Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 14,904 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.31, for a total transaction of $123,852.24. Following the sale, 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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.
Lisa Utzschneider also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Wednesday, May 7th, Lisa Utzschneider sold 8,367 shares of Integral Ad Science stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $7.37, for a total transaction of $61,664.79.
Integral Ad Science Stock Performance
IAS stock traded down $0.27 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $7.97. The company had a trading volume of 203,641 shares, compared to its average volume of 962,940. The firm has a market cap of $1.31 billion, a PE ratio of 27.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 4.01 and a current ratio of 4.01. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a 12 month low of $6.26 and a 12 month high of $13.62. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $8.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $8.82.
Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, May 12th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $134.07 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $129.20 million. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 8.56% and a return on equity of 4.74%. On average, analysts forecast that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Integral Ad Science
Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of IAS. Delphi Management Inc. MA bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the 2nd quarter valued at $539,000. Voya Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Integral Ad Science by 22.7% during the first quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 47,281 shares of the company's stock valued at $381,000 after acquiring an additional 8,761 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,986,000. Caxton Associates LLP bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the first quarter valued at approximately $282,000. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its position in shares of Integral Ad Science by 4.4% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 43,326 shares of the company's stock valued at $349,000 after acquiring an additional 1,807 shares in the last quarter. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several brokerages have issued reports on IAS. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Integral Ad Science from $7.00 to $9.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 13th. Robert W. Baird restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $9.00 price target (down from $16.00) on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Friday, March 28th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on shares of Integral Ad Science from $15.00 to $13.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of Integral Ad Science from $13.50 to $12.50 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, Baird R W lowered shares of Integral Ad Science from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, March 28th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to 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 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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