Magnetar Financial LLC Purchases Shares of 107,327 Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. $IAS

Key Points

• Magnetar Financial LLC acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp., purchasing 107,327 shares valued at approximately $865,000, representing about 0.07% of the company.
• Integral Ad Science recently reported earnings of $0.07 per share for the quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations of $0.04, with a revenue of $149.20 million.
• Institutional investors hold a significant stake in Integral Ad Science, owning about 95.78% of the company's stock.

Magnetar Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 107,327 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $865,000. Magnetar Financial LLC owned about 0.07% of Integral Ad Science at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale purchased a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the first quarter worth approximately $42,000. State of Wyoming acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science during the fourth quarter worth approximately $51,000. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science during the fourth quarter worth approximately $61,000. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science during the first quarter worth approximately $87,000. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science during the first quarter worth approximately $93,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.78% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have commented on IAS. Barclays boosted their target price on Integral Ad Science from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Integral Ad Science from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Sunday, August 10th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Integral Ad Science from $13.00 to $14.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, Raymond James Financial cut their price objective on Integral Ad Science from $13.00 to $11.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $13.55.

Integral Ad Science Price Performance

IAS traded down $0.01 during trading on Friday, hitting $8.73. 402,771 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,008,917. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $8.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $8.33. The company has a market cap of $1.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.67, a PEG ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 1.57. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a twelve month low of $6.26 and a twelve month high of $13.62.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.04 by $0.03. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 9.79% and a return on equity of 5.00%. The firm had revenue of $149.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $143.02 million. Integral Ad Science has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 9,922 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.12, for a total transaction of $80,566.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 380,557 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,090,122.84. This represents a 2.54% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 35,073 shares of company stock valued at $289,641. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company's stock.

Integral Ad Science 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.