Barclays Increases Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) Price Target to $11.00

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS – Get Rating) had its price target boosted by stock analysts at Barclays from $10.00 to $11.00 in a research report issued on Friday, The Fly reports. Barclays‘s price objective would suggest a potential downside of 7.33% from the company’s current price.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Integral Ad Science from $16.00 to $15.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 19th. Raymond James dropped their target price on shares of Integral Ad Science from $15.00 to $12.00 and set a “strong-buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 11th. Evercore ISI dropped their price target on shares of Integral Ad Science to $13.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on shares of Integral Ad Science from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Integral Ad Science presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $14.14.

Integral Ad Science Stock Up 10.9 %

IAS stock opened at $11.87 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.83 billion, a PE ratio of 131.89 and a beta of 1.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 3.67 and a current ratio of 3.67. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $10.13 and its 200-day moving average price is $8.97. Integral Ad Science has a one year low of $6.63 and a one year high of $18.69.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CAO Anil Sukumaran sold 3,956 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.96, for a total value of $35,445.76. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 55,055 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $493,292.80. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 8,963 shares of company stock worth $84,691. Corporate insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Integral Ad Science

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 77.2% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,752,765 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,409,000 after buying an additional 2,070,907 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 15,557.5% in the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,152,174 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,500,000 after buying an additional 3,132,042 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 17.5% in the third quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 2,264,252 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,394,000 after buying an additional 337,053 shares during the last quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC raised its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 1,600,673 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,070,000 after buying an additional 6,260 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 3.5% in the second quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,356,468 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,470,000 after buying an additional 45,399 shares during the last quarter. 96.83% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Integral Ad Science

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Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. operates as a digital advertising verification company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Singapore, Australia, France, Japan, Canada, India, and Brazil. The company provides IAS Signal, a cloud-based technology platform that offers actionable insights; and deliver independent measurement and verification of digital advertising across devices, channels, and formats, including desktop, mobile, connected TV, social, display, and video.