Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) Given Average Rating of "Hold" by Brokerages

Key Points

• Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has been given a consensus rating of "Hold" by 15 brokerages, with only one analyst assigning a buy recommendation.
• The company's average 1-year price target is $12.81, while recent analyst reports set specific price targets ranging from $10.00 to $10.30.
• Insider selling has occurred recently, with the chief accounting officer reducing their ownership by 15.14% after selling nearly 26,000 shares at an average price of $10.18.

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus rating of "Hold" from the fifteen brokerages that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Fourteen analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $12.8083.

IAS has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. BMO Capital Markets set a $10.30 price target on shares of Integral Ad Science and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on shares of Integral Ad Science from $9.00 to $10.30 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of 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. Loop Capital cut shares of Integral Ad Science from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $10.30 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c-)" rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Saturday, September 27th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CAO Alexis Gil II sold 25,901 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.18, for a total value of $263,672.18. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 145,140 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,477,525.20. This trade represents a 15.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 14,904 shares of the company's stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 379,316 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,152,115.96. This trade represents a 3.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 60,974 shares of company stock worth $553,313 over the last three months. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of IAS. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale bought a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science in the 1st quarter valued at $42,000. CWM LLC lifted its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 1,248.1% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 9,019 shares of the company's stock valued at $75,000 after acquiring an additional 8,350 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 136.5% in the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 10,158 shares of the company's stock valued at $84,000 after acquiring an additional 5,862 shares during the last quarter. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science in the 1st quarter valued at $87,000. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC bought a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science in the 1st quarter valued at $93,000. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Integral Ad Science Trading Down 0.1%

NASDAQ IAS opened at $10.20 on Friday. Integral Ad Science has a 1-year low of $6.26 and a 1-year high of $13.62. The company has a 50 day moving average of $8.90 and a 200-day moving average of $8.21. The company has a market cap of $1.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.00, a PEG ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.60.

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 for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.04 by $0.03. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 9.79% and a return on equity of 5.00%. The company had revenue of $149.20 million during 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. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Integral Ad Science will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current year.

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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