comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) Now Covered by Analysts at StockNews.com

StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) in a research note released on Tuesday morning. The firm issued a hold rating on the stock.

comScore Price Performance

Shares of SCOR stock opened at $5.51 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $27.07 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.25 and a beta of 1.08. comScore has a 1 year low of $4.59 and a 1 year high of $16.11. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $6.49 and a 200-day moving average price of $6.62.

comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 4th. The company reported ($0.27) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.36 by ($0.63). comScore had a negative net margin of 25.77% and a negative return on equity of 243.87%. The company had revenue of $94.94 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $91.66 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.03 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that comScore will post -2.49 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On comScore

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Heron Bay Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of comScore in the fourth quarter worth $160,000. Clune & Associates LTD. bought a new position in comScore in the 4th quarter worth $740,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC purchased a new stake in comScore in the 4th quarter worth $99,000. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its stake in comScore by 10.0% in the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 45,436 shares of the company’s stock worth $265,000 after buying an additional 4,115 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.15% of the company’s stock.

comScore Company Profile

comScore, Inc operates as an information and analytics company that measures audiences, consumer behavior, and advertising across media platforms in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and internationally. The company provides digital ad solutions, including Media Metrix Multi-Platform and Mobile Metrix, which measure websites and applications on computers, smartphones, and tablets; Video Metrix that delivers measurement of digital video consumption; Plan Metrix, which offers understanding of consumer lifestyle; Total Home Panel Suite, which capture OTT, connected TV, and IOT device usage and content consumption; CCR, which enhances validated campaign essentials verification of mobile and desktop video campaigns; XMedia Enhanced, which provides a deduplicated view of national programming content; Comscore marketing solutions; Lift Models, which measures the impact of advertising on a brand; Survey Analytics, which measure various consumer insights including brand health metrics; and Activation Solutions, including audience activation and content activation.