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We recently published a list of These 10 Stocks Moved the Market This Week, Here’s Why. In this article, we are going to take a look at where The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTD) stands against other stocks that moved the market this week.
The stock market edged lower week-on-week, as cautious investors repositioned their portfolios ahead of the United States and China’s high-stakes negotiations on trade policies that have for months dented global economies.
On a week-on-week basis, the Dow Jones was down by 0.16 percent, the S&P 500 dropped 0.47 percent, while the Nasdaq dipped by 0.27 percent.
Beyond the major indices, 10 companies bucked a wider market decline, with gains skyrocketing in just a week’s trading.
In this article, we name the 10 top-performing companies this week and the primary reasons that bolstered their gains.
To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with a $2-billion market capitalization and $5-million trading volume.
The stocks were chosen based on the highest percentage increase in closing prices on May 9 as against their prices a week earlier, or on May 2.
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The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTD)
The Trade Desk jumped by 31.34 percent week-on-week to end Friday’s trading at $71.04 versus the $54.09 a week earlier, following an impressive income performance that boosted analysts’ ratings for its stock.
According to The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTD), net income jumped by 59 percent to $51 million from $32 million in the same period last year, as revenues grew by 25 percent to $616 million from $491 million year-on-year.
Additionally, it achieved a strong customer retention of over 95 percent during the period.
For the second quarter of the year, the company is targeting to book at least $682 million in revenues and adjusted EBITDA of approximately $259 million.
Following the results, three investment firms issued their stock ratings and price targets for The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTD).
UBS and Stifel both maintained their “buy” recommendations on its stock, with price targets of $80 and $87, respectively.
Meanwhile, Benchmark reaffirmed its “hold” recommendation and cautious stance, saying that growth expectations for 2025 are not guaranteed.
Overall, TTD ranks 5th on our list of stocks that moved the market this week. While we acknowledge the potential of TTD as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than TTD but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.