Criteo +6.6% as SocGen sees 35% more upside
May 29, 2020 1:58 PM ET|About:
Criteo S.A. (CRTO)|By:
Jason Aycock, SA News Editor
Criteo (NASDAQ:
CRTO) is up 6.6% today after a reiterated Buy rating at Société Générale following a presentation by the company's investor relations at the virtual Nice conference.
Revenue is trending better in Q2 than expected, the firm notes, vs. an initial outlook and it had foreseen worse deterioration.
Travel/classified advertising is unsurprisingly down significantly, it notes, but retail has been more resilient.
SocGen has a $14 price target, implying 35% further upside from today's gains so far.
Stock Now Trades For-- $ 12 in pre market up another 7% This was a 13% move in a few days...
>>> This call looks like it's dead on//// When COVID struck this company warned it may miss they got downgraded bad--Criteo price target lowered to $13 from $25 <----
COULD THE STOCK NOW GO TO $25? Well at least $20<---
at SunTrust 05/05 CRTO SunTrust analyst Matthew Thornton lowered the firm's price target on Criteo to $13 from $25 but keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The analyst sees Q1 results as "solid" given the COVID-19 outbreak and the FX headwinds, while adjusting his model to 10-times expected free cash flows and for enterprise value at 0.2-times expected gross sales. Thornton still remains positive on Criteo's "very reasonable consensus and expected continued cash generation".
Yet today the company said Covid earnings damage limited... and not continuing...
NEW YORK, June 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ: CRTO), the global technology company powering the world's marketers with trusted and impactful advertising, announced an interim update on its financial performance for the second quarter of 2020, as of May 29, 2020." -- Criteo S.A. (NASDAQ: CRTO), the global technology company powering the world's marketers with trusted and impactful advertising, announced an interim update on its financial performance for the second quarter of 2020, as of May 29, 2020.
April 29, 2020, the Company had assumed a continued decline of revenues through the month of May due to COVID-19. As of May 29, 2020, however, a continued decline of the Company's revenues for the month of May compared to April had not materialized as anticipated. <-----
Therefore, as of May 29, 2020, overall revenue trends have been better than were expected at the time of the Company's April 29, 2020 guidance for the second quarter 2020." In its Q2 2020 guidance provided onApril 29, 2020, the Company had assumed a continued decline of revenues through the month of May due to COVID-19. As ofMay 29, 2020, however, a continued decline of the Company's revenues for the month of May compared to April had not materialized as anticipated. Therefore, as ofMay 29, 2020, overall revenue trends have been better than were expected at the time of the Company'sApril 29, 2020guidance for the second quarter 2020.
May 29, 2020, the Company believes it is on track to achieve its cost savings targets as anticipated in the Company's April 29, 2020 guidance for the second quarter 2020." Additionally, as ofMay 29, 2020, the Company believes it is on track to achieve its cost savings targets as anticipated in the Company's April 29, 2020guidance for the second quarter 2020.
The Company is not otherwise providing an update with regard to its second quarter 2020 financial performance at this time. The Company plans to report its full second quarter 2020 results in late July 2020.....