Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) Announces Earnings Results

Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) released its earnings results on Wednesday. The information services provider reported $1.41 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.37 by $0.04, Zacks reports. Criteo had a net margin of 4.52% and a return on equity of 15.56%. Criteo updated its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

Criteo Stock Performance

Shares of Criteo stock opened at $45.25 on Friday. Criteo has a 52-week low of $30.76 and a 52-week high of $49.93. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $40.15 and its 200 day simple moving average is $41.60. The firm has a market cap of $2.50 billion, a PE ratio of 30.76 and a beta of 1.05.

Insider Transactions at Criteo

In other Criteo news, insider Brian Gleason sold 1,924 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.08, for a total transaction of $73,265.92. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 137,161 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,223,090.88. The trade was a 1.38 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Sarah Js Glickman sold 1,520 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 $61,347.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 311,878 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,587,396.08. The trade was a 0.49 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 21,541 shares of company stock valued at $860,406 in the last ninety days. 1.71% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Susquehanna cut their target price on Criteo from $50.00 to $36.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. DA Davidson lifted their price objective on shares of Criteo from $53.00 to $57.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $61.00 price target (up previously from $59.00) on shares of Criteo in a report on Thursday. StockNews.com raised Criteo from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on Criteo from $63.00 to $68.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $52.90.

Criteo Company Profile

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.