StockNews.com Begins Coverage on comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR)

Investment analysts at StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) in a research note issued to investors on Monday. The brokerage set a “hold” rating on the stock.

comScore Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SCOR opened at $6.61 on Monday. comScore has a 1 year low of $4.89 and a 1 year high of $16.41. The firm has a market capitalization of $32.48 million, a PE ratio of -0.30 and a beta of 1.21. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $6.77 and its 200-day moving average price is $6.70.

comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March 4th. The company reported ($0.27) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.36 by ($0.63). comScore had a negative return on equity of 243.87% and a negative net margin of 25.77%. The business had revenue of $94.94 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $91.66 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.03 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that comScore will post -2.49 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of comScore

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of SCOR. Squarepoint Ops LLC acquired a new position in shares of comScore during the 4th quarter worth approximately $99,000. Heron Bay Capital Management acquired a new position in comScore during the fourth quarter worth $160,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its holdings in comScore by 10.0% in the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 45,436 shares of the company’s stock valued at $265,000 after buying an additional 4,115 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clune & Associates LTD. purchased a new stake in comScore in the 4th quarter valued at $740,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 42.15% of the company’s stock.

About comScore

comScore, Inc operates as an information and analytics company that measures audiences, consumer behavior, and advertising across media platforms in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and internationally. The company provides digital ad solutions, including Media Metrix Multi-Platform and Mobile Metrix, which measure websites and applications on computers, smartphones, and tablets; Video Metrix that delivers measurement of digital video consumption; Plan Metrix, which offers understanding of consumer lifestyle; Total Home Panel Suite, which capture OTT, connected TV, and IOT device usage and content consumption; CCR, which enhances validated campaign essentials verification of mobile and desktop video campaigns; XMedia Enhanced, which provides a deduplicated view of national programming content; Comscore marketing solutions; Lift Models, which measures the impact of advertising on a brand; Survey Analytics, which measure various consumer insights including brand health metrics; and Activation Solutions, including audience activation and content activation.