What is DA Davidson’s Forecast for Criteo Q1 Earnings?

Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ:CRTO) – Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Criteo in a report released on Thursday, February 6th. DA Davidson analyst T. White anticipates that the information services provider will post earnings of $0.45 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Buy” rating and a $57.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Criteo’s current full-year earnings is $2.62 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Criteo’s FY2025 earnings at $3.31 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.19 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Criteo from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Criteo from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Susquehanna decreased their price target on shares of Criteo from $50.00 to $36.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $51.00 price objective on shares of Criteo in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $61.00 price objective (up from $59.00) on shares of Criteo in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $52.90.

Criteo Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CRTO opened at $43.99 on Monday. Criteo has a 1 year low of $30.76 and a 1 year high of $49.93. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.43 billion, a PE ratio of 26.18 and a beta of 1.05. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $40.36 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $41.54.

Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The information services provider reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.04. Criteo had a net margin of 5.08% and a return on equity of 16.37%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRTO. Farther Finance Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Criteo during the third quarter worth about $50,000. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of Criteo by 117.8% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,607 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $65,000 after purchasing an additional 869 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in shares of Criteo by 99.5% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,689 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $139,000 after purchasing an additional 1,840 shares during the period. Palumbo Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Criteo during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $208,000. Finally, Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Criteo by 8.2% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 5,616 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $226,000 after purchasing an additional 424 shares during the period. 94.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Megan Clarken sold 9,284 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.36, for a total value of $374,702.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 509,145 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,549,092.20. This represents a 1.79 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Brian Gleason sold 1,924 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.08, for a total transaction of $73,265.92. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 137,161 shares in the company, valued at $5,223,090.88. This trade represents a 1.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 21,541 shares of company stock valued at $860,406. Insiders own 1.71% of the company’s stock.

About Criteo

Criteo SA, a technology company, provides marketing and monetization services on the open Internet in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company's Criteo Shopper Graph, which derives clients' proprietary commerce data, such as transaction activity on their digital properties.