Integral Ad Science Holding Corp (NASDAQ: IAS) closed the day trading at $10.23 up 0.29% from the previous closing price of $10.20. On the day, 2401724 shares were traded.
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 13.07 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.59. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.21 and its Current Ratio is at 3.21. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.20 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.19.
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 the company, Raymond James on February 28, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Outperform and sets its target price to $16 from $20 previously.
On January 11, 2024, BofA Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $19.
On January 09, 2024, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $18.BMO Capital Markets initiated its Outperform rating on January 09, 2024, with a $18 target price.
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 Feb 06 when Utzschneider Lisa sold 13,113 shares for $15.79 per share. The transaction valued at 207,054 led to the insider holds 148,657 shares of the business.
VEP Group, LLC sold 1,650,000 shares of IAS for $23,100,000 on Jan 04. The 10% Owner now owns 65,010,001 shares after completing the transaction at $14.00 per share. On Dec 08, another insider, SECOR TANIA, who serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, sold 38,394 shares for $13.97 each. As a result, the insider received 536,364 and left with 220,129 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 1.63B and an Enterprise Value of 1.69B. As of this moment, Integral’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 244.15, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 28.95. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 101.73. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.44 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.79. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.56 whereas that against EBITDA is 23.41.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, IAS has reached a high of $20.88, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.44. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 15.01, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 15.15.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, IAS traded about 1.53M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, IAS traded about 3.57M shares per day. A total of 158.76M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 68.74M. Insiders hold about 56.91% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 39.68% stake in the company. Shares short for IAS as of Feb 15, 2024 were 2.49M with a Short Ratio of 1.63, compared to 2.47M on Jan 12, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1.57% and a Short% of Float of 5.99%.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 14 analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of $0 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.07 and a low estimate of -$0.03, while EPS last year was $0.02. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.03, with high estimates of $0.1 and low estimates of -$0.01.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.48 and $0.11 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.21. EPS for the following year is $0.36, with 13 analysts recommending between $0.63 and $0.21.
Revenue Estimates
16 analysts predict $113.13M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $121.07M to a low estimate of $111.03M. As of the current estimate, Integral Ad Science Holding Corp’s year-ago sales were $102.98M, an estimated increase of 9.90% from the year-ago figure. For the next quarter, 16 analysts are estimating revenue of $125.19M, an increase of 11.50% over than the figure of $9.90% in the same quarter last year. There is a high estimate of $131.72M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $119.1M.
A total of 17 analysts have provided revenue estimates for IAS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $555.65M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $510M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $534.75M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $474.37M, up 12.70% from the average estimate. Based on 16 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $610.96M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $631.25M and the low estimate is $541.6M. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is up 14.30% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
