Quantbot Technologies LP Invests $384,000 in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. $IAS

Key Points

• Quantbot Technologies LP acquired 47,687 shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp., valued at approximately $384,000, during the first quarter.
• Multiple analysts have shown optimism towards IAS shares, with Stifel Nicolaus raising their price target from $13.00 to $14.00, designating it as a "buy".
• The recent quarterly earnings report revealed IAS outperformed expectations, reporting $0.07 earnings per share, surpassing the estimated $0.04.

Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund bought 47,687 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $384,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in IAS. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 4th quarter valued at $51,000. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 4th quarter valued at $61,000. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 1st quarter valued at $87,000. Finally, Teacher Retirement System of Texas bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 1st quarter valued at $96,000. Institutional investors own 95.78% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other Integral Ad Science news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 9,922 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.12, for a total value of $80,566.64. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 380,557 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,090,122.84. This trade represents a 2.54% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 35,073 shares of company stock valued at $289,641. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company's stock.

Integral Ad Science Price Performance

Shares of IAS traded down $0.15 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $8.99. The stock had a trading volume of 765,289 shares, compared to its average volume of 865,475. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $8.46 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $8.35. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a twelve month low of $6.26 and a twelve month high of $13.62. The firm has a market cap of $1.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.57.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.03. Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 5.00% and a net margin of 9.79%.The firm had revenue of $149.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $143.02 million. Integral Ad Science has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts forecast that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

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.