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Added to YB: 2026-02-27

Pitch date: 2026-02-26

TTD [neutral]

The Trade Desk, Inc.

Author Info

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Company Info

The Trade Desk, Inc. operates as a technology company in the United States and internationally. The company offers a self-service cloud-based ad-buying platform that allows buyers to plan, manage, optimize, and measure data-driven digital advertising campaigns across various ad formats and channels, including video, display, audio, digital-out-of-home, native, and social on various devices, such as computers, mobile devices, televisions, and streaming devices.

Market Cap

$12.1B

Pitch Price

N/A

Price Target

N/A

Dividend

N/A

EV/EBITDA

15.48

P/E

28.32

EV/Sales

3.94

Sector

Media

Category

growth

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The Trade Desk (TTD) | Data Seeds

TTD (update): Seeds = first-party data segments from brands' CRM/purchase histories uploaded to Kokai platform. Every campaign requires seed → drives relevance scoring, Quality Reach Index, AI lookalikes. Flywheel deepens switching costs as optimization history accumulates. Case studies: 84% lower CPA (Sky), 11x conversions (Telekom), 276% higher conversion (Luxury Escapes). Kokai avg: 27% lower CPA vs Solimar. Seeds enable CTV targeting via UID2 where cookies fail. Audience Unlimited monetizes seeds at 3.3-4.4% impression costs. Independence lets TTD get brand data competitors can't access due to conflicts. Earnings today.

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