IAS vs. CFLT, CWAN, PATH, GLBE, S, SAIC, FROG, PONY, SOUN, and QTWO
Should you be buying Integral Ad Science stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Integral Ad Science include Confluent (CFLT), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), UiPath (PATH), Global-e Online (GLBE), SentinelOne (S), Science Applications International (SAIC), JFrog (FROG), Pony AI (PONY), SoundHound AI (SOUN), and Q2 (QTWO). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Integral Ad Science vs. Its Competitors
Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) and Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) are both computer software companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
78.1% of Confluent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Integral Ad Science shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Confluent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Integral Ad Science shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Integral Ad Science has a net margin of 9.79% compared to Confluent's net margin of -29.27%. Integral Ad Science's return on equity of 5.00% beat Confluent's return on equity.
Confluent presently has a consensus target price of $27.36, indicating a potential upside of 54.04%. Integral Ad Science has a consensus target price of $13.55, indicating a potential upside of 53.45%. Given Confluent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Confluent is more favorable than Integral Ad Science.
Integral Ad Science has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Confluent. Confluent 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.
In the previous week, Confluent had 18 more articles in the media than Integral Ad Science. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Confluent and 8 mentions for Integral Ad Science. Integral Ad Science's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Confluent's score of 0.64 indicating that Integral Ad Science is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Confluent has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integral Ad Science has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Integral Ad Science beats Confluent on 9 of the 17 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 8/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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