State of Wyoming Invests $51,000 in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS)

State of Wyoming acquired a new position in shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 4,903 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $51,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in IAS. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Integral Ad Science in the 4th quarter valued at about $61,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets bought a new position in Integral Ad Science in the 4th quarter valued at about $120,000. Sherbrooke Park Advisers LLC bought a new position in Integral Ad Science in the 4th quarter valued at about $132,000. ClearAlpha Technologies LP bought a new position in Integral Ad Science in the 4th quarter valued at about $143,000. Finally, PEAK6 LLC bought a new position in Integral Ad Science in the 4th quarter valued at about $146,000. Institutional investors own 95.78% of the company’s stock.

Integral Ad Science Trading Up 0.9%

NASDAQ:IAS opened at $8.07 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 3.71. The firm has a market cap of $1.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.55. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a 52 week low of $6.26 and a 52 week high of $13.62. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $7.47 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $9.37.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 12th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.02. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 6.39% and a return on equity of 3.47%. The company had revenue of $134.07 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $129.20 million. On average, equities analysts expect that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Integral Ad Science

In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 8,547 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $6.85, for a total transaction of $58,546.95. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 341,271 shares in the company, valued at $2,337,706.35. This trade represents a 2.44% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders sold a total of 86,222 shares of company stock worth $636,252 in the last quarter. Insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on IAS shares. Scotiabank started coverage on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Friday, February 28th. They issued a “sector perform” rating and a $12.00 price target on the stock. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Friday, February 28th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Friday, February 28th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of Integral Ad Science from $13.50 to $12.50 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Integral Ad Science from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $13.55.

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.