Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) CEO Lisa Utzschneider Sells 8,044 Shares

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 8,044 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.97, for a total value of $80,198.68. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 203,139 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,025,295.83. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Lisa Utzschneider also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, April 8th, Lisa Utzschneider sold 30,407 shares of Integral Ad Science stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.05, for a total value of $305,590.35.

Integral Ad Science Price Performance

Shares of IAS stock opened at $9.90 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 3.21 and a current ratio of 3.21. The firm has a market cap of $1.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 248.81, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.58. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $9.85 and its 200-day moving average price is $12.85. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $8.92 and a fifty-two week high of $20.88.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 27th. The company reported $0.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.03. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 1.53% and a return on equity of 0.83%. The business had revenue of $134.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $131.27 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.07 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.16 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Integral Ad Science

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $58,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale purchased a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the third quarter worth $62,000. Amalgamated Bank raised its holdings in Integral Ad Science by 19.9% in the third quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 6,951 shares of the company’s stock worth $83,000 after purchasing an additional 1,156 shares in the last quarter. Sherbrooke Park Advisers LLC purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science during the third quarter valued at $140,000. Finally, L2 Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science during the third quarter valued at $142,000. 95.78% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have commented on IAS shares. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price target on shares of Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 28th. Barclays reduced their target price on shares of Integral Ad Science from $16.00 to $12.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 15th. Raymond James downgraded shares of Integral Ad Science from a “strong-buy” rating to an “outperform” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $20.00 to $16.00 in a research note on Wednesday, February 28th. Oppenheimer reduced their price objective on Integral Ad Science from $25.00 to $20.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 28th. Finally, Bank of America assumed coverage on Integral Ad Science in a research note on Thursday, January 11th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $19.00 target price for the company. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $17.38.

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.