Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

Shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) have earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the fifteen ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Fourteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $12.8083.

IAS has been the subject of several recent research reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Truist Financial downgraded Integral Ad Science from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on Integral Ad Science from $9.00 to $10.30 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Raymond James Financial downgraded Integral Ad Science from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Finally, Loop Capital downgraded Integral Ad Science from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $10.30 target price for the company. in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th.

Integral Ad Science Stock Performance

Shares of IAS opened at $10.21 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $9.46 and a 200 day moving average of $8.48. Integral Ad Science has a fifty-two week low of $6.26 and a fifty-two week high of $13.62. The firm has a market cap of $1.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.60.

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

Insider Activity

In other Integral Ad Science news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 17,267 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.19, for a total value of $175,950.73. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 415,293 shares in the company, valued at $4,231,835.67. This trade represents a 3.99% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Alexis Gil II sold 25,901 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.18, for a total value of $263,672.18. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 145,140 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,477,525.20. This trade represents a 15.14% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 67,873 shares of company stock valued at $670,773. 2.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Integral Ad Science

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. State of Alaska Department of Revenue bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 3rd quarter valued at about $45,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 1st quarter valued at about $42,000. CWM LLC boosted its position in shares of Integral Ad Science by 1,248.1% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 9,019 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,000 after acquiring an additional 8,350 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its position in shares of Integral Ad Science by 136.5% during the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 10,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $84,000 after acquiring an additional 5,862 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 1st quarter valued at about $87,000. Institutional investors own 95.78% of the company’s stock.

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.