Best Growth Stocks to Buy: The Trade Desk Stock vs. Roku Stock

By Parkev Tatevosian, CFA – Aug 19, 2025 at 9:00AM

NASDAQ: ROKU

Roku

Market Cap

$13B

Today's Change

(-0.28%) -$0.25

Current Price

$88.55

Price as of August 20, 2025, 3:58 p.m. ET

Advertisers work with The Trade Desk and Roku to generate demand for their products.

Roku (ROKU -0.28%) and The Trade Desk (TTD 0.02%) are competing in the connected TV industry.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Aug. 13, 2025. The video was published on Aug. 15, 2025.

About the Author

A Fool since 2019, and a graduate of Cal State LA with a B.S. in Finance and M.A. in Economics. Parkev is an adjunct professor of Finance and enjoys reading about financial and economic history. You'll often find him writing about stocks in the consumer goods and technology sectors.

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