- Excellent financial health (Piotroski 7/9)
- Healthy interest coverage ratio of 60.3x
- Lower volatility than the market (beta 0.30)
Criteo S.A. stock downgraded from Buy Candidate to Hold/Accumulate after Friday trading session
(Updated on Jul 17, 2026)
The Criteo S.A. stock price fell by -1.96% on the last day (Friday, 17th Jul 2026) from $22.93 to $22.48. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 3.51% from a day low at $22.25 to a day high of $23.03. The price has been going up and down for this period, and there has been a 17.82% gain for the last 2 weeks. Volume has increased on the last day by 156 thousand shares but on falling prices. This may be an early warning and the risk will be increased slightly over the next couple of days. In total, 341 thousand shares were bought and sold for approximately $7.66 million.
The stock lies in the upper part of a very wide and strong rising trend in the short term, and this may normally pose a very good selling opportunity for the short-term trader as reaction back towards the lower part of the trend can be expected. A break-up at the top trend line at $23.50 will firstly indicate a stronger rate of rising. Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to rise 16.89% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between $20.54 and $27.47 at the end of this 3-month period.
CRTO Signals & Forecast
The Criteo S.A. stock holds a sell signal from the short-term Moving Average; at the same time, however, there is a buy signal from the long-term average. Since the short-term average is above the long-term average there is a general buy signal in the stock giving a positive forecast for the stock. On further gains, the stock will meet resistance from the short-term Moving Average at approximately $22.81. On a fall, the stock will find some support from the long-term average at approximately $19.25. A break-up through the short-term average will send a buy signal, whereas a breakdown through the long-term average will send a sell signal. Furthermore, there is a buy signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD). Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. A sell signal was issued from a pivot top point on Monday, July 13, 2026, and so far it has fallen -3.44%. Further fall is indicated until a new bottom pivot has been found. Volume rose on falling prices yesterday. This may be an early warning and the stock should be followed more closely.
Support, Risk & Stop-loss for Criteo S.A. stock
On the downside, the stock finds support just below today's level from accumulated volume at $20.12 and $17.73. There is a natural risk involved when a stock is testing a support level, since if this is broken, the stock then may fall to the next support level. In this case, Criteo S.A. finds support just below today's level at $20.12. If this is broken, then the next support from accumulated volume will be at $17.73 and $17.14.
This stock may move very much during the day (volatility) and with a very large prediction interval from the Bollinger Band this stock is considered to be "very high risk". During the last day, the stock moved $0.780 between high and low, or 3.51%. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 2.91%.
The Criteo S.A. stock is overbought on RSI14 and lies in the upper part of the trend. Normally this may pose a good selling opportunity for the short-term trader, but some stocks may go long and hard while being overbought. Regardless, the high RSI together with the trend position increases the risk and higher daily movements (volatility) should be expected. A correction down in the nearby future seems very likely and it is of great importance that the stock manages to break the trend before that occurs.
Our recommended stop-loss: $21.68 (-3.58%) (This stock has very high daily movements and this gives very high risk. The RSI14 is 76 and this increases the risk substantially. There is a sell signal from a pivot top found 4 days ago.)
Trading Expectations (CRTO) For The Upcoming Trading Day Of Monday 20th
For the upcoming trading day on Monday, 20th we expect Criteo S.A. to open at $22.58, and during the day (based on 14 day Average True Range), to move between $21.98 and $22.98, which gives a possible trading interval of +/-$1.00 (+/-4.55%) up or down from last closing price. If Criteo S.A. takes out the full calculated possible swing range there will be an estimated 4.55% move between the lowest and the highest trading price during the day.
Since the stock is closer to the resistance from accumulated volume at $23.16 (3.02%) than the support at $20.12 (10.50%), our systems don't find the trading risk/reward intra-day attractive and any bets should be held until the stock is closer to the support level.
Is Criteo S.A. stock A Buy?
Criteo S.A. holds several positive signals, but we still don't find these to be enough for a buy candidate. At the current level, it should be considered as a hold candidate (hold or accumulate) in this position whilst awaiting further development. Due to some small weaknesses in the technical picture we have downgraded our analysis conclusion for this stock since the last evaluation from a Buy to a Hold candidate.
Current score:
0.976
Hold/Accumulate
Downgraded
Predicted Fair Opening Price
Predicted fair opening price on July 20, 2026 - $22.58 ( 0.460%).
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CRTO Performance
Trading levels for CRTO
Fibonacci Support & Resistance Levels
| Level | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| R3 | 23.36 | 3.93% |
| R2 | 23.07 | 2.60% |
| R1 | 22.88 | 1.79% |
| Price | 22.48 | |
| S1 | 22.29 | -0.87% |
| S2 | 22.10 | -1.68% |
| S3 | 21.80 | -3.01% |
Accumulated Volume Support & Resistance Levels
| Level | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| R3 | 23.28 | 3.56% |
| R2 | 23.17 | 3.07% |
| R1 | 23.16 | 3.02% |
| Price | 22.48 | |
| S1 | 20.12 | -10.50% |
| S2 | 17.73 | -21.13% |
| S3 | 17.14 | -23.75% |
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