comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) Research Coverage Started at StockNews.com

StockNews.com began coverage on shares of comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) in a research note released on Saturday. The firm issued a hold rating on the stock.

comScore Price Performance

SCOR stock opened at $5.00 on Friday. comScore has a 1-year low of $4.59 and a 1-year high of $15.69. The company has a market capitalization of $24.57 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.23 and a beta of 1.19. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $5.70 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $6.38.

comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 4th. The company reported ($0.27) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.36 by ($0.63). The firm had revenue of $94.94 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $91.66 million. comScore had a negative net margin of 25.77% and a negative return on equity of 243.87%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.03 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that comScore will post -2.49 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of comScore

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SCOR. Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new stake in comScore in the fourth quarter worth $99,000. Heron Bay Capital Management bought a new stake in comScore in the fourth quarter worth $160,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its position in comScore by 10.0% in the fourth quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 45,436 shares of the company’s stock worth $265,000 after buying an additional 4,115 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clune & Associates LTD. bought a new stake in comScore in the fourth quarter worth $740,000. 42.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

comScore Company Profile

comScore, Inc operates as an information and analytics company that measures audiences, consumer behavior, and advertising across media platforms in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and internationally. The company provides digital ad solutions, including Media Metrix Multi-Platform and Mobile Metrix, which measure websites and applications on computers, smartphones, and tablets; Video Metrix that delivers measurement of digital video consumption; Plan Metrix, which offers understanding of consumer lifestyle; Total Home Panel Suite, which capture OTT, connected TV, and IOT device usage and content consumption; CCR, which enhances validated campaign essentials verification of mobile and desktop video campaigns; XMedia Enhanced, which provides a deduplicated view of national programming content; Comscore marketing solutions; Lift Models, which measures the impact of advertising on a brand; Survey Analytics, which measure various consumer insights including brand health metrics; and Activation Solutions, including audience activation and content activation.