Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) Director Buys $51,980.39 in Stock

Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ:CRTO) Director Der Kooi Frederik Van bought 2,299 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were purchased at an average price of $22.61 per share, with a total value of $51,980.39. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 16,600 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $375,326. This trade represents a 16.08% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Criteo Stock Performance

CRTO stock traded down $0.27 on Tuesday, reaching $22.07. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 514,159 shares, compared to its average volume of 442,418. Criteo S.A. has a 12-month low of $19.50 and a 12-month high of $47.26. The firm has a market cap of $1.28 billion, a PE ratio of 7.41 and a beta of 0.42. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $22.01 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.51.

Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $1.31 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.42. Criteo had a net margin of 8.67% and a return on equity of 19.54%. The business had revenue of $469.66 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $281.70 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.96 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. Criteo has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Criteo S.A. will post 3.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. State of Wyoming lifted its position in shares of Criteo by 53.2% during the 3rd quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 12,634 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $286,000 after buying an additional 4,385 shares in the last quarter. Ballast Asset Management LP purchased a new position in shares of Criteo during the 3rd quarter valued at about $4,245,000. Covestor Ltd lifted its position in shares of Criteo by 125.2% during the 3rd quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,763 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 980 shares in the last quarter. VELA Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Criteo by 22.2% during the 3rd quarter. VELA Investment Management LLC now owns 430,165 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $9,722,000 after buying an additional 78,225 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Seizert Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Criteo by 48.6% during the 3rd quarter. Seizert Capital Partners LLC now owns 183,724 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $4,152,000 after buying an additional 60,067 shares in the last quarter. 94.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on CRTO shares. Weiss Ratings downgraded Criteo from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. DA Davidson set a $38.00 price objective on Criteo in a report on Thursday, October 30th. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price target on shares of Criteo in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Benchmark reduced their price target on Criteo from $42.00 to $38.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Criteo from $42.00 to $41.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $38.33.

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.