Bank of Montreal Can Has $638,000 Holdings in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS)

Bank of Montreal Can boosted its stake in Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) by 16.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 65,403 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 9,476 shares during the quarter. Bank of Montreal Can’s holdings in Integral Ad Science were worth $638,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 40.1% during the first quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. now owns 6,724 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,000 after buying an additional 1,924 shares in the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $113,000. ProShare Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the 1st quarter valued at $121,000. Edgestream Partners L.P. bought a new position in Integral Ad Science in the 2nd quarter valued at $125,000. Finally, American Trust boosted its stake in Integral Ad Science by 18.0% in the first quarter. American Trust now owns 13,742 shares of the company’s stock worth $137,000 after purchasing an additional 2,096 shares in the last quarter. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Barclays raised their target price on Integral Ad Science from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, August 5th. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of Integral Ad Science from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 23rd. Finally, Raymond James increased their price target on shares of Integral Ad Science from $13.00 to $15.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $16.40.

Integral Ad Science Stock Up 1.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ:IAS opened at $10.25 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $10.97 and a 200-day moving average of $10.14. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a one year low of $7.98 and a one year high of $17.53. The stock has a market cap of $1.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,033.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 3.76 and a quick ratio of 3.76.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $0.05 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.02 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $129.01 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $126.31 million. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 0.57% and a return on equity of 0.31%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.05 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.29 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Integral Ad Science

In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 9,351 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.92, for a total value of $102,112.92. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 230,218 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,513,980.56. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. In other news, CEO Lisa Utzschneider sold 9,351 shares of Integral Ad Science stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.92, for a total transaction of $102,112.92. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 230,218 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,513,980.56. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Tania Secor sold 6,643 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.24, for a total transaction of $74,667.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 251,366 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,825,353.84. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 16,636 shares of company stock worth $183,470. 2.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Integral Ad Science 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.