The Trade Desk shares plunge 22% after revenue miss and weak guidance

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The Trade Desk shares plunged roughly 22% on August 7 after the digital-advertising company reported second-quarter revenue of $715 million, well below Wall Street's estimate of about $753 million, and issued third-quarter guidance of at least $650 million against an expected $807 million. Revenue growth slowed to just 3% year-over-year, a sharp deceleration from 19% growth in the same quarter last year, while adjusted EBITDA fell to $241 million from $271 million. The results triggered a wave of analyst downgrades, with Raymond James cutting the stock to Underperform, Truist to Hold, and Susquehanna to Neutral, citing execution problems, macroeconomic pressure, and competition. The sell-off pushed shares to their lowest level since January 2019 and deepened a year-to-date decline of more than 63%, raising concerns that The Trade Desk may be losing structural advantages as advertisers shift spending toward walled-garden platforms like Amazon, Google, and Meta.

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