Reviewing Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM) & Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD)

Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) and Tempus AI (NASDAQ:TEM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Trade Desk and Tempus AI, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trade Desk	1	3	24	1	2.86
Tempus AI	0	1	9	0	2.90

Trade Desk presently has a consensus price target of $108.85, indicating a potential upside of 9.60%. Tempus AI has a consensus price target of $45.56, indicating a potential downside of 3.63%. Given Trade Desk’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Trade Desk is more favorable than Tempus AI.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Trade Desk and Tempus AI’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Trade Desk	$1.95 billion	25.09	$178.94 million	$0.40	248.31
Tempus AI	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Trade Desk has higher revenue and earnings than Tempus AI.

Profitability

This table compares Trade Desk and Tempus AI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trade Desk	11.65%	11.40%	5.27%
Tempus AI	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

67.8% of Trade Desk shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Trade Desk shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Trade Desk beats Tempus AI on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Trade Desk

The Trade Desk, Inc. operates as a technology company in the United States and internationally. The company offers a self-service cloud-based platform that allows buyers to plan, manage, optimize, and measure data-driven digital advertising campaigns across various ad formats and channels, including video, display, audio, digital-out-of-home, native, and social on various devices, such as computers, mobile devices, televisions, and streaming devices. It provides data and other value-added services. The company serves advertising agencies, brands, and other service providers for advertisers. The Trade Desk, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Ventura, California.

About Tempus AI

Tempus AI Inc. is a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence principally in healthcare. The company provides AI-enabled precision medicine solutions to physicians to deliver personalized patient care and in parallel facilitates discovery, development and delivery of optimal therapeutics. Tempus AI Inc. is based in CHICAGO.