Arlington Financial Advisors LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in The Trade Desk $TTD

Arlington Financial Advisors LLC cut its holdings in The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) by 91.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,446 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 70,610 shares during the period. Arlington Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Trade Desk were worth $245,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TTD. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in shares of Trade Desk by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,586 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $539,000 after buying an additional 169 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp grew its stake in Trade Desk by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 27,607 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,987,000 after acquiring an additional 194 shares during the period. HighMark Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Trade Desk by 49.2% in the 3rd quarter. HighMark Wealth Management LLC now owns 713 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 235 shares during the last quarter. Tidemark LLC raised its holdings in Trade Desk by 35.1% in the 3rd quarter. Tidemark LLC now owns 943 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $46,000 after acquiring an additional 245 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hollencrest Capital Management lifted its stake in shares of Trade Desk by 16.3% during the 2nd quarter. Hollencrest Capital Management now owns 1,783 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $128,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares during the period. 67.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Trade Desk

Here are the key news stories impacting Trade Desk this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Potential commercial upside from OpenAI conversations — coverage suggests a possible partnership or customer relationship with OpenAI that could expand demand for The Trade Desk’s platform and AI capabilities. The Trade Desk to Partner With OpenAI? Here’s What That Could Mean for the Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Some outlets flag TTD as a lower-multiple/value candidate after the sell-off, which could attract longer-term buyers if business fundamentals hold. 3 Value Stocks Set to Surge, With Up to 100% Upside
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst comparisons: sector notes (e.g., vs. Google) highlight opportunity in CTV/AI but also competitive scale advantages for ad giants — useful context but not an immediate catalyst. TTD vs. GOOGL: Which Ad-Tech Stock Is the Smarter Pick Now?
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest postings appearing in feeds show anomalous zero/NaN values across reports — the data appear unreliable and don’t provide a clear short-squeeze or covering signal today.
• Negative Sentiment: Omnicom said it will bring in an external auditor to review pricing/contract compliance — a direct re-opening of the Publicis billing dispute that raises contract, revenue-recognition and reputational risk and is the primary near-term negative catalyst. Trade Desk Faces New Audit, This Time By Omnicom
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage and headlines say the Omnicom audit news prompted market selling and questions about earlier agency disputes with Publicis — accounts and analysis tie the drop directly to the audit story. Omnicom to bring auditor to examine Trade Desk agreement; TTD stock falls
• Negative Sentiment: AI competitive pressure: reports that Anthropic’s Claude can now emulate user control and that Amazon is building AI agent tools are cited as fresh threats that could automate advertiser workflows and compress demand/pricing for ad-tech platforms. Why The Trade Desk (TTD) Shares Are Sliding Today

Insider Activity at Trade Desk

In other Trade Desk news, Director Kathryn E. Falberg sold 102,828 shares of Trade Desk stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.45, for a total value of $3,131,112.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,946 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $59,255.70. The trade was a 98.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 10.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

TTD has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Piper Sandler reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $28.00 price target (down from $50.00) on shares of Trade Desk in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Arete Research raised shares of Trade Desk from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $25.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Monday, March 16th. Moffett Nathanson reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $32.00 price objective on shares of Trade Desk in a report on Thursday, February 26th. New Street Research cut shares of Trade Desk from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $17.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Loop Capital lowered shares of Trade Desk from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $75.00 to $25.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, eighteen have given a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Trade Desk currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $41.94.

Trade Desk Stock Down 6.7%

TTD opened at $22.34 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $28.16 and its 200-day moving average is $38.47. The Trade Desk has a 52-week low of $21.08 and a 52-week high of $91.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.82, a P/E/G ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 1.13.

Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The technology company reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59. The firm had revenue of $846.79 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $840.56 million. Trade Desk had a return on equity of 16.89% and a net margin of 15.31%.Trade Desk’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.59 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that The Trade Desk will post 1.06 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Trade Desk announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 25th that permits the company to repurchase $350.00 million in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the technology company to buy up to 2.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Trade Desk Profile

The Trade Desk, Inc (NASDAQ: TTD) is a technology company that provides a demand-side platform (DSP) for programmatic digital advertising. Its platform enables advertisers, agencies and other buyers to plan, purchase and measure ad inventory across digital channels, including display, video, mobile, audio, native and connected TV. By centralizing real‑time bidding, audience targeting and inventory access, the company aims to help clients optimize media spend and reach audiences at scale across publishers and ad exchanges.

Founded in 2009 by Jeff Green and Dave Pickles, The Trade Desk grew from a focus on programmatic display into a global ad‑tech provider.