Tejara Capital Ltd Makes New Investment in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS)

Tejara Capital Ltd acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 60,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $626,000.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Point72 DIFC Ltd purchased a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $41,000. Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $106,000. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio purchased a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $138,000. Handelsbanken Fonder AB acquired a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 4th quarter worth approximately $162,000. Finally, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $180,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.78% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

IAS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Benchmark reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Scotiabank initiated coverage on Integral Ad Science in a research note on Friday, February 28th. They set a “sector perform” rating and a $12.00 target price for the company. Barclays reaffirmed an “equal weight” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued a “mixed” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $15.06.

Integral Ad Science Stock Up 1.6 %

Shares of IAS opened at $9.17 on Tuesday. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a 52-week low of $7.98 and a 52-week high of $13.62. The company has a market capitalization of $1.50 billion, a PE ratio of 45.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.45. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $10.20 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $10.70. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last issued its earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.12 by ($0.03). Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 3.47% and a net margin of 6.39%. The company had revenue of $153.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $148.83 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.06 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 5,940 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.75, for a total transaction of $57,915.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 266,926 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,602,528.50. This represents a 2.18 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders sold 19,109 shares of company stock valued at $197,696 in the last three months. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Integral Ad Science Company Profile

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.