Clune & Associates LTD. Increases Position in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. $IAS

Clune & Associates LTD. raised its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) by 30.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 97,290 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 22,886 shares during the period. Clune & Associates LTD. owned approximately 0.06% of Integral Ad Science worth $808,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of IAS. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science during the first quarter worth about $42,000. CWM LLC lifted its stake in Integral Ad Science by 1,248.1% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 9,019 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,000 after buying an additional 8,350 shares in the last quarter. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the 1st quarter valued at $87,000. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science during the first quarter worth $93,000. Finally, Teacher Retirement System of Texas purchased a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science in the first quarter valued at $96,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.78% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently commented on IAS. Loop Capital cut Integral Ad Science from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $10.30 price objective for the company. in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on shares of Integral Ad Science from $9.00 to $10.30 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a “hold” rating and set a $10.30 price objective (down previously from $14.00) on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. BMO Capital Markets set a $10.30 target price on shares of Integral Ad Science and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Finally, Craig Hallum downgraded Integral Ad Science from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Integral Ad Science presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $12.81.

Insider Transactions at Integral Ad Science

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

Integral Ad Science Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of IAS opened at $10.21 on Tuesday. 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’s fifty day moving average is $9.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is $8.35. The firm has a market cap of $1.70 billion, a PE 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 released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of $149.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $143.02 million. Integral Ad Science has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current year.

Integral Ad Science 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.