IHS (IHS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

IHS Inc. develops source of information, insight and analytics in different areas of business. The Company's segments include Resources, Transportation and Consolidated Markets & Solutions. The Company's Resources segment includes its Energy and Chemicals product offerings. Its Transportation segment includes its Automotive; Maritime & Trade, and Aerospace, Defense & Security product offerings. Its Consolidated Markets & Solutions segment includes its Product Design; Technology, Media & Telecom, and Economics & Country Risk product offerings. It provides authoritative analysis and forecasts of sales and production for light vehicles, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, powertrain, components and technology systems across various markets. Its product design offerings include content and analysis on various engineering and technical standards, codes, reference books, journals, and other scientific and technical documents, as well as software-based engineering decision engines.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.32 to $8.36
• 50-Day Range: $8.14 to $8.36
• 52-Week Range: $5.71 to $8.95
• Volume: 497,934 shs
• Average Volume: 1.25 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.80 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.88
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $8.80
• Consensus Rating: Hold

IHS Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

IHS scored higher than 26% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 181st out of 244 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

IHS has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.14, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for IHS is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

IHS has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of IHS is 20.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.27.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of IHS is 20.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 231.21.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.72% of the float of IHS has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

IHS has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.48, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in IHS has recently increased by 40.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

IHS does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

IHS does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

IHS 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 0.57 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for IHS this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for IHS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added IHS to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, IHS insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.10% of the stock of IHS is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

17.54% of the stock of IHS is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/11/2026
• Today: 8/20/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Diversified Telecommunication Services
• Sub-Industry: Integrated Telecommunication Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:IHS
• CIK: 1316360
• Web: www.ihs.com
• Phone: +1-303-7900600
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,762
• Year Founded: 2001

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for IHS: $8.80
• High Price Target: $12.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.14
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $143.60 million
• Net Margins: 8.17%
• Pretax Margin: 37.82%
• Return on Equity: -832.09%
• Return on Assets: 11.80%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.93
• Quick Ratio: 1.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.58 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.77
• Cash Flow: $2.93 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.85
• Book Value: ($0.54) per share
• Price / Book: -15.46

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 335,520,000
• Free Float: 331,830,000
• Market Cap: $2.80 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.73