Trade Desk (TTD) Competitors

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CRWD or TTD?

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of Trade Desk shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Trade Desk shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CRWD or TTD more profitable?

Trade Desk has a net margin of 16.08% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of 3.39%. Trade Desk's return on equity of 16.38% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CrowdStrike	3.39%	7.11%	2.72%
Trade Desk	16.08%	16.38%	7.69%

Do analysts recommend CRWD or TTD?

CrowdStrike presently has a consensus price target of $400.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.87%. Trade Desk has a consensus price target of $109.69, suggesting a potential upside of 125.51%. Given Trade Desk's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trade Desk is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CrowdStrike	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	30 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Trade Desk	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRWD or TTD?

Trade Desk received 257 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.47% of users gave Trade Desk an outperform vote while only 70.67% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CrowdStrike	Outperform Votes 588 70.67%	Underperform Votes 244 29.33%
Trade Desk	Outperform Votes 845 76.47%	Underperform Votes 260 23.53%

Which has more volatility and risk, CRWD or TTD?

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trade Desk has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CRWD or TTD?

Trade Desk has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trade Desk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CrowdStrike	$3.95B	23.74	$89.33M	-$0.08	-4,733.25
Trade Desk	$2.44B	9.87	$393.08M	$0.78	62.36

Does the media favor CRWD or TTD?

In the previous week, Trade Desk had 6 more articles in the media than CrowdStrike. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for Trade Desk and 60 mentions for CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Trade Desk's score of 0.25 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CrowdStrike	43 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trade Desk	23 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	24 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Trade Desk beats CrowdStrike on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.