CRTO vs PDD vs APPS Stock Comparison

Criteo, PDD Holdings and Digital Turbine Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CRTO Criteo S.A.
$14.17 -13.0% 1M -32.2% 1Y
Market cap
$687.96M
P/E
9.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.79B
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
1 win
PDD PDD Holdings Inc.
$78.40 +1.1% 1M -43.1% 1Y
Market cap
$111.59B
P/E
8.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$64.89B
Div. yield
–
Digital Marketplaces Technology
7 wins
APPS Digital Turbine, Inc.
$10.17 -8.5% 1M +51.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.22B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Digital Advertising Technology
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

PDD Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (PDD Holdings 7, Criteo 1, Digital Turbine 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCRTOPDDAPPSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $687.96M $111.59B $1.22B PDD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 9.0x 8.1x — PDD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 3.9x 7.3x 13.7x CRTO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -8.2% +13.8% — PDD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.4% 20.7% — PDD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.9% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -32.2% -43.1% +51.1% APPS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.8%/yr -3.2%/yr -35.0%/yr PDD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.0% 33.5% 93.6% PDD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 78/100 — PDD

Percentile Scorecard

CRTOPDDAPPS

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

AxisCRTOPDDAPPS
Valuation 89 #20 of 167 89 #19 of 167 –
Growth 30 #107 of 153 59 #63 of 153 –
Profitability 55 #70 of 153 85 #24 of 153 –
Financial Health 65 #64 of 179 80 #36 of 179 21 #141 of 179
Shareholder Returns 97 #4 of 94 – –
Overall 67 78 –
  • CRTO ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • PDD ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • APPS ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCRTOPDDAPPSSPY
1 month -13.0%+1.1%-8.5% -0.2%
3 months -33.0%-8.5%+20.2% +3.9%
6 months -26.8%-19.4%+193.9% +8.2%
Year to date -31.2%-30.9%+103.4% +12.9%
1 year -32.2%-43.1%+51.1% +12.3%
3 years -48.8%-27.6%+114.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year -20.0%-10.2%+28.9% +23.3%
5 years -57.6%-15.2%-88.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year -15.8%-3.2%-35.0% +10.9%
10 years -61.1%—+1,274.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year -9.0%—+30.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCRTOPDDAPPSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.0%33.5%93.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.6%35.6%76.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.420.862.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.55-1.290.55 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.5%-73.1%-98.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.1%-43.2%-29.3% -1.2%
52-week high $23.28$138.13$14.39 $779.14
52-week low $14.17$73.30$2.82 $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.

MultipleCRTOPDDAPPS
P/E now vs peer median 9.0xmedian 17.3x 8.1xmedian 17.3x —median 17.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.4x 1.7xmedian 1.4x —median 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.2x —median 14.2x —median 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -49.2xmedian 11.5x 7.0xmedian 11.5x —median 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.8x 1.7xmedian 1.8x 6.1xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.07median 0.40 0.26median 0.40 —median 0.40

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 monthsCRTOPDDAPPS
Revenue $1.79B $64.89B –
Gross profit $940.45M $36.55B –
Operating income $104.03M $14.41B –
Net income $83.26M $13.45B –
Free cash flow -$13.98M $16.02B –
R&D $281.99M $2.64B –
EPS (diluted) $1.55 $9.08 –
Cash & equivalents $252.24M $19.00B $37.96M
Total debt $45.06M – $360.96M
Shares (diluted) 50.55M 1.48B 120.47M
Enterprise value -$492.91M -$132.46B $1.06B

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
MetricCRTOPDDAPPS
P/E 9.0x 8.1x –
P/FCF -49.2x 7.0x –
P/Operating cash flow 5.3x 7.0x –
P/S 0.4x 1.7x –
P/B 0.6x 1.7x 6.1x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 1.7x -71.1x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT 4.0x 3.1x –
EV/Revenue 0.2x 0.7x –
EV/FCF -29.9x 2.8x –
EV/Operating cash flow 3.2x 2.8x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.07 0.26 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCRTOPDDAPPS
Revenue growth (1Y) -8.2% 13.8% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.5% 40.4% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -8.6% 11.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.2% 29.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -43.1% 12.7% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 50.4% 37.4% –
Net income growth (1Y) -41.0% -1.4% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 103.6% 32.0% –
EPS growth (1Y) -37.5% -1.6% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 128.0% 30.8% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -55.0% 22.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -14.9% 21.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -107.3% 22.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -28.4% 21.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCRTOPDDAPPS
Gross margin 52.6% 56.3% –
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin 5.8% 22.2% –
Pretax margin 6.0% 28.4% –
Net margin 4.4% 20.7% –
FCF margin -0.8% 24.7% –
Operating cash flow margin 7.2% 24.7% –
Return on equity 7.1% 21.1% –
Return on assets 4.1% 14.1% –
Return on invested capital 6.9% – –
Return on capital employed 7.6% 22.6% –
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.7x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.2x –
Stock comp / revenue 3.7% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCRTOPDDAPPS
Debt / assets 0.5% – 42.9%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF -0.7x – –
Liabilities / assets 42.1% 32.5% 76.2%
Equity / assets 57.9% 67.5% 23.8%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.3x 2.6x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.1x 2.1x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.4x 2.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.09 4.56 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCRTOPDDAPPS
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 23.8% – –
Shareholder yield 23.8% 0.0% –
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.

ConsensusCRTOPDDAPPS
Forward P/E 3.9xFY2026 7.3xFY2026 13.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.62FY2026 $10.78FY2026 $0.74FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -21.6%FY2026 +4.2%FY2026 +32.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.2% +19.6% +32.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $986.69MFY2026 $72.21BFY2026 $690.88MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -15.7%FY2026 +17.0%FY2026 +22.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.7% +9.4% +3.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCRTOPDDAPPS
Held by institutions 83.4% 30.3% 64.5%
Institutions holding 126 507 211
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.2% +4.8% +7.1%
Institutions buying 62 213 128
Institutions selling 39 234 62
Buyers to sellers 1.59 0.91 2.06

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.

CRTOPDDAPPS
CRTO 1.00 0.03 -0.05
PDD 0.03 1.00 -0.06
APPS -0.05 -0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CRTO, PDD and APPS?

PDD Holdings (PDD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Criteo (CRTO) $687.96M, PDD Holdings (PDD) $111.59B, Digital Turbine (APPS) $1.22B.

Which stock is cheaper, CRTO, PDD and APPS?

PDD Holdings (PDD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Criteo (CRTO) 9.0x, PDD Holdings (PDD) 8.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Criteo (CRTO) is cheapest (Criteo (CRTO) 3.9x, PDD Holdings (PDD) 7.3x, Digital Turbine (APPS) 13.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

PDD Holdings (PDD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Criteo (CRTO) -8.2%, PDD Holdings (PDD) +13.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

PDD Holdings (PDD) has the highest net margin (Criteo (CRTO) 4.4%, PDD Holdings (PDD) 20.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Digital Turbine (APPS) returned the most: Criteo (CRTO) -32.2%, PDD Holdings (PDD) -43.1%, Digital Turbine (APPS) +51.1%. Over five years, PDD Holdings (PDD) compounded fastest (Criteo (CRTO) -15.8%/yr, PDD Holdings (PDD) -3.2%/yr, Digital Turbine (APPS) -35.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, PDD Holdings (PDD) has been the steadiest (Criteo (CRTO) 58.0%, PDD Holdings (PDD) 33.5%, Digital Turbine (APPS) 93.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, PDD Holdings (PDD) leads on 7. 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.