The Trade Desk (The Trade Desk) Operating Income : $200 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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What is The Trade Desk Operating Income?

The Trade Desk's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $144 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $200 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. The Trade Desk's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $144 Mil. The Trade Desk's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $606 Mil. Therefore, The Trade Desk's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 23.84%.

Warning Sign:

The Trade Desk Inc operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -18.1%.

The Trade Desk's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was -18.10% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. The Trade Desk's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 35.67%. The Trade Desk's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 72.15%.

The Trade Desk Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Trade Desk's Operating Income can be seen below:

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The Trade Desk Operating Income Chart

The Trade Desk Annual Data

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Operating Income

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112.20

144.21

124.82

113.65

200.48

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
Operating Income	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															100.16	-23.31	41.67	37.68	144.44

The Trade Desk Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $200 Mil.

The Trade Desk (NAS:TTD) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

The Trade Desk's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))	/ count )
=	577.752 * ( 1 - 39.43% )	/	( (909.286	+	1053.085)	/ 2 )
=	349.9443864	/	981.1855
=	35.67 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	4520.432	-	2089.265	-	( 1521.881	-	max(0, 2147.155	-	4013.806	+	1521.881	))
=	909.286

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	4888.687	-	2455.314	-	( 1380.288	-	max(0, 2510.838	-	4313.954	+	1380.288	))
=	1053.085

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

The Trade Desk's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Sep. 2023		Q: Dec. 2023
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	577.752	/	( ( (361.446 + max(402.66, 0))	+	(359.154 + max(478.352, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	577.752	/	( ( 764.106	+	837.506 )	/	2 )
=	577.752	/	800.806
=	72.15 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(2434.047	+	0	+	57.878)	-	(2089.265	+	0	+	4.5474735088646E-13)
=	402.66

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(2870.313	+	0	+	63.352999999999)	-	(2455.314	+	0	+	4.5474735088646E-13)
=	478.352

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

The Trade Desk's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	144.438	/	605.797
	=	23.84 %

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.

Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.

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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

Website

https://www.thetradedesk.com

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