Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twelve brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $15.18.

Several equities analysts have commented on IAS shares. Benchmark reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Scotiabank began coverage on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Thursday, December 5th. They issued a “sector perform” rating and a $10.00 price target for the company. Craig Hallum reduced their price objective on Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Oppenheimer dropped their price objective on shares of Integral Ad Science from $20.00 to $18.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Integral Ad Science news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 5,940 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.75, for a total transaction of $57,915.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 266,926 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,602,528.50. The trade was a 2.18 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Integral Ad Science

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in IAS. Point72 DIFC Ltd purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science during the 3rd quarter valued at about $41,000. nVerses Capital LLC purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science during the third quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new position in Integral Ad Science in the third quarter worth approximately $106,000. XTX Topco Ltd purchased a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the second quarter worth $113,000. Finally, Edgestream Partners L.P. bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the 2nd quarter valued at $125,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.78% of the company’s stock.

Integral Ad Science Trading Up 4.9 %

Shares of Integral Ad Science stock opened at $10.20 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The firm has a market cap of $1.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.00, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.46. Integral Ad Science has a twelve month low of $7.98 and a twelve month high of $17.53. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $10.97 and a 200-day moving average price of $10.79.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 12th. The company reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $133.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $138.06 million. Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 3.47% and a net margin of 6.39%. The company’s revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.09) EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Integral Ad Science will post 0.26 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Integral Ad Science Company Profile

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. operates as a digital advertising verification company in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Australia, Japan, India, and the Nordics. The company provides IAS Signal, a cloud-based technology platform that offers return on ad spend needs; and deliver independent measurement and verification of digital advertising across devices, channels, and formats, including desktop, mobile, connected TV, social, display, and video.