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TTD (The Trade Desk) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 1.78% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is The Trade Desk Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

The Trade Desk's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $25,493 Mil. The Trade Desk's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $453 Mil. The Trade Desk's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.78%.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Trade Desk's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

TTD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.06   Med: 0.69   Max: 10.96
Current: 1.13

During the past 11 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The Trade Desk was 10.96%. The lowest was -0.06%. And the median was 0.69%.

TTD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
52.87% of 1046 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.755 vs TTD: 1.13

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. The Trade Desk's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 21.74%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


The Trade Desk Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Trade Desk's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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The Trade Desk Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

The Trade Desk Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.38 0.29 0.55 0.59 0.75

The Trade Desk Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.61 0.65 0.71 0.75 1.78

Competitive Comparison of The Trade Desk's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, The Trade Desk's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, The Trade Desk's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Trade Desk's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.


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The Trade Desk Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

The Trade Desks Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=427.167/56697.47653
=0.75 %

The Trade Desk's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $453 Mil.



The Trade Desk  (NAS:TTD) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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The Trade Desk Business Description

Address
42 North 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, and social) on devices like computers, smartphones, and connected TVs. It uses data in an iterative manner 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, and it generates revenue from fees based on a percentage of what its clients spend on advertising.
Executives
Laura Schenkein officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O THE TRADE DESK, INC., 42 NORTH CHESTNUT STREET, VENTURA CA 93001
David B Wells director C/O NETFLIX, INC., 100 WINCHESTER CIRCLE, LOS GATOS CA 95130
Jeffrey Terry Green director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 42 N. CHESTNUT STREET, VENTURA CA 93001
Jay R Grant officer: Chief Legal Officer 225 E. 79TH STREET, APT 12E, NEW YORK NY 10075
Gokul Rajaram director 301 CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 700, AUSTIN TX 78701
Andrea Lee Cunningham director C/O TRADE DESK, INC., 42 N. CHESTNUT STREET, VENTURA CA 93001
Kathryn E Falberg director C/O AXOVANT SCIENCES, INC., 320 WEST 37TH STREET, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
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
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