Lisa Utzschneider Sells 9,264 Shares of Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) Stock

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 9,264 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.19, for a total value of $94,400.16. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 406,029 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,137,435.51. This represents a 2.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

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

• On Friday, October 3rd, Lisa Utzschneider sold 17,267 shares of Integral Ad Science stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.19, for a total transaction of $175,950.73.
• On Wednesday, August 6th, Lisa Utzschneider sold 9,922 shares of Integral Ad Science stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.12, for a total transaction of $80,566.64.

Integral Ad Science Price Performance

Shares of IAS opened at $10.18 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.69 billion, a PE ratio of 29.94, a PEG ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.60. 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 50-day moving average is $9.10 and its 200-day moving average is $8.25.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $149.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $143.02 million. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 9.79% and a return on equity of 5.00%. Integral Ad Science has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts predict that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Integral Ad Science

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of IAS. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its position in Integral Ad Science by 3.0% during the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 41,678 shares of the company’s stock valued at $346,000 after purchasing an additional 1,195 shares in the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas raised its position in Integral Ad Science by 14.6% during the second quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 13,625 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,000 after purchasing an additional 1,739 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 4.4% in the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 43,326 shares of the company’s stock valued at $349,000 after purchasing an additional 1,807 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 547.1% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,313 shares of the company’s stock valued at $270,000 after purchasing an additional 2,801 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. increased its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 11.1% in the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 30,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $249,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000 shares during the last quarter. 95.78% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. BMO Capital Markets set a $10.30 price objective on Integral Ad Science and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $10.30 price target (down from $14.00) on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Craig Hallum cut shares of Integral Ad Science from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 24th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Integral Ad Science from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, August 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $12.81.

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.