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Criteo SACRTOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Communication Services›Advertising/Marketing Services
Momentum weak 39
Mkt cap
$756M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$5.09M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
4.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+4.6 pp
WACC 6.4%
Hurdle
-19 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
96 days
10 Feb 2027
Close · USD$15.42
1D+0.3%
1W+5.3%
1M+0.8%
3M-14.1%
6M-6.5%
YTD-25.2%
1Y-30.8%
ATR %4.1%
Beta0.42
52w lowhigh39.0% off high

What Criteo does

Employees: 3,649

Criteo at a glance

Size Criteo (CRTO) is a United States Communication Services company (Advertising/Marketing Services) with a market value of $756M, the 2431st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $15.42 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 6.5%, against -17.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 7.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.5%); the operating margin is 8.2% (peer median 0.7%).

Valuation It trades at 4.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.2× (cheapest of 13).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is -19 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.6 points above its cost of capital (6.4% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 2.4% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 10 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026CRTO 96Peer median 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Criteo against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Criteo financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.81B$1.94B$1.93B$1.95B$2.02B
Revenue growth—+1%-1%-3%—
Gross profit$950M$1.05B$983M$863M$795M
EBITDA$268M$344M$284M$202M$200M
Net income$72.2M$145M$112M$53.3M$8.95M
Free cash flow$135M$208M$180M$108M$171M
Capital expenditure$153M$103M$78.1M$116M$84.8M
Total debt$146M$150M$107M$122M$109M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Criteo competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%+20%300494APGN3003430022914784300061300781002264600880603598600358OML60584293DJTQNST002115CRTO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Criteo is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%0×50×100×APGN0022914784002264600880603598OML6058002878214320QNSTCRTORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Criteo is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%-25%0%25%50%APGN0022914784300061300781002264600880OML002878QNST002115CRTOGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Criteo is the large dot.

Criteo competitors and peer comparison

How Criteo compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Criteo against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCRTOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+0.8%+0.3%10th highest of 21
6-month return-6.5%-17.1%8th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-39.0%-37.3%8th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-7.5%+6.5%7th lowest of 21
Operating margin8.2%0.7%7th highest of 19
Forward P/E4.1×18.2×cheapest of 13
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-19.8%7.8%least demanding of 14
Growth delivered (Del g)-1.3%+9.0%4th lowest of 14
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-18.5 pp-2.3 pp2nd least demanding of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital+4.6 pp-3.8 pp5th highest of 19
EV / EBITDA2.4×9.8×cheapest of 7
Net debt / EBITDA-0.6×-0.8×4th most indebted of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Criteo CRTOUnited States$756M-6%-7%8%4.1×-19.8%-1.3%
Hubei Century Network Technology 300494.SZChina$766M-5%-7%-6%n/an/an/a
Apg Sga APGN.SWSwitzerland$745M+13%+5%10%18.7×-2.7%+4.5%
Lecron Industrial Development 300343.SZChina$738M-29%+46%1%n/an/an/a
Guangdong Yowant Technology 002291.SZChina$786M-15%-22%-15%40.6×36.3%+9.0%
GMO internet,Inc 4784.TJapan$724M-34%+81%12%17.7×-11.2%+17.9%
QITIAN Technology 300061.SZChina$699M-21%-18%-22%n/a49.7%-22.3%
Guangdong Insight Brand Marketing 300781.SZChina$683M-19%-29%n/an/a31.8%+14.4%
New Huadu Technology Co., Ltd.Class A 002264.SZChina$676M-23%+8%5%23.7×5.7%-9.3%
Chengdu B-Ray Media 600880.SSChina$672M-20%-33%-35%104.9×57.3%-2.9%
Inly Media 603598.SSChina$865M+4%+9%0%79.8×n/an/a
Shanxi Kexin Development 600234.SSChina$649M-32%-23%-11%n/an/an/a
China Tourism And Culture Investment 600358.SSChina$911M-11%+125%n/an/an/an/a
oOh media OML.AXAustralia$611M+28%+2%15%13.5×7.8%+10.1%
VECTOR 6058.TJapan$605M+64%+9%16%15.4×-3.9%+11.3%
Septeni 4293.TJapan$585M+7%+8%17%15.5×-2.7%+11.1%
Beijing Yuanlong Yato Culture Dissemination 002878.SZChina$557M-27%-21%-2%33.2×-2.9%+8.6%
INNOCEAN Worldwide 214320.KSSouth Korea$518M-11%+2%8%6.0×n/an/a
Trump Media & Technology DJTUnited States$1.11B-55%+22%-4,052%n/an/an/a
QuinStreet QNSTUnited States$1.18B+58%+18%3%12.3×9.8%+17.5%
Sunwave Communications 002115.SZChina$1.21B-35%+102%1%n/a26.1%+6.5%

Questions

Which companies are Criteo's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Hubei Century Network Technology (300494.SZ), Apg Sga (APGN.SW), Lecron Industrial Development (300343.SZ), Guangdong Yowant Technology (002291.SZ), GMO internet,Inc (4784.T), QITIAN Technology (300061.SZ), Guangdong Insight Brand Marketing (300781.SZ), New Huadu Technology Co., Ltd.Class A (002264.SZ).
Is Criteo expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 4.1× against a peer median of 18.2×, cheapest of 13 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is -19 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Criteo stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -6.5% against -17.1% for the median peer; over one year -30.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.