Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) Price Target Raised to $10.30 at Robert W. Baird

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) had its price objective boosted by Robert W. Baird from $9.00 to $10.30 in a research note released on Thursday morning,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a neutral rating on the stock.

Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Integral Ad Science from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 8th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Integral Ad Science from $13.00 to $14.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. BMO Capital Markets set a $10.30 target price on shares of Integral Ad Science and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Craig Hallum downgraded Integral Ad Science to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Loop Capital set a $10.30 price objective on Integral Ad Science and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eleven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Integral Ad Science presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $13.12.

Integral Ad Science Price Performance

Shares of Integral Ad Science stock opened at $10.17 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $8.68 and a 200 day moving average price of $8.17. The company has a market capitalization of $1.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.91, a P/E/G ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.57. Integral Ad Science has a 1 year low of $6.26 and a 1 year high of $13.62.

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, topping the consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.03. Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 5.00% and a net margin of 9.79%.The company had revenue of $149.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $143.02 million. Integral Ad Science has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Integral Ad Science will post 0.26 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Integral Ad Science news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 14,904 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.31, for a total transaction of $123,852.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 379,316 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,152,115.96. The trade was a 3.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders sold a total of 35,073 shares of company stock valued at $289,641 in the last 90 days. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Integral Ad Science

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of IAS. Corvex Management LP purchased a new position in Integral Ad Science in the first quarter valued at approximately $21,101,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science in the first quarter worth $10,897,000. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 20,831.9% in the 1st quarter. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC now owns 1,214,053 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,785,000 after acquiring an additional 1,208,253 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 1,195.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,254,049 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,421,000 after acquiring an additional 1,157,220 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CenterBook Partners LP boosted its position in Integral Ad Science by 163.3% during the 2nd quarter. CenterBook Partners LP now owns 1,716,602 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,265,000 after purchasing an additional 1,064,722 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other 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.