Analysts Set Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) PT at $15.06

Shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the nine analysts that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and six have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $15.06.

Several research analysts have commented on the company. Truist Financial raised their price objective on Integral Ad Science from $16.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, March 3rd. Morgan Stanley restated a "mixed" rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Monday, March 3rd. Barclays reaffirmed an "equal weight" rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Benchmark restated a "hold" rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Friday, February 28th. Finally, Scotiabank began coverage on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Friday, February 28th. They set a "sector perform" rating and a $12.00 price objective on the stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 5,940 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.75, for a total transaction of $57,915.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 266,926 shares in the company, valued at $2,602,528.50. This represents a 2.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders have sold a total of 19,109 shares of company stock worth $197,696 in the last ninety days. 2.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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Institutional Trading of Integral Ad Science

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 9.6% during the fourth quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 74,874 shares of the company's stock worth $782,000 after buying an additional 6,564 shares during the period. Repertoire Partners LP lifted its position in Integral Ad Science by 83.7% during the 4th quarter. Repertoire Partners LP now owns 284,707 shares of the company's stock worth $2,972,000 after acquiring an additional 129,707 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its stake in Integral Ad Science by 42.7% during the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 155,010 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,618,000 after purchasing an additional 46,395 shares during the last quarter. State of Wyoming acquired a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science in the fourth quarter valued at about $51,000. Finally, Sherbrooke Park Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science in the fourth quarter worth about $132,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.78% of the company's stock.

Integral Ad Science Trading Down 1.0 %

Integral Ad Science stock traded down $0.09 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $8.90. The company's stock had a trading volume of 884,594 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,088,995. Integral Ad Science has a one year low of $7.98 and a one year high of $13.62. The stock has a market cap of $1.46 billion, a PE ratio of 44.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a 50 day moving average of $10.14 and a 200-day moving average of $10.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 3.71.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $153.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $148.83 million. Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 3.47% and a net margin of 6.39%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.06 earnings per share. On average, research analysts anticipate that Integral Ad Science will post 0.26 EPS for the current year.

Integral Ad Science Company Profile

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. operates as a digital advertising verification company in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Australia, Japan, India, and the Nordics. 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.