Brokerages Set Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) Target Price at $13.55

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) has earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twelve analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and six have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $13.55.

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Integral Ad Science from $13.00 to $14.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Barclays lifted their price target on Integral Ad Science from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Raymond James Financial cut their price target on Integral Ad Science from $13.00 to $11.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Integral Ad Science from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, August 10th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 14,904 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.31, for a total transaction of $123,852.24. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 379,316 shares in the company, valued at $3,152,115.96. The trade was a 3.78% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. In the last quarter, insiders sold 35,073 shares of company stock worth $289,641. 2.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science during the 1st quarter worth $42,000. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science during the 4th quarter worth $51,000. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science during the 4th quarter worth $61,000. CWM LLC grew its stake in Integral Ad Science by 1,248.1% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 9,019 shares of the company’s stock worth $75,000 after buying an additional 8,350 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its stake in 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 worth $84,000 after buying an additional 5,862 shares during the last quarter. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Integral Ad Science Stock Up 2.3%

Shares of NASDAQ IAS opened at $8.91 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $8.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $8.45. The firm has a market cap of $1.48 billion, a PE ratio of 26.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 1.57. Integral Ad Science has a twelve month low of $6.26 and a twelve month high of $13.62.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 for 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. On average, research analysts expect that Integral Ad Science will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current year.

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.