Lisa Utzschneider Sells 5,940 Shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) Stock

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 5,940 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.75, for a total transaction of $57,915.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 266,926 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,602,528.50. This trade represents a 2.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

Integral Ad Science Price Performance

IAS opened at $10.20 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $10.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $10.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.66 billion, a PE ratio of 51.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.46. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a 52 week low of $7.98 and a 52 week high of $17.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 3.71.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 12th. The company reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.08 by $0.02. Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 3.47% and a net margin of 6.39%. The business had revenue of $133.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $138.06 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.09) earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts anticipate that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Point72 DIFC Ltd acquired a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the third quarter worth $41,000. nVerses Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the 3rd quarter worth $45,000. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new position in Integral Ad Science during the third quarter worth about $106,000. XTX Topco Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science in the second quarter worth about $113,000. Finally, Edgestream Partners L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the second quarter worth about $125,000. Institutional investors own 95.78% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on IAS shares. Piper Sandler cut their target price on shares of Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Scotiabank assumed coverage on Integral Ad Science in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. They issued a “sector perform” rating and a $10.00 target price for the company. Craig Hallum reduced their price target on shares of Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Integral Ad Science currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $15.18.

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.