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TTD Trade Desk (The)

telecom · 2026-09-11

N/A
too hard · 68
Owner-earnings value$17.75
Price$13.97
Margin of safety +27.1%

Quality gate · 68/100

Returns on capital 5.3/30
Consistency 15.8/22
Margins / pricing power 15.9/16
Balance sheet 15.1/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 5.5/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 8% < 9%)

Median ROIC8.0%
Gross margin76.9%
Net debt / EBITDA-0.3x
FCF conversion226%
Share count / yr-1.0%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)406.89M
Owner-earnings yield6.2%
Free-cash-flow yield12.9%
Growth used (normalized)8.9%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)2.9%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.5%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
1435.14M 8.9%397.51M
2471.10M 8.3%393.14M
3506.92M 7.6%386.46M
4542.14M 6.9%377.56M
5576.24M 6.3%366.60M
6608.69M 5.6%353.76M
7638.96M 5.0%339.24M
8666.53M 4.3%323.27M
9690.91M 3.7%306.12M
10711.64M 3.0%288.04M

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⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Net cash 0.2B credited to value (interest stripped from owner earnings to avoid double-counting). · Price pays for ~3%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 9%. Capped at market + 6pts.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-09-11 68 $13.97 $17.75 +27.1% N/A
2026-08-28 68 $13.42 $17.08 +27.3% N/A
2026-08-14 68 $14.56 $18.52 +27.2% N/A
2026-07-30 68 $19.09 $20.22 +5.9% N/A
2026-07-16 68 $19.37 $20.48 +5.7% N/A
2026-07-02 68 $19.15 $21.07 +10.0% N/A
2026-06-25 68 $17.70 $21.12 +19.3% N/A
2026-06-23 68 $17.93 $20.85 +16.3% N/A