Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) CEO Lisa Utzschneider Sells 12,180 Shares

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 12,180 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.24, for a total transaction of $124,723.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 417,742 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,277,678.08. This trade represents a 2.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

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

• On Tuesday, October 7th, Lisa Utzschneider sold 9,264 shares of Integral Ad Science stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.19, for a total transaction of $94,400.16.
• On Friday, October 3rd, Lisa Utzschneider sold 17,267 shares of Integral Ad Science stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.19, for a total transaction of $175,950.73.

Integral Ad Science Price Performance

IAS stock traded up $0.01 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $10.24. 3,199,196 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,636,436. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $9.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $8.64. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a one year low of $6.26 and a one year high of $12.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.59.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by ($0.02). Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 4.52% and a net margin of 7.91%.The company had revenue of $154.36 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $149.18 million. As a group, analysts anticipate that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Loop Capital cut shares of Integral Ad Science from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $10.30 price objective for the company. in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Raymond James Financial cut shares of Integral Ad Science from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Integral Ad Science from $9.00 to $10.30 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Truist Financial cut shares of Integral Ad Science from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Finally, Oppenheimer cut shares of Integral Ad Science from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and fourteen have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $12.81.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Integral Ad Science

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Corvex Management LP bought a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science in the first quarter worth about $21,101,000. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science in the first quarter worth about $10,897,000. AustralianSuper Pty Ltd bought a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science in the third quarter worth about $12,623,000. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 20,831.9% in the first quarter. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC now owns 1,214,053 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,785,000 after acquiring an additional 1,208,253 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 1,195.1% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,254,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,421,000 after acquiring an additional 1,157,220 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.78% of the company’s stock.

About Integral Ad Science

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.