Fox Run Management L.L.C. Purchases Shares of 79,423 Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. $IAS

Key Points

• Fox Run Management L.L.C. acquired a new stake in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp., purchasing 79,423 shares valued at approximately $640,000.
• Analysts have varied opinions on the stock, with price targets ranging from $10.00 to $14.00 and an average target price of $13.55, reflecting a consensus of Moderate Buy.
• The company reported a quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $0.07, exceeding expectations, and generated $149.20 million in revenue during the last quarter.

Fox Run Management L.L.C. acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 79,423 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $640,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 1st quarter worth $10,897,000. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the first quarter worth $87,000. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in Integral Ad Science by 97.7% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 99,932 shares of the company's stock worth $805,000 after buying an additional 49,388 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Integral Ad Science by 0.5% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 9,090,229 shares of the company's stock valued at $73,267,000 after buying an additional 41,683 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science in the first quarter worth about $1,814,000. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Integral Ad Science Stock Up 3.1%

Shares of IAS stock traded up $0.2750 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $9.1850. The stock had a trading volume of 298,161 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,016,684. The firm has a market cap of $1.53 billion, a PE ratio of 27.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.57. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a one year low of $6.26 and a one year high of $13.62. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $8.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $8.45.

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

Insider Activity at Integral Ad Science

In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 14,904 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.31, for a total transaction of $123,852.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 379,316 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,152,115.96. This trade represents a 3.78% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 35,073 shares of company stock worth $289,641. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.