272 Capital LP Buys 65,176 Shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS)

272 Capital LP boosted its stake in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) by 27.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 304,254 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 65,176 shares during the quarter. Integral Ad Science makes up 1.5% of 272 Capital LP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest holding. 272 Capital LP owned 0.19% of Integral Ad Science worth $2,957,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of IAS. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 605.1% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,740,011 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,429,000 after purchasing an additional 2,351,414 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 10.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 8,106,247 shares of the company’s stock worth $116,649,000 after purchasing an additional 780,469 shares during the last quarter. P2 Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Integral Ad Science during the fourth quarter valued at $11,144,000. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in Integral Ad Science by 449,805.3% in the second quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 427,410 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,154,000 after buying an additional 427,315 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clearbridge Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Integral Ad Science by 11.8% in the first quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 3,906,652 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,949,000 after buying an additional 412,044 shares during the period. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Integral Ad Science Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ:IAS opened at $11.08 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.78 billion, a PE ratio of 1,108.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 1.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 3.76 and a current ratio of 3.76. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a 52-week low of $7.98 and a 52-week high of $17.53. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $10.94 and a 200 day moving average of $10.07.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $0.05 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $129.01 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $126.31 million. Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 0.31% and a net margin of 0.57%. The company’s revenue was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.05 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.29 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Integral Ad Science

In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 6,445 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $9.68, for a total value of $62,387.60. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 214,563 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,076,969.84. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 6,445 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.68, for a total value of $62,387.60. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 214,563 shares in the company, valued at $2,076,969.84. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Tania Secor sold 6,643 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.24, for a total value of $74,667.32. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 251,366 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,825,353.84. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 27,636 shares of company stock worth $289,513 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on IAS shares. Barclays increased their price target on Integral Ad Science from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, August 5th. Benchmark reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research note on Monday, August 5th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Integral Ad Science from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 23rd. Finally, Raymond James raised their price objective on shares of Integral Ad Science from $13.00 to $15.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $16.36.

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.