<div id="readability-page-1"><p><span>Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO - Get Free Report)</span> was downgraded by equities researchers at Wells Fargo &amp; Company from an &#34;overweight&#34; rating to an &#34;equal weight&#34; rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday.</p><ul><li>Trade Desk Pops on Possible OpenAI Deal—Game Changer or Headfake?</li></ul><p>Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Criteo from a &#34;buy&#34; rating to a &#34;hold&#34; rating in a research report on Saturday, March 7th. Sanford C. Bernstein  set a $43.00 price target on Criteo in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Criteo from $30.00 to $29.00 and set a &#34;buy&#34; rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 13th. DA Davidson  set a $28.50 price objective on Criteo in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Morgan Stanley  set a $33.00 target price on Criteo in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned  a Hold rating and one  has issued  a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock  has a consensus rating of &#34;Hold&#34; and a consensus price target of $30.72.</p><p><b>Check Out Our Latest Analysis on CRTO</b></p><h2>Criteo Price Performance</h2><ul><li>The $100 Million Tell: Following Smart Money Into DoorDash</li></ul><p>Criteo stock traded down $4.50 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $15.63. 1,047,080 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 468,215. The company has a market cap of $779.06 million, a PE ratio of 5.90 and a beta of 0.34. Criteo has a fifty-two week low of $15.66 and a fifty-two week high of $30.64. The company's fifty day moving average price is $18.43 and its 200-day moving average price is $19.55. </p><p>Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 31st. The information services provider reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $424.64 million during the quarter. Criteo had a net margin of 7.52% and a return on equity of 17.15%.  On average, analysts expect that  Criteo will post 3.39 EPS for the current fiscal year. </p><h2>Insiders Place Their Bets</h2><p>In other news, Director Der Kooi Frederik Van acquired 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 13th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $17.81 per share, with a total value of $89,050.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 26,600 shares in the company, valued at $473,746. This represents a 23.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.66% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders. </p><h2>Institutional Investors Weigh In On Criteo</h2><p>A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in shares of  Criteo by 1,376.7% in the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,270 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $45,000 after purchasing an additional 1,184 shares during the last quarter.  Invesco Ltd. increased its position in  Criteo by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 16,313 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $391,000 after acquiring an additional 1,094 shares during the period.  Qube Research &amp; Technologies Ltd grew its stake in shares of  Criteo by 145.0% in the second quarter. Qube Research &amp; Technologies Ltd now owns 432,881 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $10,372,000 after purchasing an additional 256,227 shares in the last quarter.  The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its stake in shares of  Criteo by 41.6% during the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 8,587 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $206,000 after purchasing an additional 2,524 shares in the last quarter.  Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its position in  Criteo by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 4,411,988 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $105,711,000 after buying an additional 82,134 shares in the last quarter. 94.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. </p><h2>About Criteo</h2> (Get Free Report)<p>Criteo is a global technology company specializing in digital performance advertising and commerce media solutions. The company provides a range of AI-driven ad products designed to help brands, retailers, and agencies deliver personalized promotional messages to consumers across web, mobile, and connected TV environments. By leveraging large-scale data analytics and machine learning algorithms, Criteo's platform optimizes the timing, placement, and creative of ads to drive engagement and conversions.  </p><p>At the core of Criteo's offering is its dynamic retargeting solution, which enables advertisers to automatically generate and display personalized product recommendations based on user behavior.</p><h2>See Also</h2><ul><li>Five stocks we like better than Criteo</li></ul><p><img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/scripts/RatingsChart.ashx/query-UHJlZml4PU5BU0RBUSZTeW1ib2w9Q1JUTw?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="600" height="385" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.marketbeat.com/scripts/RatingsChart.ashx/query-UHJlZml4PU5BU0RBUSZTeW1ib2w9Q1JUTw"/></p><p><em>This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. 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<p>Wells Fargo & Company downgraded Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) from an "overweight" to an "equal weight" rating in a recent research report. Other analysts have also adjusted their ratings, with Wall Street Zen lowering it to "hold" and Stifel Nicolaus reducing their price target. Criteo's stock fell to $15.63, with a market cap of $779.06 million. The company reported $0.73 EPS and $424.64 million in revenue for the last quarter. Institutional investors have increased their stakes in Criteo, which specializes in digital performance advertising.</p>

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Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) Downgraded by Wells Fargo & Company to "Equal Weight"