Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) Receives $17.58 Average PT from Analysts

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) has been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the twelve research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $17.58.

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 28th. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on Integral Ad Science from $26.00 to $17.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, February 28th. Piper Sandler decreased their target price on Integral Ad Science from $20.00 to $18.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 28th. Oppenheimer decreased their target price on Integral Ad Science from $25.00 to $20.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 28th. Finally, Raymond James lowered Integral Ad Science from a “strong-buy” rating to an “outperform” rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $20.00 to $16.00 in a research report on Wednesday, February 28th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Integral Ad Science news, CFO Tania Secor sold 17,999 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.05, for a total transaction of $180,889.95. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 239,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,403,698.70. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 13,113 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.79, for a total transaction of $207,054.27. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 148,657 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,347,294.03. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Tania Secor sold 17,999 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.05, for a total value of $180,889.95. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 239,174 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,403,698.70. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 80,195 shares of company stock valued at $876,562 in the last quarter. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Integral Ad Science

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in IAS. Advantage Alpha Capital Partners LP bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the 3rd quarter valued at $2,260,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the 3rd quarter valued at $5,548,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the 3rd quarter valued at $62,000. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. raised its stake in Integral Ad Science by 88.4% in the 3rd quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 1,167,392 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,880,000 after acquiring an additional 547,856 shares during the period. Finally, Swiss National Bank raised its stake in Integral Ad Science by 41.7% in the 3rd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 119,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,417,000 after acquiring an additional 35,100 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 95.78% of the company’s stock.

Integral Ad Science Trading Up 2.3 %

Shares of Integral Ad Science stock opened at $9.69 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $10.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $12.93. The company has a market cap of $1.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 242.31, a PEG ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 1.60. The company has a current ratio of 3.21, a quick ratio of 3.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. Integral Ad Science has a 1 year low of $8.92 and a 1 year high of $20.88.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 27th. The company reported $0.06 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.03. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 1.53% and a return on equity of 0.83%. The firm had revenue of $134.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $131.27 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.07 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Integral Ad Science will post 0.16 EPS for the current year.

About Integral Ad Science

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.