CRTO
Criteo S.A.
CRTO's fundamentals are weak, but it looks cheap: trading at 13x earnings, below its usual 19x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
CRTO Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Unavailable |
CRTO's cash flow is currently healthy, and its profitability is stable, but its revenue is under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
CRTO PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 4.9x | $17.43 | — |
| Cheap | 8.6x | $11.90 | -32% |
| Current | 13x | $17.43 | — |
| Fair | 19x | $26.52 | +52% |
| Expensive | 33x | $45.77 | +163% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
CRTO's PE is in its fair range at 13x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 4.9x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
CRTO Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect CRTO's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
CRTO Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.59 | +160% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.38 | -53% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.97 | -17% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.14 | -12% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.65 | +39% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.96 | +74% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.37 | +39% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.44 | +103% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.90 | +116% |
CRTO's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $1.38 over the past year, against $2.96 in late 2025.
CRTO Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $416.5M | -11% |
| Q2 2026 | $428M | -11% |
| Q1 2026 | $424.6M | -5.9% |
| Q4 2025 | $541.1M | -2.2% |
| Q3 2025 | $469.7M | +2.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $482.7M | +2.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $451.4M | +0.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $553M | -2.3% |
CRTO's revenue has slid since its 2020 peak: $416M last quarter, down 11% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 5% | -6 points |
| Q2 2026 | 3.5% | -2.8 points |
| Q1 2026 | 2.5% | -8.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 13% | -3.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 11% | +8.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | 6.3% | -1.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 11% | +8.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 17% | +1.5 points |
CRTO's operating margin was 5% last quarter, down 6 points from the same quarter a year ago.
CRTO Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $21.1M | -68% |
| Q2 2026 | -$37.9M | -$1.3M |
| Q1 2026 | $15.4M | -66% |
| Q3 2025 | $66.6M | +16% |
| Q2 2025 | -$36.6M | -313% |
| Q1 2025 | $45.3M | +223% |
| Q3 2024 | $57.5M | +193% |
| Q2 2024 | $17.2M | +1194% |
CRTO still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2023 peak: $132M over the past year.
CRTO Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.5% | -751K shares |
| 1 year | -10% | -5.6M shares |
| 3 years | -17% | -10.4M shares |
| 5 years | -22% | -14.4M shares |
| Available history | -24% | -15.8M shares |
CRTO has 50M diluted shares, down 10% from a year ago, with $102M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.1M |
| Q2 2026 | $30.4M |
| Q1 2026 | $31M |
| Q4 2025 | $36.6M |
| Q3 2025 | $10.9M |
| Q2 2025 | $48.3M |
| Q1 2025 | $56.2M |
| Q4 2024 | $67.1M |
CRTO spent $102M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 44% from the year before.
CRTO Net Leverage
CRTO Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 50.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 31.1 | Neutral |
CRTO's weekly RSI is 50 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 31 (neutral).
CRTO PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | CRTO | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 13x | 16x | 23% below |
| PE % | 39 | 26 | 13 pts above |
CRTO is trading at 13x earnings, a 23% discount to the Communication Services sector's median of 16x.
CRTO Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $15.6 | 12% above |
| 20 week MA | $17.8 | 1.9% below |
| 50 week MA | $18.3 | 4.5% below |
| 100 week MA | $23.5 | 26% below |
| 200 week MA | $28.7 | 39% below |
CRTO has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8-week average, but 39% below its 200-week average.
CRTO Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $17.2 | $20.8 | +21% |
| 2021 | $20.8 | $37.1 | +78% |
| 2022 | $37.1 | $26.0 | -30% |
| 2023 | $26.0 | $25.3 | -2.5% |
| 2024 | $25.3 | $40.5 | +60% |
| 2025 | $40.5 | $20.0 | -51% |
| 2026 YTD | $20.0 | $17.4 | -13% |
CRTO has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 13% so far in 2026.