Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.03 EPS

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday. The company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.12 by ($0.03), Zacks reports. The business had revenue of $153.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $148.83 million. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 6.39% and a return on equity of 3.47%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.06 EPS. Integral Ad Science updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

Integral Ad Science Trading Up 8.5 %

Shares of Integral Ad Science stock traded up $0.83 on Friday, hitting $10.48. The stock had a trading volume of 1,899,731 shares, compared to its average volume of 860,241. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $10.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $10.82. Integral Ad Science has a one year low of $7.98 and a one year high of $13.62. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The stock has a market cap of $1.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.43, a PEG ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.46.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on IAS shares. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Friday. Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Craig Hallum decreased their price target on Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Friday. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $14.80.

Insider Buying and Selling at Integral Ad Science

In other Integral Ad Science news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 12,448 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.61, for a total transaction of $132,073.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 278,650 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,956,476.50. This trade represents a 4.28 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 19,109 shares of company stock worth $197,696. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.