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

Eisler Capital Management Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 70,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $740,000.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the 4th quarter valued at $61,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the fourth quarter valued at about $120,000. ClearAlpha Technologies LP acquired a new position in Integral Ad Science in the fourth quarter worth about $143,000. PEAK6 LLC bought a new position in Integral Ad Science during the fourth quarter worth about $146,000. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB acquired a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $162,000. 95.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Integral Ad Science Stock Performance

Shares of Integral Ad Science stock opened at $7.72 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $7.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $9.75. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a fifty-two week low of $6.26 and a fifty-two week high of $13.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 3.71 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The firm has a market cap of $1.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.60, a P/E/G ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.55.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.12 by ($0.03). The firm had revenue of $153.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $148.83 million. Integral Ad Science had a net margin of 6.39% and a return on equity of 3.47%. The company’s revenue was up 13.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.06 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict 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 on Monday, April 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $6.85, for a total value of $58,546.95. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 341,271 shares in the company, valued at $2,337,706.35. This trade represents a 2.44 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders sold a total of 86,222 shares of company stock worth $636,252 in the last quarter. 2.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently commented on IAS. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on Integral Ad Science from $15.00 to $13.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Raymond James cut their price objective on Integral Ad Science from $16.00 to $11.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, May 5th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Friday, February 28th. Scotiabank assumed coverage on shares of Integral Ad Science in a report on Friday, February 28th. They set a “sector perform” rating and a $12.00 price target for the company. Finally, Baird R W cut shares of Integral Ad Science from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 28th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $13.15.

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.