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Dec 31, 2019
Trade Desk Q4 2019 Earnings Report
The Trade Desk's Q4 2019 financial results were announced, marking a record spend quarter and significant revenue growth.
Key Takeaways
The Trade Desk reported a record Q4 with spend topping $1 billion, contributing to a 39% revenue increase for the year. The company generated $108.3 million in net income and $213.9 million in adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2019.
Q4 spend topped $1 billion, a first for the company.
Full year 2019 revenue grew by 39% to $661 million.
Customer retention remained above 95% for the past 24 quarters.
The company officially launched a programmatic ad buying platform in China in March 2019.
Trade Desk
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Forward Guidance
The Trade Desk anticipates continued momentum into 2020, expecting gross spend on the platform to accelerate year over year to at least $4.24 billion and revenue to be at least $863 million. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to be $259 million, or 30% of revenue.
Positive Outlook
- Gross spend on the platform to accelerate year over year to at least $4.24 billion.
- Revenue to be at least $863 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA to be $259 million, or 30% of revenue.
- Focus on grabbing market share.
- Deepening engagement and strategic importance with customers.
Challenges Ahead
- Variability and complexity with respect to the charges excluded from these non-GAAP measures.
- Measures and effects of stock-based compensation expense that are directly impacted by unpredictable fluctuations in share price.
- Variability of the above charges could have a significant and potentially unpredictable impact on future U.S. GAAP financial results.
- No outlook for GAAP Net income.
- No reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA guidance to net income.