Goldman Sachs Group Inc. trimmed its position in shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS - Free Report) by 11.3% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 389,093 shares of the company's stock after selling 49,498 shares during the quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. owned approximately 0.24% of Integral Ad Science worth $3,136,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in Integral Ad Science by 547.1% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,313 shares of the company's stock worth $270,000 after purchasing an additional 2,801 shares during the last quarter. State of Wyoming bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the fourth quarter valued at $51,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science in the first quarter worth $42,000. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science in the first quarter worth $87,000. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science during the first quarter valued at $93,000. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 9,922 shares of the business's stock in a transaction 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 380,557 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,090,122.84. The trade was a 2.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 35,073 shares of company stock valued at $289,641. Insiders own 2.00% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several research firms have weighed in on IAS. Barclays increased their target price on Integral Ad Science from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Friday, August 8th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on 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 raised Integral Ad Science from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Sunday, August 10th. 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 analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $13.55.
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Integral Ad Science Price Performance
IAS traded down $0.03 on Tuesday, hitting $8.42. The company had a trading volume of 289,388 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,015,408. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a 52-week low of $6.26 and a 52-week high of $13.62. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $8.59 and a 200-day simple moving average of $8.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.81, a P/E/G ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.57.
Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate of $143.02 million. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 9.79% and a return on equity of 5.00%. Integral Ad Science has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Integral Ad Science Company Profile
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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.
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