comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) Now Covered by Analysts at StockNews.com

StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) in a report released on Sunday. The brokerage issued a hold rating on the stock.

comScore Trading Down 1.4%

Shares of SCOR opened at $4.92 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $5.62 and its two-hundred day moving average is $6.36. The firm has a market cap of $24.34 million, a P/E ratio of -0.23 and a beta of 1.19. comScore has a 12 month low of $4.54 and a 12 month high of $15.69.

comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 4th. The company reported ($0.27) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.36 by ($0.63). The firm had revenue of $94.94 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $91.66 million. comScore had a negative return on equity of 243.87% and a negative net margin of 25.77%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.03 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that comScore will post -2.49 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of comScore

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its stake in shares of comScore by 10.0% in the fourth quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 45,436 shares of the company’s stock worth $265,000 after acquiring an additional 4,115 shares during the last quarter. Clune & Associates LTD. purchased a new position in comScore during the fourth quarter worth approximately $740,000. Heron Bay Capital Management purchased a new position in comScore during the fourth quarter worth approximately $160,000. Finally, Squarepoint Ops LLC purchased a new position in comScore during the fourth quarter worth approximately $99,000. 42.15% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

comScore Company Profile

comScore, Inc operates as an information and analytics company that measures audiences, consumer behavior, and advertising across media platforms in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and internationally. The company provides digital ad solutions, including Media Metrix Multi-Platform and Mobile Metrix, which measure websites and applications on computers, smartphones, and tablets; Video Metrix that delivers measurement of digital video consumption; Plan Metrix, which offers understanding of consumer lifestyle; Total Home Panel Suite, which capture OTT, connected TV, and IOT device usage and content consumption; CCR, which enhances validated campaign essentials verification of mobile and desktop video campaigns; XMedia Enhanced, which provides a deduplicated view of national programming content; Comscore marketing solutions; Lift Models, which measures the impact of advertising on a brand; Survey Analytics, which measure various consumer insights including brand health metrics; and Activation Solutions, including audience activation and content activation.