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The Trade Desk (The Trade Desk) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 206.66 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is The Trade Desk Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), The Trade Desk's current share price is $84.73. The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $0.41. The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 206.66.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

TTD' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 163.05   Med: 198.63   Max: 216.9
Current: 204.29

During the past 10 years, The Trade Desk's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 216.90. The lowest was 163.05. And the median was 198.63.

TTD's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
91.04% of 670 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 28.305 vs TTD: 204.29

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

The Trade Desk's adjusted free cash flow per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was $1.086. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $0.41 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec23.

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The Trade Desk Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Trade Desk Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

The Trade Desk Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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The Trade Desk Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Software - Application subindustry, The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



The Trade Desk Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=84.73/0.41
=206.66

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The Trade Desk's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 is calculated as:

For example, The Trade Desk's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec23 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec23 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec23)
=1.086/129.4194*129.4194
=1.086

Current CPI (Dec23) = 129.4194.

The Trade Desk Annual Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 -0.033 99.070 -0.043
201512 -0.087 99.792 -0.113
201612 0.360 101.863 0.457
201712 0.041 104.011 0.051
201812 0.134 105.998 0.164
201912 0.041 108.420 0.049
202012 0.663 109.897 0.781
202112 0.639 117.630 0.703
202212 0.914 125.222 0.945
202312 1.086 129.419 1.086

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


The Trade Desk  (NAS:TTD) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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The Trade Desk (The Trade Desk) Business Description

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Address
42 N. Chestnut Street, Ventura, CA, USA, 93001
The Trade Desk provides a self-service platform that helps advertisers and ad agencies programmatically find and purchase digital ad inventory (display, video, audio, native, and social) on different devices like computers, smartphones, digital out of home, and connected TVs. It utilizes data to optimize the performance of ad impressions purchased. The firm's platform is referred to as a demand-side platform in the digital ad industry. The firm generates its revenue from fees based on a percentage of what its clients spend on advertising. The Trade Desk became a public company in 2016 and has since increased revenue at a 43% average annual rate. During that period, it has been profitable with operating margins of 10%-28%.
Executives
Gokul Rajaram director 301 CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 700, AUSTIN TX 78701
Jay R Grant officer: Chief Legal Officer 225 E. 79TH STREET, APT 12E, NEW YORK NY 10075
Laura Schenkein officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O THE TRADE DESK, INC., 42 NORTH CHESTNUT STREET, VENTURA CA 93001
Jeffrey Terry Green director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 42 N. CHESTNUT STREET, VENTURA CA 93001
Andrea Lee Cunningham director C/O TRADE DESK, INC., 42 N. CHESTNUT STREET, VENTURA CA 93001
David B Wells director C/O NETFLIX, INC., 100 WINCHESTER CIRCLE, LOS GATOS CA 95130
Lise J Buyer director 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
David Randall Pickles officer: Chief Technology Officer 42 N. CHESTNUT STREET, VENTURA CA 93001
Blake Jeffrey Grayson officer: Chief Financial Officer 2212 EVERETT AVENUE E, SEATTLE WA 98102
Eric B Paley director, 10 percent owner C/O THE TRADE DESK, INC., 42 N. CHESTNUT ST., VENTURA CA 93001
Kathryn E Falberg director C/O AXOVANT SCIENCES, INC., 320 WEST 37TH STREET, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Susan Vobejda officer: Chief Marketing Officer 130 EAST RANDOLPH STREET, 7TH FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60601
Michelle Hulst officer: Chief Operating Officer 130 MERCHANT STREET, HONOLULU HI 96813
Brian John Stempeck officer: Chief Client Officer 42 N. CHESTNUT STREET, VENTURA CA 93001
Vivian Yang officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O VIANT TECHNOLOGY INC., 2722 MICHELSON DRIVE, SUITE 100, IRVINE CA 92612