Eisler Capital Management Ltd. Buys New Position in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS)

Eisler Capital Management Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 70,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $740,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science in the 4th quarter worth $61,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science in the 4th quarter worth about $120,000. ClearAlpha Technologies LP acquired a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the 4th quarter worth about $143,000. PEAK6 LLC purchased a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the fourth quarter valued at about $146,000. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB acquired a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science in the fourth quarter worth about $162,000. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Integral Ad Science

In other Integral Ad Science news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 68,671 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $7.44, for a total transaction of $510,912.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 334,051 shares in the company, valued at $2,485,339.44. This represents a 17.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In the last three months, insiders have sold 86,222 shares of company stock worth $636,252. 2.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Integral Ad Science Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:IAS opened at $7.72 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.60, a P/E/G ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.55. The business has a 50-day moving average of $7.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of $9.75. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $6.26 and a fifty-two week high of $13.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 3.71 and a quick ratio of 3.71.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last posted its earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share 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 company had revenue of $153.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $148.83 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.06 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts predict that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on IAS shares. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Friday, February 28th. Truist Financial raised their target price on Integral Ad Science from $16.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. Baird R W lowered Integral Ad Science from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, March 28th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on Integral Ad Science from $15.00 to $13.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Finally, Scotiabank initiated coverage on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Friday, February 28th. They issued a “sector perform” rating and a $12.00 target price for the company. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $13.15.

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.