IAS vs. VRNS, WAY, SOUN, PATH, GLBE, CCCS, S, FROG, BILL, and CWAN
Should you be buying Integral Ad Science stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Integral Ad Science include Varonis Systems (VRNS), Waystar (WAY), SoundHound AI (SOUN), UiPath (PATH), Global-e Online (GLBE), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), SentinelOne (S), JFrog (FROG), BILL (BILL), and Clearwater Analytics (CWAN). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Integral Ad Science vs. Its Competitors
Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS) and Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) are both computer software companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
Integral Ad Science has a net margin of 9.79% compared to Varonis Systems' net margin of -17.30%. Integral Ad Science's return on equity of 5.00% beat Varonis Systems' return on equity.
Integral Ad Science has higher revenue and earnings than Varonis Systems. Varonis Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Integral Ad Science, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.7% of Varonis Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Integral Ad Science shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Varonis Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Integral Ad Science shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Varonis Systems presently has a consensus price target of $63.41, indicating a potential upside of 4.33%. Integral Ad Science has a consensus price target of $12.81, indicating a potential upside of 25.57%. Given Integral Ad Science's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Integral Ad Science is more favorable than Varonis Systems.
In the previous week, Integral Ad Science had 1 more articles in the media than Varonis Systems. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Integral Ad Science and 5 mentions for Varonis Systems. Varonis Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Integral Ad Science's score of 0.28 indicating that Varonis Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Varonis Systems has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integral Ad Science has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Integral Ad Science beats Varonis Systems on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:IAS) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
