Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) CEO Lisa Utzschneider Sells 14,904 Shares

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 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 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 ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.

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 Down 0.8%

IAS traded down $0.07 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $8.23. The company had a trading volume of 525,235 shares, compared to its average volume of 964,655. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $8.04 and its 200 day moving average price is $8.83. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a 52 week low of $6.26 and a 52 week high of $13.62. The company has a market capitalization of $1.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.38, a PEG ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.57. The company has a quick ratio of 4.01, a current ratio of 4.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, May 12th. The company reported $0.05 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $134.07 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $129.20 million. Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 4.74% and a net margin of 8.56%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Integral Ad Science

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of IAS. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 0.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 9,090,229 shares of the company's stock valued at $73,267,000 after purchasing an additional 41,683 shares in the last quarter. Sunriver Management LLC raised its position in Integral Ad Science by 12.0% in the 1st quarter. Sunriver Management LLC now owns 8,166,774 shares of the company's stock valued at $65,824,000 after buying an additional 875,740 shares during the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science during the 4th quarter worth $41,543,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 18.1% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 3,789,996 shares of the company's stock worth $39,567,000 after acquiring an additional 580,323 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corvex Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science in the first quarter valued at about $21,101,000. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

IAS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Baird R W downgraded Integral Ad Science from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, March 28th. Robert W. Baird reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and issued a $9.00 price objective (down from $16.00) on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Friday, March 28th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Integral Ad Science from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, June 14th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on shares of Integral Ad Science from $15.00 to $13.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Finally, Raymond James Financial increased their price objective on shares of Integral Ad Science from $11.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 13th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $13.55.

Integral Ad Science Company 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.

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