Integral Ad Science’s (IAS) “Hold (C)” Rating Reaffirmed at Weiss Ratings

Weiss Ratings reaffirmed their hold (c) rating on shares of Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) in a research note published on Tuesday,Weiss Ratings reports.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Barclays raised their target price on Integral Ad Science from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Oppenheimer cut Integral Ad Science from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Craig Hallum cut Integral Ad Science from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Wall Street Zen raised Integral Ad Science from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, August 10th. Finally, Loop Capital cut Integral Ad Science from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $10.30 target price on the stock. in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Integral Ad Science presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $12.81.

Integral Ad Science Stock Performance

NASDAQ IAS opened at $10.19 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.97, a PEG ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.60. Integral Ad Science has a one year low of $6.26 and a one year high of $13.62. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $9.19 and a 200 day moving average of $8.27.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.04 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $149.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $143.02 million. Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 5.00% and a net margin of 9.79%. Integral Ad Science has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Integral Ad Science will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Integral Ad Science

In related news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 9,264 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.19, for a total transaction of $94,400.16. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 406,029 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,137,435.51. This trade represents a 2.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Alexis Gil II sold 3,527 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.18, for a total value of $35,904.86. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 139,621 shares in the company, valued at $1,421,341.78. This trade represents a 2.46% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 67,873 shares of company stock worth $670,773 in the last three months. 2.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Integral Ad Science

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. American Century Companies Inc. bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the 1st quarter worth approximately $711,000. Delphi Management Inc. MA bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $539,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Integral Ad Science by 165.6% in the 1st quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 84,471 shares of the company’s stock worth $681,000 after acquiring an additional 52,664 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in Integral Ad Science by 15.9% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 291,079 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,346,000 after acquiring an additional 39,988 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in Integral Ad Science by 97.7% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 99,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $805,000 after acquiring an additional 49,388 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.78% of the company’s stock.

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.