The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock (TTD) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 80 Communication Services companies.
The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock (TTD) scores 7.3 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as high quality. The reading rests on growth, and predictability is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock (TTD) has a Lemma Quality Score of 7.3 out of 10 as of October 19, 2026, which reads as high quality. A high reading means most of the pillars are strong, with no serious weakness pulling the average down. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Set against 80 Communication Services companies, The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock lands at the 91st percentile, near the very top of the group. A typical company in the group scores 4.6, and the best quarter starts from 6.0. The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock is well above that typical reading.
The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock’s profitability score is 7.0 out of 10 (strong). Against a median of 3.7 among 77 Communication Services companies, that is well above the group and the 84th percentile. A reading this strong says the business earns well on what it sells and on the capital it uses, the kind of margin profile competitors find hard to copy.
There is no solvency score for The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 62 Communication Services companies the median for this pillar is 4.8. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
Growth scores 9.2 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 64 Communication Services companies is 4.7, so The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock is well above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 95th percentile. Strong growth means revenue, earnings and cash flow have been compounding faster than at most peers over the last few years.
Efficiency scores 7.8 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 76 Communication Services companies is 6.1, so The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock is well above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 85th percentile. A strong efficiency reading usually shows up as healthy cash conversion: reported profit arriving as real cash rather than staying on the balance sheet.
On predictability, The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock scores 5.6, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 4.5 across 80 Communication Services companies, which places it above them, at the 75th percentile. Middling predictability suggests some volatility in the record, enough to read the other pillars with a little caution.
This is a lopsided profile. Growth scores 9.2 but predictability only 5.6, a gap of 3.6 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. A growth lead says the business is expanding faster than it is doing anything else well, which is worth checking against predictability. A predictability shortfall means the record is volatile, so the averages behind the other pillars move more than they appear to.
Every scored pillar is at or above the median of Communication Services companies, so there is no catch-up left to lift the overall. The risk runs the other way: a one point fall in profitability, the heaviest of them, would take the score from 7.3 to about 7.0. Only four of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 80 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Communication Services companies closest to The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock scores 7.3 out of 10, which reads as high quality. Its strongest pillar is growth, its weakest is predictability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock ranks at the 91st percentile of the 80 Communication Services companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 4.6 and the top quarter starts at 6.0, against The Trade Desk, Inc. Class A Common Stock’s 7.3.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for TTD are in the app.
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