Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) Director Der Kooi Frederik Van Purchases 2,299 Shares

Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ:CRTO) Director Der Kooi Frederik Van acquired 2,299 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were bought at an average cost of $22.61 per share, with a total value of $51,980.39. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 16,600 shares in the company, valued at approximately $375,326. The trade was a 16.08% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Criteo Stock Performance

Shares of CRTO traded down $0.27 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $22.07. 514,159 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 442,418. Criteo S.A. has a 52 week low of $19.50 and a 52 week high of $47.26. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $22.01 and a 200-day moving average of $24.51. The stock has a market cap of $1.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.41 and a beta of 0.42.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on CRTO shares. Benchmark dropped their price objective on Criteo from $42.00 to $38.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. DA Davidson set a $38.00 price objective on Criteo in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Weiss Ratings cut Criteo from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Friday, October 24th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Criteo from $54.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $40.00 target price on shares of Criteo in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $38.33.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Criteo in the first quarter valued at approximately $524,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Criteo by 10.1% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 102,453 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $3,628,000 after acquiring an additional 9,382 shares in the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Criteo by 21.4% in the first quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 2,413 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $85,000 after acquiring an additional 426 shares in the last quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH purchased a new position in shares of Criteo in the first quarter valued at approximately $284,000. Finally, ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd lifted its position in shares of Criteo by 45.9% in the first quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 1,451,188 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $51,391,000 after acquiring an additional 456,633 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.27% 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.