Integral Ad Science’s (IAS) “Neutral” Rating Reiterated at Robert W. Baird

Robert W. Baird reaffirmed their neutral rating on shares of Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) in a research report released on Friday, Marketbeat.com reports. They currently have a $9.00 price target on the stock, down from their prior price target of $16.00.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Friday, February 28th. Barclays restated an “equal weight” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Friday, February 28th. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Friday, February 28th. Morgan Stanley restated a “mixed” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Finally, Scotiabank initiated 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 target for the company. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Integral Ad Science presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $14.45.

Integral Ad Science Trading Down 4.6 %

Shares of IAS opened at $8.24 on Friday. Integral Ad Science has a twelve month low of $7.98 and a twelve month high of $13.62. The company has a current ratio of 3.71, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $10.01 and its 200-day simple moving average is $10.55. The company has a market cap of $1.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.20, a P/E/G ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.45.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 28th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.12 by ($0.03). Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 3.47% and a net margin of 6.39%. The firm had revenue of $153.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $148.83 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.06 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts expect that Integral Ad Science will post 0.26 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Integral Ad Science news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 12,448 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.61, for a total value of $132,073.28. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 278,650 shares in the company, valued at $2,956,476.50. The trade was a 4.28 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders sold 19,109 shares of company stock valued at $197,696 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Integral Ad Science

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Point72 DIFC Ltd purchased a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the third quarter valued at approximately $41,000. State of Wyoming acquired a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science during the fourth quarter worth $51,000. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 4th quarter valued at $61,000. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science in the 3rd quarter worth $106,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science during the 4th quarter worth $120,000. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Integral Ad Science

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.