Integral Ad Science Holding Corp (NASDAQ: IAS)’s stock price has decreased by -0.83 compared to its previous closing price of 10.82. However, the company has seen a 4.79% increase in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. prnewswire.com reported 2024-10-15 that NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS), a leading global media measurement and optimization platform, today announced that it will report its third quarter 2024 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the company’s financial results that day at 5:00 p.m.
Is It Worth Investing in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp (NASDAQ: IAS) Right Now?
Integral Ad Science Holding Corp (NASDAQ: IAS) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 771.94x compared to its average ratio. IAS has 36-month beta value of 1.52. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 8 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for IAS is 72.62M, and currently, short sellers hold a 6.68% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of IAS on October 18, 2024 was 727.75K shares.
IAS’s Market Performance
IAS stock saw a decrease of 4.79% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -3.07% and a quarterly a decrease of 4.68%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.64%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.32% for Integral Ad Science Holding Corp (IAS). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.71% for IAS stock, with a simple moving average of -3.61% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of IAS
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for IAS stocks, with Loop Capital repeating the rating for IAS by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for IAS in the upcoming period, according to Loop Capital is $15 based on the research report published on April 30, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Morgan Stanley, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see IAS reach a price target of $12, previously predicting the price at $18. The rating they have provided for IAS stocks is “Equal-Weight” according to the report published on April 16th, 2024.
Raymond James gave a rating of “Outperform” to IAS, setting the target price at $16 in the report published on February 28th of the current year.
IAS Trading at -1.86% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought IAS to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -38.79% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.32%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.64%, as shares sank -4.28% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +0.66% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, IAS rose by +4.79%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -27.60% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $10.65. In addition, Integral Ad Science Holding Corp saw -25.43% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at IAS starting from SECOR TANIA, who sale 5,240 shares at the price of $10.11 back on Oct 07 ’24. After this action, SECOR TANIA now owns 248,223 shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp, valued at $52,976 using the latest closing price.
Utzschneider Lisa, the Chief Executive Officer of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp, sale 10,481 shares at $10.11 during a trade that took place back on Oct 07 ’24, which means that Utzschneider Lisa is holding 239,709 shares at $105,963 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for IAS
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.09 for the present operating margin
- 0.69 for the gross margin
The net margin for Integral Ad Science Holding Corp stands at 0.01. The total capital return value is set at 0.04. Equity return is now at value 0.31, with 0.25 for asset returns.
Based on Integral Ad Science Holding Corp (IAS), the company’s capital structure generated 0.1 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.01. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.11. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 4.86.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 76.52 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.48. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.58. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.13for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.44. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.76.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Integral Ad Science Holding Corp (IAS) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
