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

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.12 by ($0.03), Zacks reports. The firm had revenue of $153.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $148.83 million. Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 3.47% and a net margin of 6.39%. The business’s revenue was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.06 earnings per share. 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 IAS stock traded up $0.83 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $10.48. 1,899,731 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 860,241. The stock has a market cap of $1.70 billion, a PE ratio of 52.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.46. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $10.33 and its 200 day simple moving average is $10.82. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. Integral Ad Science has a 12 month low of $7.98 and a 12 month high of $13.62.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently commented on IAS. Barclays reiterated an “equal weight” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Friday. Craig Hallum cut their price objective on shares of 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. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Friday. Truist Financial reduced their price target on Integral Ad Science from $18.00 to $16.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Friday. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $14.80.

Insider Activity at Integral Ad Science

In related news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 12,448 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.61, for a total value of $132,073.28. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 278,650 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,956,476.50. The trade was a 4.28 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders sold 19,109 shares of company stock worth $197,696 over the last three months. Company insiders own 2.00% 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.