5,156 | 3,843 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 23.2× |
| P/S | 1.4× (better) | 2.5× |
| P/B | 0.7× (better) | 2.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 9.1× |
| P/FCF | 23.7× | 8.7× (better) |
| PEG | – | 0.23 |
| FCF yield | 4.2% | 11.5% (better) |
| Fair value | $91.61 | $39.48 |
| Margin of safety | 52.2% | 59.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.8% (better) | 7.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −2.8% | 28.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −24.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −20.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 12.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 66.7% | 75.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | −5.9% | 17.3% (better) |
| Net margin | −13.8% | 11.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 5.8% | 28.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | −7.2% | 12.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −2.3% | 27.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.32 (better) | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | −1.3× | 244× (better) |
| Current ratio | 4.01 (better) | 1.79 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.26 | 2.45 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 4.5% | 8.8% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.5% | 8.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.6% | 80.8% |
| Held by insiders | 19.6% | 12.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$279K | $142M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 18.6% | 17.5% |
Go deeper
- PPLI stock overview
- PPLI income statement
- PPLI valuation and score
- TTD stock overview
- TTD income statement
- TTD valuation and score
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