NASDAQ:IAS

Integral Ad Science (IAS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

$11.83

+0.07 (+0.60%)

(As of 04:00 PM ET)

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Today's Range: $11.60
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$11.91
50-Day Range: $11.57
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$20.85
52-Week Range: $6.63
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$20.88

Volume: 683,777 shs
Average Volume: 753,080 shs
Market Capitalization: $1.85 billion

P/E Ratio: 84.50
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $20.55

Integral Ad Science MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy
2.82 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 75.6% Upside
$20.55 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
2.25% of Float Sold Short
Dividend Strength: N/A
Sustainability: N/A
News Sentiment: 0.23
Based on 3 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Selling Shares
$318,412 Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: 314.29%
From $0.07 to $0.29 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

3.00 out of 5 stars

Business Services Sector

18th out of 313 stocks

Computer Programming, Data Processing, & Other Computer Related Industry

4th out of 59 stocks

4.4

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Integral Ad Science has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.82, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $20.55, Integral Ad Science has a forecasted upside of 75.6% from its current price of $11.70.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Integral Ad Science has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

5.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
2.25% of the float of Integral Ad Science has been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
Integral Ad Science has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in Integral Ad Science has recently decreased by 25.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

0.0

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
Integral Ad Science does not currently pay a dividend.
Dividend Growth
Integral Ad Science does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

N/A

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
There is no current Upright™ data available for IAS.

1.2

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
Integral Ad Science has a news sentiment score of 0.23. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Integral Ad Science this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
Search Interest
Only 3 people have searched for IAS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -88% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
Only 3 people have added Integral Ad Science to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -57% compared to the previous 30 days.

2.5

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Integral Ad Science insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $318,412.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 2.00% of the stock of Integral Ad Science is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
95.78% of the stock of Integral Ad Science is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

2.5

Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Integral Ad Science are expected to grow by 314.29% in the coming year, from $0.07 to $0.29 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Integral Ad Science is 83.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 118.64.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Integral Ad Science is 83.57, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 35.56.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Integral Ad Science has a P/B Ratio of 2.23. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) Stock

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. operates as a digital advertising verification company in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Australia, France, Japan, and India. 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. Its digital media quality solutions offer ad fraud detection and prevention, viewability, brand safety and suitability, contextual targeting, inventory yield management, and reporting. In addition, the company offers Quality Impressions, a metric designed to verify that digital ads are served to a real person rather than a bot, viewable on-screen, and presented in a brand-safe and suitable environment in the correct geography; Context Control solution that delivers contextual targeting and brand suitability capabilities; pre-bid programmatic and post-bid verification solutions for advertisers; and optimization and verification solutions for publishers. It serves advertisers and agencies, publishers, and supply side platforms. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

IAS Price History

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IAS Stock News Headlines

September 25, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Multiple Factors Pushed Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (IAS) in Q2

September 22, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

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September 25, 2023 | Legacy Research (Ad)

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September 20, 2023 | americanbankingnews.com

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September 18, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Integral Ad Science Appoints Yossi Almani as Chief Legal Officer

September 15, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.'s (NASDAQ:IAS) Stock Has Shown Weakness Lately But Financial Prospects Look Decent: Is The Market Wrong?

September 14, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Publica by IAS and Samsung Ads Expand CTV Ad Serving Partnership

August 29, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

IAS to Participate at Citi's 2023 Global Technology Conference

September 25, 2023 | Chaikin Analytics (Ad)

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August 23, 2023 | seekingalpha.com

Integral Ad Science Expands Growth Potential On Short-Form Video

August 18, 2023 | msn.com

Baird Initiates Coverage of Integral Ad Science Holding (IAS) with Outperform Recommendation

August 18, 2023 | markets.businessinsider.com

What 12 Analyst Ratings Have To Say About Integral Ad Science

August 11, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Implied Volatility Surging for Integral Ad Science (IAS) Stock Options

August 10, 2023 | benzinga.com

Integral Ad Science Recent Insider Activity

August 10, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

August 10, 2023 | seekingalpha.com

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. 2023 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

August 8, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Elon Musk's X Partners With Ad Optimization Company Integral Ad Science

August 7, 2023 | markets.businessinsider.com

Integral Ad Science (IAS) Gets a Buy from Truist Financial

August 7, 2023 | markets.businessinsider.com

Integral Ad Science (IAS) Receives a Hold from Barclays

August 5, 2023 | msn.com

Morgan Stanley Reiterates Integral Ad Science Holding (IAS) Overweight Recommendation

August 5, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Returns On Capital Are Showing Encouraging Signs At Integral Ad Science Holding (NASDAQ:IAS)

August 4, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Q2 2023 Integral Ad Science Holding Corp Earnings Call

August 4, 2023 | msn.com

Integral Ad Science Holding beats Q2 top and bottom line estimates; initiates Q3 and raises FY23 outlook

August 4, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

Integral Ad Science (IAS) Tops Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

August 3, 2023 | finance.yahoo.com

IAS Reports Second Quarter 2023 Financial Results

August 3, 2023 | benzinga.com

Earnings Preview For Integral Ad Science

August 1, 2023 | markets.businessinsider.com

Craig-Hallum Keeps Their Buy Rating on Integral Ad Science (IAS)

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IAS Company Calendar

Last Earnings: 8/03/2023
Today: 9/25/2023
Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/09/2023
Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2023

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
Industry: Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related
Sub-Industry: N/A
Sector: Business Services
Current Symbol: NASDAQ:IAS
CUSIP: N/A
CIK: 1842718
Web: integralads.com
Phone: 646-278-4871
Fax: N/A
Employees: 835
Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Forecast: $20.55
High Stock Price Forecast: $25.00
Low Stock Price Forecast: $13.00
Forecasted Upside/Downside: +74.7%
Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4): 2.82
Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $0.14
Trailing P/E Ratio: 84.00
Forward P/E Ratio: 168.00
P/E Growth: N/A
Net Income: $15.37 million
Net Margins: 5.26%
Pretax Margin: -2.07%
Return on Equity: 2.81%
Return on Assets: 2.00%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.22
Current Ratio: 3.80
Quick Ratio: 3.80

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales: $408.35 million
Price / Sales: 4.51
Cash Flow: $0.43 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 27.31
Book Value: $5.25 per share
Price / Book: 2.24

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 156,650,000
Free Float: 153,517,000
Market Cap: $1.84 billion
Optionable: Not Optionable
Beta: 1.69

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Key Executives

Ms. Lisa Utzschneider (Age 54)
CEO & Director
Comp: $1.18M

Ms. Tania R. Secor
Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Helene Monat
Co-Founder and Member of Advisory Board

Anil Sukumaran
Chief Accounting Officer

Mr. Thomas V. Joseph
Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Robert Janecek
Chief Information Officer

Mr. Jonathan Schaffer
Head of Investor Relations

Mr. Kevin Alvero
Head of Global Compliance

Mr. Yossi Almani
Chief Legal Officer

Mr. Khurrum Malik
Chief Marketing Officer

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Insiders & Institutions

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IAS Stock - Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell Integral Ad Science stock right now?: 11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Integral Ad Science in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" IAS shares.
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What is Integral Ad Science's stock price forecast for 2023?: 11 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Integral Ad Science's shares. Their IAS share price forecasts range from $13.00 to $25.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $20.55 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 74.7% from the stock's current price.
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How have IAS shares performed in 2023?: Integral Ad Science's stock was trading at $8.79 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, IAS stock has increased by 33.8% and is now trading at $11.76.
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Are investors shorting Integral Ad Science?: Integral Ad Science saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,190,000 shares, a drop of 25.6% from the August 15th total of 1,600,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 952,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's stock are short sold.
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When is Integral Ad Science's next earnings date?: The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 9th 2023.
View our IAS earnings forecast.
How were Integral Ad Science's earnings last quarter?: Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $113.65 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $112.41 million. Integral Ad Science had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.81% and a net margin of 5.26%. The firm's revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.01 EPS.
What ETFs hold Integral Ad Science's stock?: ETFs with the largest weight of Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) stock in their portfolio include Invesco Dynamic Software ETF (PSJ).Invesco Raymond James SB-1 Equity ETF (RYJ).
What guidance has Integral Ad Science issued on next quarter's earnings?: Integral Ad Science issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Saturday, August, 12th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $459.00 million-$465.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $462.62 million.

When did Integral Ad Science IPO?: (IAS) raised $240 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday, June 30th 2021. The company issued 15,000,000 shares at a price of $15.00-$17.00 per share.
What is Integral Ad Science's stock symbol?: Integral Ad Science trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "IAS."
Who are Integral Ad Science's major shareholders?: Integral Ad Science's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (2.11%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.97%), TimesSquare Capital Management LLC (1.20%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.94%), Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC (0.85%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.61%). Insiders that own company stock include Anil Sukumaran, Lisa Utzschneider, Oleg Bershadsky, Tom Sharma and Vep Group, Llc.
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How do I buy shares of Integral Ad Science?: Shares of IAS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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What is Integral Ad Science's stock price today?: One share of IAS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.76.
How much money does Integral Ad Science make?: Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) has a market capitalization of $1.84 billion and generates $408.35 million in revenue each year. The company earns $15.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.14 on an earnings per share basis.
How many employees does Integral Ad Science have?: The company employs 835 workers across the globe.
How can I contact Integral Ad Science?: The official website for the company is integralads.com. The company can be reached via phone at 646-278-4871 or via email at ir@integralads.com.

This page (NASDAQ:IAS) was last updated on 9/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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