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Integral Ad Science (IAS) Competitors

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$10.04 +0.13 (+1.31%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

IAS vs. CWAN, WAY, OS, IONQ, WK, SAIC, QTWO, TEM, INTA, and BZ

Should you be buying Integral Ad Science stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Integral Ad Science include Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Waystar (WAY), Onestream (OS), IonQ (IONQ), Workiva (WK), Science Applications International (SAIC), Q2 (QTWO), Tempus AI (TEM), Intapp (INTA), and Kanzhun (BZ). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Integral Ad Science vs.

Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) and Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Integral Ad Science has a net margin of 6.39% compared to Clearwater Analytics' net margin of 0.21%. Clearwater Analytics' return on equity of 5.68% beat Integral Ad Science's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clearwater Analytics0.21% 5.68% 4.17%
Integral Ad Science 6.39%3.47%2.83%

Integral Ad Science received 4 more outperform votes than Clearwater Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.44% of users gave Integral Ad Science an outperform vote while only 44.12% of users gave Clearwater Analytics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Clearwater AnalyticsOutperform Votes
45
44.12%
Underperform Votes
57
55.88%
Integral Ad ScienceOutperform Votes
49
54.44%
Underperform Votes
41
45.56%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clearwater Analytics$424.36M16.30-$21.63M$0.012,800.60
Integral Ad Science$474.37M3.44$7.24M$0.2050.20

Clearwater Analytics currently has a consensus price target of $31.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.88%. Integral Ad Science has a consensus price target of $14.80, suggesting a potential upside of 47.41%. Given Integral Ad Science's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Integral Ad Science is more favorable than Clearwater Analytics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clearwater Analytics
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Integral Ad Science
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

In the previous week, Clearwater Analytics had 26 more articles in the media than Integral Ad Science. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Clearwater Analytics and 2 mentions for Integral Ad Science. Integral Ad Science's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Clearwater Analytics' score of 0.26 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
Clearwater Analytics
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Integral Ad Science
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Clearwater Analytics has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Integral Ad Science has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

50.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Integral Ad Science shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Clearwater Analytics 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Integral Ad Science beats Clearwater Analytics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IAS vs. The Competition

MetricIntegral Ad ScienceComputer & Data IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.63B$87.40B$7.34B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A0.85%2.32%4.03%
P/E Ratio50.2038.1824.6515.38
Price / Sales3.44305.18124.8483.23
Price / Cash24.6632.5429.1435.97
Price / Book1.746.146.194.80
Net Income$7.24M$2.33B$134.21M$224.91M
7 Day Performance2.55%1.60%1.24%1.47%
1 Month Performance-3.28%3.07%5.86%4.66%
1 Year Performance-33.69%70.02%24.09%20.83%

Integral Ad Science Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IAS
Integral Ad Science
4.2907 of 5 stars
$10.04
+1.3%
$14.80
+47.4%
-30.9%$1.63B$474.37M50.20760Positive News
CWAN
Clearwater Analytics
3.1922 of 5 stars
$25.68
-5.0%
$31.89
+24.2%
+42.7%$6.34B$424.36M2,570.571,756Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
WAY
Waystar
1.8583 of 5 stars
$36.52
-2.6%
$34.60
-5.3%
N/A$6.28B$906.14M0.001,400Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
OS
Onestream
3.1943 of 5 stars
$26.24
-3.3%
$35.83
+36.6%
N/A$6.15B$459.53M0.001,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Lockup Expiration
News Coverage
IONQ
IonQ
2.151 of 5 stars
$27.92
-13.6%
$33.00
+18.2%
+259.0%$6.04B$22.04M-34.47100Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
WK
Workiva
3.4448 of 5 stars
$105.45
-0.4%
$120.33
+14.1%
+18.4%$5.84B$705.44M-114.622,526Analyst Forecast
Positive News
SAIC
Science Applications International
3.8966 of 5 stars
$117.69
+1.3%
$139.38
+18.4%
-9.0%$5.75B$7.38B19.8524,000Dividend Announcement
QTWO
Q2
1.4243 of 5 stars
$88.72
-0.3%
$98.07
+10.5%
+122.7%$5.36B$675.54M-92.422,250
TEM
Tempus AI
3.0369 of 5 stars
$32.38
-13.7%
$56.00
+72.9%
N/A$5.10B$640.44M0.002,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
INTA
Intapp
2.1229 of 5 stars
$65.14
-2.8%
$60.64
-6.9%
+59.0%$5.04B$447.75M-224.62950Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BZ
Kanzhun
3.3917 of 5 stars
$13.22
+2.3%
$21.00
+58.9%
+6.0%$5.01B$7.11B29.385,346Short Interest ↑

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