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Criteo SA
Criteo SA is an advertising technology company best known for helping retailers, brands, and online marketplaces show product ads to people who are likely to buy. Its software sits in the digital advertising chain and uses shopping and browsing data to decide which product ad to show, where to show it, and when to show it. The company’s main customers are retailers, consumer brands, agencies, and e-commerce businesses that want to drive sales from online shoppers. Criteo makes money mainly by charging customers for performance-based advertising services, often tied to clicks, actions, or campaigns managed through its platform. It also helps retailers sell advertising space on their own websites and apps, which is part of the fast-growing retail media market. In simple terms, Criteo acts as a matchmaker between advertisers with products to sell and shoppers who are already close to making a purchase. What makes Criteo’s business different is its focus on commerce data rather than broad brand advertising. It is built around shopping intent, so its tools are designed to turn browsing behavior into measurable sales for advertisers. That gives it a clear role in the ad ecosystem: helping merchants monetize traffic and helping brands reach buyers at the moment they are considering a purchase.
Criteo SA is an advertising technology company best known for helping retailers, brands, and online marketplaces show product ads to people who are likely to buy. Its software sits in the digital advertising chain and uses shopping and browsing data to decide which product ad to show, where to show it, and when to show it. The company’s main customers are retailers, consumer brands, agencies, and e-commerce businesses that want to drive sales from online shoppers.
Criteo makes money mainly by charging customers for performance-based advertising services, often tied to clicks, actions, or campaigns managed through its platform. It also helps retailers sell advertising space on their own websites and apps, which is part of the fast-growing retail media market. In simple terms, Criteo acts as a matchmaker between advertisers with products to sell and shoppers who are already close to making a purchase.
What makes Criteo’s business different is its focus on commerce data rather than broad brand advertising. It is built around shopping intent, so its tools are designed to turn browsing behavior into measurable sales for advertisers. That gives it a clear role in the ad ecosystem: helping merchants monetize traffic and helping brands reach buyers at the moment they are considering a purchase.
Top line: Criteo reported $425 million of revenue and $250 million of contribution ex-TAC in Q1, with media spend topping $1 billion for the first time.
Mixed performance: Excluding the $27 million Retail Media scope-change headwind, contribution ex-TAC grew 1% in Q1, but Performance Media was pressured by softer U.S. large-client budgets and weaker travel and discretionary retail trends.
AI push: Management leaned heavily into Agentic AI, highlighting the OpenAI partnership, more than 1,000 brands live, and the launch of Criteo GO as a self-service AI offering.
Guidance cut: Full-year 2026 contribution ex-TAC guidance now calls for a low-single-digit decline at constant currency, reflecting macro weakness and U.S. client-specific budget cuts.
Outlook intact in retail: Retail Media guidance was unchanged, and the company still expects Retail Media revenue to return to growth in Q4 and underlying Retail Media growth to accelerate in 2026.
Capital returns: Criteo kept buying back stock, ended March with $889 million of total liquidity, and said its Luxembourg redomiciliation remains on track for Q3 completion.
