Rep. Byron Donalds Sells Off Shares of The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD)

Representative Byron Donalds (R-Florida) recently sold shares of The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD). In a filing disclosed on October 07th, the Representative disclosed that they had sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in Trade Desk stock on September 4th. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “MORAN WEALTH IRA” account.

Representative Byron Donalds also recently made the following trade(s):

• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Progressive (NYSE:PGR) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Tradeweb Markets (NASDAQ:TW) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) on 9/4/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of IDEXX Laboratories (NASDAQ:IDXX) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Fiserv (NYSE:FI) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) on 8/7/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Deckers Outdoor (NYSE:DECK) on 8/7/2025.

Trade Desk Stock Performance

NASDAQ TTD opened at $54.07 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $55.11 and a 200 day moving average price of $62.76. The Trade Desk has a one year low of $42.96 and a one year high of $141.53. The company has a market cap of $26.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 65.15, a P/E/G ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 1.38.

Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The technology company reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by ($0.24). Trade Desk had a return on equity of 15.19% and a net margin of 15.57%.The company had revenue of $694.04 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $686.00 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.39 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 18.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Trade Desk has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that The Trade Desk will post 1.06 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Trade Desk news, insider Jay R. Grant sold 51,290 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.18, for a total transaction of $4,676,622.20. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 218,246 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,899,670.28. The trade was a 19.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Andrea Lee Cunningham sold 1,403 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.20, for a total value of $67,624.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 5,035 shares in the company, valued at $242,687. This represents a 21.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 10.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Trade Desk

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Trade Desk by 0.7% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 44,554,852 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,207,504,000 after purchasing an additional 317,107 shares in the last quarter. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its position in Trade Desk by 17.9% during the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 14,267,457 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,027,114,000 after purchasing an additional 2,169,252 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Trade Desk by 52.1% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 12,314,817 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $884,860,000 after purchasing an additional 4,218,975 shares in the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its position in Trade Desk by 2.7% during the second quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 8,323,522 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $599,212,000 after purchasing an additional 221,228 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in Trade Desk during the first quarter worth $191,935,000. 67.77% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have issued reports on TTD. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Trade Desk in a research note on Wednesday. KeyCorp raised their target price on Trade Desk from $80.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Trade Desk from $95.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 8th. Moffett Nathanson cut Trade Desk from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $45.00 price target for the company. in a report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, JMP Securities set a $60.00 price target on Trade Desk and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Twenty-one research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $84.48.

About Representative Donalds

Byron Donalds (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Florida’s 19th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2021. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Donalds (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Florida’s 19th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.

Byron Donalds was born in Brooklyn, New York, and lives in Naples, Florida. Donalds earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing from Florida State University in 2002. His career experience includes working as a commercial credit officer in banking and as a portfolio manager in financial services.

About Trade Desk

The Trade Desk, Inc operates as a technology company in the United States and internationally. The company offers a self-service cloud-based platform that allows buyers to plan, manage, optimize, and measure data-driven digital advertising campaigns across various ad formats and channels, including video, display, audio, digital-out-of-home, native, and social on various devices, such as computers, mobile devices, televisions, and streaming devices.