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IAS vs. QTWO, VERX, SAIC, PONY, FROG, BOX, BILL, SOUN, KC, and DJT

Should you be buying Integral Ad Science stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Integral Ad Science include Q2 (QTWO), Vertex (VERX), Science Applications International (SAIC), Pony AI (PONY), JFrog (FROG), BOX (BOX), BILL (BILL), SoundHound AI (SOUN), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), and Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Integral Ad Science vs. Its Competitors

Q2 (NYSE:QTWO) and Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) are both computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Q2 currently has a consensus target price of $101.06, suggesting a potential upside of 28.46%. Integral Ad Science has a consensus target price of $13.65, suggesting a potential upside of 68.31%. Given Integral Ad Science's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Integral Ad Science is more favorable than Q2.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Q2
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Integral Ad Science
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

95.8% of Integral Ad Science shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Q2 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Integral Ad Science shares are held by 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.

Q2 has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integral Ad Science has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Q2 had 17 more articles in the media than Integral Ad Science. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Q2 and 7 mentions for Integral Ad Science. Integral Ad Science's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Q2's score of 0.58 indicating that Integral Ad Science is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Q2
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Integral Ad Science
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Integral Ad Science has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Q2's net margin of 0.66%. Q2's return on equity of 7.57% beat Integral Ad Science's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Q20.66% 7.57% 3.06%
Integral Ad Science 8.56%4.74%4.12%

Integral Ad Science has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Q2. Integral Ad Science is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Q2, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Q2$696.46M7.05-$38.54M$0.051,573.40
Integral Ad Science$549.64M2.43$37.79M$0.2927.97

Summary

Q2 and Integral Ad Science tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IAS vs. The Competition

MetricIntegral Ad ScienceADVERTISING/MKTG SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.30B$1.65B$14.79B$9.35B
Dividend YieldN/A3.41%2.85%4.16%
P/E Ratio27.973.7824.6424.41
Price / Sales2.435.3065.5890.24
Price / Cash12.516.1225.4827.20
Price / Book1.312.386.345.77
Net Income$37.79M$125.17M$196.75M$264.99M
7 Day Performance0.12%0.47%0.15%-0.68%
1 Month Performance-4.92%1.01%-0.78%7.08%
1 Year Performance-26.14%-27.73%34.34%23.80%

Integral Ad Science Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IAS
Integral Ad Science
3.5475 of 5 stars
$8.11
+3.2%
$13.65
+68.3%
-28.4%$1.30B$549.64M27.97760Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
QTWO
Q2
3.2615 of 5 stars
$90.79
+1.7%
$100.41
+10.6%
+17.9%$5.56B$696.46M-259.402,477
VERX
Vertex
4.1638 of 5 stars
$33.90
-0.9%
$49.33
+45.5%
-10.9%$5.42B$666.78M-116.891,900Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SAIC
Science Applications International
3.8247 of 5 stars
$113.24
-1.4%
$125.64
+10.9%
-8.0%$5.38B$7.51B19.1026,000
PONY
Pony AI
N/A$14.79
-2.2%
$19.20
+29.8%
N/A$5.30B$75.03M0.001,460Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FROG
JFrog
2.7224 of 5 stars
$42.65
+2.7%
$42.25
-0.9%
+24.0%$4.76B$428.49M-60.071,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
BOX
BOX
4.6976 of 5 stars
$32.86
-0.4%
$38.50
+17.2%
+18.4%$4.74B$1.09B25.472,810Positive News
BILL
BILL
4.2369 of 5 stars
$46.11
+0.4%
$62.10
+34.7%
-9.4%$4.73B$1.42B-384.222,187Trending News
SOUN
SoundHound AI
0.6949 of 5 stars
$11.24
-4.0%
$10.50
-6.6%
+130.3%$4.70B$84.69M-20.44200Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
KC
Kingsoft Cloud
1.3705 of 5 stars
$15.25
-3.5%
$11.33
-25.7%
+469.4%$4.42B$1.07B-13.8612,355Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
DJT
Trump Media & Technology Group
N/A$18.79
-1.9%
N/A-42.2%$4.22B$3.62M-36.842Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:IAS) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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