Insider Purchase Spotlight: Social media discussions have centered on a notably large open-market insider purchase at The Trade Desk, with observers highlighting its rarity and potential implications for confidence in the company's trajectory. Analysts and investors point to the firm's robust cash position and margins as factors that could support recovery amid broader market pressures.
Financial Fundamentals Debate: Participants emphasize The Trade Desk's strong free cash flow generation and minimal debt levels, even as the stock has declined sharply year-to-date following challenges like the Publicis situation and valuation adjustments. Consensus among covered analysts remains a buy rating with an average target suggesting room for upside from current levels.
Market Sentiment Overview: Overall tone reflects cautious optimism, with many viewing the insider move as a positive signal despite ongoing volatility in the ad tech sector.
Note: This discussion summary was generated from an AI condensation of post data.
The Trade Desk Insider Trading Activity
The Trade Desk insiders have traded $TTD stock on the open market 7 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 4 have been purchases and 3 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $TTD stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- JEFFREY TERRY GREEN (President and CEO) has made 4 purchases buying 6,000,000 shares for an estimated $148,101,266 and 0 sales.
- KATHRYN E FALBERG has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 152,828 shares for an estimated $4,655,112.
- SAMANTHA JACOBSON sold 53,681 shares for an estimated $1,134,816
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
The Trade Desk Revenue
The Trade Desk had revenues of $688.9M in Q1 2026. This is an increase of 11.82% from the same period in the prior year.
You can track TTD financials on Quiver Quantitative's TTD stock page.
You can access data on TTD stock through the Quiver Quantitative API.
The Trade Desk Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $TTD stock 11 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 5 have been purchases and 6 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $TTD stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 5 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $45,000 on 05/15, 03/13, 01/09 and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 04/14, 02/10.
- REPRESENTATIVE BYRON DONALDS has traded it 6 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 02/10 and 4 sales worth up to $60,000 on 03/20, 01/08.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard. You can access data on congressional stock trades through the Quiver Quantitative API Congress trades endpoint.
The Trade Desk Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 375 institutional investors add shares of The Trade Desk stock to their portfolio, and 680 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- STATE STREET CORP added 13,886,545 shares (+44.7%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $318,487,909
- TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP added 8,117,186 shares (+134.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $186,167,660
- BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO removed 6,809,124 shares (-23.4%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $258,474,347
- TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP added 5,781,600 shares (+535.9%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $219,469,536
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO removed 5,722,285 shares (-90.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $217,217,938
- ALYESKA INVESTMENT GROUP, L.P. added 5,590,538 shares (+14590.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $128,218,989
- JERICHO CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. removed 4,067,000 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $154,383,320
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
The Trade Desk Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $TTD in the last several months. We have seen 3 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 1 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Needham issued a "Buy" rating on 05/08/2026
- B of A Securities issued a "Underperform" rating on 01/20/2026
- UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 01/20/2026
- Wolfe Research issued a "Outperform" rating on 01/06/2026
To track analyst ratings and price targets for The Trade Desk, check out Quiver Quantitative's $TTD forecast page.
The Trade Desk Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $TTD recently. We have seen 26 analysts offer price targets for $TTD in the last 6 months, with a median target of $30.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Bianca Dallal from Rothschild & Co set a target price of $11.0 on 05/28/2026
- Tom White from DA Davidson set a target price of $29.0 on 05/11/2026
- Mohammed Khallouf from HSBC set a target price of $20.0 on 05/11/2026
- Mark Mahaney from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $27.0 on 05/08/2026
- Laura Martin from Needham set a target price of $25.0 on 05/08/2026
- Alec Brondolo from Wells Fargo set a target price of $20.0 on 05/08/2026
- Alicia Reese from Wedbush set a target price of $21.0 on 05/08/2026
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.
