APPS vs CRTO vs NTES Stock Comparison

Digital Turbine, Criteo and NetEase Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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APPS Digital Turbine, Inc.
$9.19 -17.7% 1M +45.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.15B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$600.31M
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
2 wins
CRTO Criteo S.A.
$15.17 +3.0% 1M -32.1% 1Y
Market cap
$776.75M
P/E
9.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.79B
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
3 wins
NTES NetEase, Inc.
$116.23 -0.8% 1M -17.6% 1Y
Market cap
$77.08B
P/E
17.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.70B
Div. yield
–
Video Games Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

NetEase leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (NetEase 6, Criteo 3, Digital Turbine 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPPSCRTONTESLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.15B $776.75M $77.08B NTES
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -32.9x 9.9x 17.3x CRTO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.4x 4.2x 12.2x CRTO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +19.2% -8.2% +9.8% APPS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.8% 4.4% 26.6% NTES
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.2% 6.9% 22.7% NTES
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x — -1.4x NTES
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +45.6% -32.1% -17.6% APPS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -33.9%/yr -18.1%/yr +2.8%/yr NTES
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 95.7% 57.6% 33.1% NTES
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 36/100 67/100 64/100 CRTO

Percentile Scorecard

APPSCRTONTES

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

AxisAPPSCRTONTES
Valuation 46 #91 of 166 87 #22 of 166 59 #68 of 166
Growth 54 #71 of 154 30 #108 of 154 46 #84 of 154
Profitability 54 #72 of 154 58 #66 of 154 94 #10 of 154
Financial Health 19 #145 of 179 62 #69 of 179 85 #27 of 179
Shareholder Returns 9 #88 of 97 96 #5 of 97 33 #65 of 97
Overall 36 67 64
  • APPS ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • CRTO ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • NTES ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAPPSCRTONTESSPY
1 month -17.7%+3.0%-0.8% -2.0%
3 months -3.4%-32.3%-11.0% -2.2%
6 months +136.2%-24.6%+1.0% +4.2%
Year to date +83.8%-26.4%-15.5% +10.6%
1 year +45.6%-32.1%-17.6% +10.4%
3 years +74.7%-36.6%+3.1% +73.6%
3 years, per year +20.5%-14.1%+1.0% +20.2%
5 years -87.4%-63.2%+14.8% +61.6%
5 years, per year -33.9%-18.1%+2.8% +10.1%
10 years +1,431.7%-62.6%+138.8% +261.3%
10 years, per year +31.4%-9.4%+9.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAPPSCRTONTESSPY
Volatility, 1Y 95.7%57.6%33.1% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 80.0%66.1%32.5% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.220.400.43 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.48-0.56-0.53 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.3%-71.5%-52.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.1%-34.8%-21.2% -3.2%
52-week high $14.39$23.28$147.56 $779.14
52-week low $2.82$14.17$109.26 $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.

MultipleAPPSCRTONTES
P/E now vs peer median -31.7xmedian 17.5x 9.6xmedian 17.5x 16.7xmedian 17.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.4x 0.4xmedian 1.4x 4.4xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.1xmedian 15.3x —median 15.3x 10.5xmedian 15.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 52.4xmedian 12.1x -52.7xmedian 12.1x 9.9xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median 5.8xmedian 1.7x 0.6xmedian 1.7x 3.0xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.49median 0.37 0.08median 0.37 2.32median 0.37

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 monthsAPPSCRTONTES
Revenue $600.31M $1.79B $16.70B
Gross profit $343.76M $940.45M $11.22B
Operating income $61.76M $104.03M $5.90B
Net income -$34.96M $83.26M $4.75B
Free cash flow $21.19M -$13.98M $7.46B
R&D $40.92M $281.99M $2.59B
EPS (diluted) $-0.29 $1.55 $6.91
Cash & equivalents $43.21M $252.24M $3.36B
Total debt $352.86M $9.65M $1.86B
Shares (diluted) 120.67M 50.55M 643.63M
Enterprise value $990.34M -$440.73M $35.32B

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
MetricAPPSCRTONTES
P/E -31.7x 9.6x 16.7x
P/FCF 52.4x -52.7x 9.9x
P/Operating cash flow 21.8x 5.7x 10.1x
P/S 1.9x 0.4x 4.4x
P/B 5.8x 0.6x 3.0x
P/Tangible book -62.1x 0.7x 3.1x
EV/EBITDA 10.1x – 10.5x
EV/EBIT 23.0x 4.5x 11.1x
EV/Revenue 2.4x 0.3x 3.9x
EV/FCF 67.1x -33.3x 8.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.9x 3.6x 8.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.49 0.08 2.32

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPPSCRTONTES
Revenue growth (1Y) 19.2% -8.2% 9.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.3% -2.5% 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 29.3% -8.6% 16.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.1% 5.2% 11.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 244.8% -43.1% 23.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 53.7% 50.4% 22.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 56.9% -41.0% -2.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -75.9% 103.6% 9.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 61.9% -37.5% -4.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -65.1% 128.0% 7.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 131.0% -55.0% 13.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -13.3% -14.9% 19.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 396.8% -107.3% 12.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -26.5% -28.4% 17.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPPSCRTONTES
Gross margin 57.3% 52.6% 67.2%
EBITDA margin 23.5% – 37.2%
Operating margin 10.3% 5.8% 35.3%
Pretax margin -4.0% 6.0% 34.9%
Net margin -5.8% 4.4% 26.6%
FCF margin 3.5% -0.8% 44.7%
Operating cash flow margin 8.5% 7.2% 44.0%
Return on equity -17.9% 7.1% 19.6%
Return on assets -4.1% 4.1% 14.0%
Return on invested capital 11.2% 6.9% 22.7%
Return on capital employed 10.9% 7.6% 23.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.9x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.5x 1.6x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 2.1% 3.7% 2.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPPSCRTONTES
Debt / assets 41.8% 0.5% 5.4%
Debt / equity 1.9x 0.0x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x – -1.4x
Debt / FCF 16.6x -0.7x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 77.4% 42.1% 28.0%
Equity / assets 22.6% 57.9% 72.0%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.3x 3.5x
Quick ratio 1.5x 1.1x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.4x 1.3x
Altman Z-score 0.85 2.12 7.36

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPPSCRTONTES
Dividend yield – – 2.5%
Net buyback yield -5.2% 22.3% 0.0%
Shareholder yield -5.2% 22.3% 2.5%
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.

ConsensusAPPSCRTONTES
Forward P/E 12.4xFY2026 4.2xFY2026 12.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.74FY2026 $3.62FY2026 $9.56FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +32.1%FY2026 -21.6%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +32.4% +7.2% +7.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $690.88MFY2026 $986.69MFY2026 $17.11BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.2%FY2026 -15.7%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.6% +3.7% +7.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPPSCRTONTES
Held by institutions 64.5% 83.4% 9.2%
Institutions holding 211 128 461
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.1% +2.2% +1.9%
Institutions buying 128 64 264
Institutions selling 62 39 121
Buyers to sellers 2.06 1.64 2.18

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.

APPSCRTONTES
APPS 1.00 -0.05 0.16
CRTO -0.05 1.00 0.18
NTES 0.16 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APPS, CRTO and NTES?

NetEase (NTES) is the largest by market capitalisation: Digital Turbine (APPS) $1.15B, Criteo (CRTO) $776.75M, NetEase (NTES) $77.08B.

Which stock is cheaper, APPS, CRTO and NTES?

Criteo (CRTO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Digital Turbine (APPS) -32.9x, Criteo (CRTO) 9.9x, NetEase (NTES) 17.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Criteo (CRTO) is cheapest (Digital Turbine (APPS) 12.4x, Criteo (CRTO) 4.2x, NetEase (NTES) 12.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Digital Turbine (APPS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Digital Turbine (APPS) +19.2%, Criteo (CRTO) -8.2%, NetEase (NTES) +9.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

NetEase (NTES) has the highest net margin (Digital Turbine (APPS) -5.8%, Criteo (CRTO) 4.4%, NetEase (NTES) 26.6%). On return on invested capital, NetEase (NTES) leads (Digital Turbine (APPS) 11.2%, Criteo (CRTO) 6.9%, NetEase (NTES) 22.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Digital Turbine (APPS) returned the most: Digital Turbine (APPS) +45.6%, Criteo (CRTO) -32.1%, NetEase (NTES) -17.6%. Over five years, NetEase (NTES) compounded fastest (Digital Turbine (APPS) -33.9%/yr, Criteo (CRTO) -18.1%/yr, NetEase (NTES) +2.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, NetEase (NTES) has been the steadiest (Digital Turbine (APPS) 95.7%, Criteo (CRTO) 57.6%, NetEase (NTES) 33.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APPS, CRTO and NTES?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, NetEase (NTES) leads on 6. 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.