Trade Desk Inc (NASDAQ:TTD) is known for helping businesses optimize their digital advertising, and over the past 5 years, has also helped investors achieve eye-popping returns.
Since August 2017, The Trade Desk stock’s 5-year return has outperformed several of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies, tech and consumer discretionary stocks: Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).
The Trade Desk operates a self-service cloud-based platform that allows buyers to create, manage and optimize data-driven digital advertising campaigns in various ad formats and channels, including display, video, audio, in-app, native and social.
The Trade Desk also provides data and other value-added services, as well as platform features. The Trade Desk was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Ventura, California.
Here's how the returns break down from August 2017 to present:
- Ford is up from $10.82 to $15.26 for a return of 41.04%
- Bitcoin is up from $4,649.99 to $21,461.10 for a return of 361.53%
- Ethereum is up from $354.87 to $1,637.49 for a return of 361.43%
- Starbucks is up from $54.36 to $85.14 for a return of 56.62%
- Microsoft is up from $72.82 to $276.96 for a return of 280.34%
- Apple is up from $39.97 to $168.07 for a return of 320.49%
- Disney is up from $102.41 to $115.28 for a return of 12.57%
- Amazon is up from $47.26 to $134.44 for a return of 184.46%
- And finally, The Trade Desk is up from $5.10 to $63.74 for a return of 1,149.80%