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Integral Ad Science Holding Corp (NASDAQ: IAS) closed the day trading at $9.06 down -5.43% from the previous closing price of $9.58. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.64 million shares were traded. IAS stock price reached its highest trading level at $9.535 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.055.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of IAS, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 17.47 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.78. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.02 and its Current Ratio is at 3.02. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.06 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.05.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Scotiabank on December 05, 2024, initiated with a Sector Perform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $10.
On April 30, 2024, Loop Capital started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $15.
Morgan Stanley Downgraded its Overweight to Equal-Weight on April 16, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $18 to $12.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 04 ’25 when SECOR TANIA bought 82,417 shares for $10.45 per share.
Gil Alexis II bought 3,284 shares of IAS for $34,193 on Mar 04 ’25. On Feb 04 ’25, another insider, Utzschneider Lisa, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company, sold 12,448 shares for $10.61 each. As a result, the insider received 132,073 and left with 278,650 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, IAS now has a Market Capitalization of 1484028032 and an Enterprise Value of 1457308800. As of this moment, Integral’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 39.70, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 22.17. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.99. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.80 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.46. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.749 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.074.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for IAS is 1.42, which has changed by -0.033084333 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07903516 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, IAS has reached a high of $13.62, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $7.98. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -11.74%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.09%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, IAS traded about 910.09K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, IAS traded about 1352430 shares per day. A total of 162.87M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 74.50M. Insiders hold about 54.52% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 42.64% stake in the company. Shares short for IAS as of 1740700800 were 5572008 with a Short Ratio of 6.12, compared to 1738281600 on 5834956. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5572008 and a Short% of Float of 7.6.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
Earnings Estimates
As of right now, 5.0 analysts gave their recommendation on the stock of the company. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.19, with high estimates of $0.21 and low estimates of $0.16.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.89 and $0.72 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.81. EPS for the following year is $0.94, with 5.0 analysts recommending between $0.99 and $0.89.
Revenue Estimates
14 analysts predict $129.2M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $130M to a low estimate of $128M. As of the current estimate, Integral Ad Science Holding Corp’s year-ago sales were $114.53MFor the next quarter, 14 analysts are estimating revenue of $143.44M. There is a high estimate of $144.8M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $141M.
A total of 15 analysts have provided revenue estimates for IAS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $600.48M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $582.3M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $593.07M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $530.1MBased on 14 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $665.7M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $699.27M and the low estimate is $647.4M.
