APP vs CRTO vs IBTA Stock Comparison

AppLovin, Criteo and Ibotta Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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APP AppLovin Corp
$356.10 +27.7% 1M -42.3% 1Y
Market cap
$130.31B
P/E
26.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.61B
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
5 wins
CRTO Criteo S.A.
$15.38 +3.9% 1M -31.0% 1Y
Market cap
$754.02M
P/E
10.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.81B
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
4 wins
IBTA Ibotta, Inc.
$57.89 +41.2% 1M +94.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.36B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$357.74M
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

AppLovin leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (AppLovin 5, Criteo 4, Ibotta 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPPCRTOIBTALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $130.31B $754.02M $1.36B APP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.0x 10.4x -84.8x CRTO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.2x 4.5x — CRTO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +57.8% -7.5% +1.6% APP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 65.9% 4.0% -4.5% APP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 74.1% 6.0% — APP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.1x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -42.3% -31.0% +94.3% IBTA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.3%/yr -17.7%/yr — APP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 80.3% 57.7% 79.0% CRTO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 70/100 45/100 CRTO

Percentile Scorecard

APPCRTOIBTA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAPPCRTOIBTA
Valuation 35 #108 of 166 96 #7 of 166 36 #106 of 166
Growth 99 #2 of 154 35 #101 of 154 12 #135 of 154
Profitability 100 #1 of 154 65 #55 of 154 47 #82 of 154
Financial Health 66 #61 of 179 68 #58 of 179 55 #82 of 179
Shareholder Returns 49 #50 of 97 88 #13 of 97 76 #24 of 97
Overall 70 70 45
  • APP ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • CRTO ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • IBTA ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAPPCRTOIBTASPY
1 month +27.7%+3.9%+41.2% -5.9%
3 months +6.1%-12.5%+61.1% -4.6%
6 months -28.6%-6.5%+57.4% +0.2%
Year to date -47.2%-25.4%+154.7% +7.5%
1 year -42.3%-31.0%+94.3% +8.2%
3 years +803.3%-34.6%— +68.3%
3 years, per year +108.4%-13.2%— +19.0%
5 years +261.6%-62.2%— +56.5%
5 years, per year +29.3%-17.7%— +9.4%
10 years —-63.2%— +251.5%
10 years, per year —-9.5%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAPPCRTOIBTASPY
Volatility, 1Y 80.3%57.7%79.0% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 83.1%66.1%69.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.450.411.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.53-0.541.19 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.9%-71.5%-82.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -51.5%-33.9%-7.6% -5.9%
52-week high $733.60$23.28$62.64 $779.14
52-week low $228.50$14.17$19.25 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAPPCRTOIBTA
P/E now vs peer median 23.7xmedian 18.0x 10.4xmedian 18.0x -84.2xmedian 18.0x
P/S now vs peer median 15.5xmedian 1.3x 0.4xmedian 1.3x 3.8xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.6xmedian 15.5x —median 15.5x 399.9xmedian 15.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.1xmedian 11.4x 5.7xmedian 11.4x 16.6xmedian 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median 35.8xmedian 1.7x 0.6xmedian 1.7x 5.7xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.09median 0.38 0.08median 0.38 —median 0.38

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAPPCRTOIBTA
Revenue $7.61B $1.81B $357.74M
Gross profit $6.76B $950.02M $280.50M
Operating income $5.92B $118.88M -$9.63M
Net income $5.01B $72.83M -$16.06M
Free cash flow $4.90B $131.78M $81.46M
R&D $378.04M $274.10M $60.03M
EPS (diluted) $14.98 $1.45 $-0.69
Cash & equivalents $3.17B $274.84M $149.89M
Total debt $3.52B $8.55M –
Shares (diluted) 334.77M 49.80M 23.35M
Enterprise value $118.84B -$542.69M $712.45M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAPPCRTOIBTA
P/E 23.7x 10.4x -84.2x
P/FCF 24.1x 5.7x 16.6x
P/Operating cash flow 24.1x 2.6x 14.5x
P/S 15.5x 0.4x 3.8x
P/B 35.8x 0.6x 5.7x
P/Tangible book 39.8x 0.7x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA 19.6x – 399.9x
EV/EBIT 20.0x 3.9x -124.8x
EV/Revenue 15.6x 0.3x 3.4x
EV/FCF 24.1x 3.5x 14.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.1x 1.6x 12.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.09 0.08 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPPCRTOIBTA
Revenue growth (1Y) 57.8% -7.5% 1.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 35.9% -2.4% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 61.3% -9.8% -1.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 53.2% 4.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 68.9% -47.1% -169.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 155.2% 46.8% –
Net income growth (1Y) 77.1% -58.4% -119.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 262.8% 92.5% –
EPS growth (1Y) 80.4% -53.6% -125.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 271.9% 125.2% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 46.0% -10.6% 4.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 77.2% 15.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 46.0% -40.9% 6.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 77.5% 11.3% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPPCRTOIBTA
Gross margin 88.8% 52.5% 78.4%
EBITDA margin 79.5% – 0.8%
Operating margin 77.8% 6.6% -2.7%
Pretax margin 78.0% 6.8% -1.0%
Net margin 65.9% 4.0% -4.5%
FCF margin 64.4% 7.3% 22.8%
Operating cash flow margin 64.4% 15.8% 26.1%
Return on equity 155.2% 6.2% -6.7%
Return on assets 59.5% 3.6% -3.3%
Return on invested capital 74.1% 6.0% –
Return on capital employed 85.4% 8.9% -3.6%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.9x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 3.9x -5.8x
Stock comp / revenue 4.4% 2.5% 14.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPPCRTOIBTA
Debt / assets 41.0% 0.4% –
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.0x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x – –
Debt / FCF 0.7x 0.1x –
Liabilities / assets 61.6% 41.9% 51.8%
Equity / assets 38.4% 58.1% 48.2%
Interest coverage 28.9x – –
Current ratio 3.8x 1.3x 1.7x
Quick ratio 3.7x 1.1x 1.6x
Cash ratio 2.1x 0.4x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 17.59 2.09 3.77

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPPCRTOIBTA
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 2.7% 13.5% 9.7%
Shareholder yield 2.7% 13.5% 9.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAPPCRTOIBTA
Forward P/E 21.2xFY2026 4.5xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $16.79FY2026 $3.39FY2026 $-0.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +72.2%FY2026 -26.6%FY2026 -641.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +24.5% +14.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.58BFY2026 $986.69MFY2026 $345.32MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +56.5%FY2026 -15.7%FY2026 +0.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.0% +3.7% +21.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPPCRTOIBTA
Held by institutions 67.5% 83.4% 69.4%
Institutions holding 1,460 128 150
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.5% +2.2% -1.6%
Institutions buying 836 64 68
Institutions selling 480 39 48
Buyers to sellers 1.74 1.64 1.42

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

APPCRTOIBTA
APP 1.00 0.18 0.19
CRTO 0.18 1.00 0.23
IBTA 0.19 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APP, CRTO and IBTA?

AppLovin (APP) is the largest by market capitalisation: AppLovin (APP) $130.31B, Criteo (CRTO) $754.02M, Ibotta (IBTA) $1.36B.

Which stock is cheaper, APP, CRTO and IBTA?

Criteo (CRTO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (AppLovin (APP) 26.0x, Criteo (CRTO) 10.4x, Ibotta (IBTA) -84.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Criteo (CRTO) is cheapest (AppLovin (APP) 21.2x, Criteo (CRTO) 4.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

AppLovin (APP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: AppLovin (APP) +57.8%, Criteo (CRTO) -7.5%, Ibotta (IBTA) +1.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

AppLovin (APP) has the highest net margin (AppLovin (APP) 65.9%, Criteo (CRTO) 4.0%, Ibotta (IBTA) -4.5%). On return on invested capital, AppLovin (APP) leads (AppLovin (APP) 74.1%, Criteo (CRTO) 6.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ibotta (IBTA) returned the most: AppLovin (APP) -42.3%, Criteo (CRTO) -31.0%, Ibotta (IBTA) +94.3%. Over five years, AppLovin (APP) compounded fastest (AppLovin (APP) +29.3%/yr, Criteo (CRTO) -17.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Criteo (CRTO) has been the steadiest (AppLovin (APP) 80.3%, Criteo (CRTO) 57.7%, Ibotta (IBTA) 79.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APP, CRTO and IBTA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, AppLovin (APP) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.