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The Trade Desk (TTD) vs Ziff Davis, Inc. (ZD)

The Trade Desk and Ziff Davis, Inc. are both Advertising Agencies companies. The Trade Desk is the larger, with a market value of $6.1B against $1.9B — 3.3× the size. Ziff Davis, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 3.1× against 15.1×. The Trade Desk grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.6% against −8.46%. Ziff Davis, Inc. has the higher net margin (48.6% vs 13.6%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.71% vs 33.7%). Across the 22 metrics below, Ziff Davis, Inc. leads on 13 and The Trade Desk on 9.

Valuation

Metric TTD ZD Advertising Agencies median
P/E 15.07 3.08 21.69
P/S 2.01 1.49 0.73
P/B 2.33 0.88 1.02
Price to free cash flow 6.94 6.25 8.36
EV/EBITDA 6.43 3.08 11.66
EV/Sales 1.53 0.94 0.96
Earnings yield 6.64% 32.51% (2.98%)
Free cash flow yield 14.40% 16.01% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric TTD ZD Advertising Agencies median
Gross margin 76.87% 92.28% 44.67%
Operating margin 19.61% 8.53% 0.00%
Net margin 13.61% 48.57% (2.95%)
Free cash flow margin 28.90% 23.91% 0.00%
Return on equity 15.44% 31.54% 0.00%
Return on assets 6.94% 17.12% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 33.65% 4.71% 0.00%

Growth

Metric TTD ZD Advertising Agencies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.61% (8.46%) 2.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.38% (19.01%) 44.63%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 28.21% 4.60% 5.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.84% (20.66%) 0.00%

Health

Metric TTD ZD Advertising Agencies median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.39 0.04
Current ratio 1.72 2.16 1.72
Net debt to EBITDA (1.85) 0.59 0.02

Dividend

Metric TTD ZD Advertising Agencies median
Dividend yield — — 3.66%
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric TTD ZD Advertising Agencies median
Market cap 6.06b 1.86b 60.75m

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