Teads (NASDAQ:TEAD) Shares Up 0.8% – Should You Buy?

Teads Holding Co. (NASDAQ:TEAD) shot up 0.8% on Friday . The company traded as high as $0.7616 and last traded at $0.7544. 394,960 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 26% from the average session volume of 532,181 shares. The stock had previously closed at $0.7485.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently issued reports on TEAD. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Teads in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $1.00 target price on shares of Teads in a research note on Monday, December 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $3.13.

Teads Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $72.02 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.14 and a beta of 1.25. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $0.72 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1.05. The company has a quick ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16.

Teads (NASDAQ:TEAD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 5th. The company reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.19) by $0.29. Teads had a negative return on equity of 6.24% and a negative net margin of 39.76%.The business had revenue of $352.24 million for the quarter.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Teads

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Verition Fund Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Teads during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. CastleKnight Management LP bought a new stake in Teads in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Wells Fargo & Company MN bought a new stake in Teads in the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP acquired a new position in Teads during the 4th quarter valued at about $37,000. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in Teads during the 4th quarter valued at about $40,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 60.44% of the company’s stock.

About Teads

Teads is a global digital media platform specializing in outstream video advertising and high-impact display formats. Founded in 2007 and listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker TEAD, the company connects advertisers, agencies and publishers through a programmatic marketplace designed to maximize brand engagement across desktop, mobile and connected TV. Teads offers proprietary ad formats such as inRead, outstream expansion units and seamless mobile placements that activate only when visible to the user, helping clients optimize viewability and attention metrics without relying on traditional pre-roll or banner placements.

The Teads platform leverages data-driven targeting and machine learning to serve personalized creative in real time.