Criteo S.A. (CRTO)Communication Services | Advertising Agencies | Paris, France | NasdaqGS
19.48 USD
+0.09
(0.464%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 18.29 -1.19 (-1.192%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 4:51 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 6:47 p.m. EDT
Criteo is a classic 'value trap' masquerading as a 'deep value' opportunity; the market is right to punish the stock for 33% quarterly earnings drops and negative revenue growth in the short term, but the valuation metrics (P/S 0.5x, Forward P/E 4.2) imply a significant mean reversion if the business can stabilize. While the near-term chart and options flow point to continued volatility with a heavy hedging bias, the long-term data suggests the current price is priced for bankruptcy rather than stagnation, creating a high-conviction entry point for patient capital willing to absorb the next quarter's headwinds. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.082827 |
| MSTL | 0.083945 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.093117 |
| AutoETS | 0.093120 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.68 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.779 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.37 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 12.627 |
| Revenue per Share | 36.742 |
| Market Cap | 996,438,336 |
| Trailing P/E | 7.38 |
| Forward P/E | 4.22 |
| Beta | 0.36 |
| Profit Margins | 7.43% |
| Website | https://www.criteo.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 6:47 p.m. EDT: Speculators are displaying a split sentiment with significant bearish positioning near-term and bullish conviction long-term. The 2026-05-15 puts show intense new activity at the 17.5 strike (Vol 33 vs OI 8), indicating a defensive hedge or a short-term bearish bet against the current price of ~19.48. Conversely, long-dated 2027-01-15 calls are heavily weighted at the 20.0 strike (1.4k OI) and 22.5 strike (675 OI), suggesting a long-term bullish thesis targeting a breakout above current levels. The elevated Implied Volatility (ATM ~61% in near-term) reflects uncertainty, likely driven by the recent earnings miss, while the high OI concentration at the $17.5 put strike and $20.0 call strike establishes a tight range expectation for the next 45 days.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.34189188 |
| Address1 | 32 Rue Blanche |
| All Time High | 60.95 |
| All Time Low | 5.89 |
| Ask | 19.54 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.5 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 220,520 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 462,561 |
| Average Volume | 462,561 |
| Average Volume10Days | 220,520 |
| Beta | 0.363 |
| Bid | 19.49 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 22.467 |
| City | Paris |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | France |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 19.48 |
| Current Ratio | 1.269 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 19.905 |
| Day Low | 19.18 |
| Debt To Equity | 12.627 |
| Display Name | Criteo |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,770,814,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,770,814,800 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.267 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.33 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,770,816,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,243,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,243,400 |
| Ebitda | 322,689,984 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.16591999 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 2.455 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.407 |
| Enterprise Value | 792,216,000 |
| Eps Current Year | 4.2704 |
| Eps Forward | 4.61265 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.64 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 18.2078 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.2721996 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.069871135 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -34.18919 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 35.103 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -15.623001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.4450617 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 16.15 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.33 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.20619196 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 16.15 - 35.103 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,383,139,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 43,641,159 |
| Forward Eps | 4.61265 |
| Forward P E | 4.223169 |
| Free Cashflow | 182,209,632 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,649 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.53955 |
| Gross Profits | 1,049,379,968 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.03034 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.92946 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 51,151,867 |
| Industry | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Disp | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Key | advertising-agencies |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Criteo S.A., a technology company, provides platform to connects the commerce ecosystem for brands, agencies, retailers, and media owners to drive measurable business outcomes in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates in two segments, Retail Media and Performance Media. The Retail Media segment connects brands to shoppers at the digital point of sale through personalized ads that appear on retailer websites and across the open internet. The Performance Media segment encompasses commerce activation, monetization, and services that enable advertisers to reach and convert consumers across channels. It also offers Commerce Max, a suite of retail media demand-side tools that allow brands, agencies, and retailers to plan and buy media across retailer and open internet inventory with closed-loop, product-level measurement, and return-on-ad-spend optimization; Commerce Growth, a solution for continuous customer acquisition and retention for performance marketers and agencies; and GO, an AI-driven solution that automates campaign creation and optimization. In addition, the company provides Commerce Yield, which offers monetization solutions that help retailers and marketplaces maximize the value of their digital assets through inventory and data management, packaging, and in-depth insights; Commerce Grid, a commerce-focused supply side platform for media owner data and inventory monetization; and Criteo Shopper Graph, which derives clients' proprietary commerce data, such as transaction activity on their digital properties. It serves retail, travel and marketplaces, and other commerce companies. Criteo S.A. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Paris, France. |
| Long Name | Criteo S.A. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 996,438,336 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_111853347 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 144,602,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 971,254,995 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 11 |
| Open | 19.45 |
| Operating Cashflow | 311,236,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.12958 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.89 |
| Phone | 33 1 75 85 09 39 |
| Post Market Change | -1.1924 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -6.12115 |
| Post Market Price | 18.2876 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,459,076 |
| Previous Close | 19.39 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 4.5616336 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.86704946 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.5123337 |
| Profit Margins | 0.07435 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.213 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.5 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0900002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.464158 |
| Regular Market Day High | 19.905 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 19.18 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 19.18 - 19.905 |
| Regular Market Open | 19.45 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 19.39 |
| Regular Market Price | 19.48 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 225,899 |
| Return On Assets | 0.05827 |
| Return On Equity | 0.1318 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.022 |
| Revenue Per Share | 36.742 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 49,859,086 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0214 |
| Shares Short | 1,065,370 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 860,783 |
| Short Name | Criteo S.A. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.028099999 |
| Short Ratio | 1.96 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | CRTO |
| Target High Price | 43.0 |
| Target Low Price | 18.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 29.86364 |
| Target Median Price | 30.0 |
| Total Cash | 365,280,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 7.326 |
| Total Debt | 149,722,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,944,900,992 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.64 |
| Trailing P E | 7.3787875 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 20.84655 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.3665504 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.06555284 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 225,899 |
| Website | https://www.criteo.com |
| Zip | 75,009 |