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The Trade Desk | Sustainability Performance

https://www.thetradedesk.com/

Operates a technology platform that enables digital advertising buyers to manage data-driven campaigns across media channels.

2009

United States

1,001 - 5,000 employees

Marketing & Advertising

$1B - 10B in revenue

$100M - 500M in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#9789
Overall
#2171
in United States
#90
in Marketing & Advertising

Sustainability Maturity

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Industry Rank

101 out of 106

Overview
Environmental
Nature and biodiversity
Social
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsExternalities
Governance
TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and Exclusions
Financial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections

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Female employees

45% 2024
Critical

Externalities

574.3K $, 2024
Laggard

Market cap

10.3B $, 2026▲250.6% YoY

Revenue

2.4B $, 2024▼20.4% YoY

R&D intensity

18.94% 2024

Female employees

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Controversy level


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  • The Trade Desk Inc, US programmatic ad tech major, has faced multiple US class actions over alleged inadequate disclosure of US programmatic ad customer demand normalization following the contested historic 2024 sustained share price volatility amid advertising market normalization, plus periodic SEC enforcement scrutiny on alleged inadequate disclosure of customer concentration affecting US institutional shareholders.
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Biodiversity loss in CO2e

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Potential species loss

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Estimated nature species lost due to corporate activity, expressed as Potentially Disappeared Fraction (PDF)

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Biodiversity impact

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PDF: Potentially Disappeared Fraction (of species) due to corporate activities

Land use

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Diversity & inclusion

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Pay gap breakdown

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Externalities

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Market cap

10.3B $, 2026▲250.6% YoY

Revenue

2.4B $, FY2024▼20.4% YoY

EBITDA

427.0M $, FY2024▼9.1% YoY

Operating margin

17% Industry: 11▼41% YoY

P/E ratio

150.1 Industry: 18▲34% YoY

Revenue & EBITDA

$2.4BFY2024 revenue

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Revenue & EBITDA
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Free cashflow

632.4M 2024▼14.1% YoY

Capex

107.0M 2024▼48.6% YoY

R&D intensity

18.9%FY2024

R&D as % of revenue

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Return on invested capital

13.0%FY2026

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Analyst revenue estimates & actuals


Analyst consensus vs actuals
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Actual revenue
Consensus estimates
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1.6

▼ 1.1%

2022

1.9

▲ 0.2%

2023

2.4

▼ 1.8%

2024

6.9

2031

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Environmental policy coverage

Carbon reduction policy

Not available

Human rights policy

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45%
Independent Directors

5 out of 11 incl. management

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Overall score

20

Environment

19

Social

30

Governance

11

Exclusion screening

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Alcoholic

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Animal testing

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Firearms

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Tobacco

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Gambling

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Nuclear

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SDG impact

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SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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Not committed to key sustainability initiatives

Sustainability employees


Total sustainability employees

11+


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