With 1.92 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.78 million shares. The 52-week range on IAS shows that it touched its highest point at $17.53 and its lowest point at $7.98 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.50. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.44.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of IAS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -7.03%, but this was down by -7.74% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.91% while six-month performance fell -17.31%. The stock lost -42.80% in the past year, while it has lost -7.57% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for IAS yields 0.20 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.33. For the next quarter, that number is 0.12. This implies an EPS growth rate of 532.17% for this year and 32.10% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 161.96 million IAS shares are outstanding with a float of 73.99 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for IAS since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.29456 being high and $0.20904 being low. For IAS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.24705. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.18 and the low estimate is $0.09. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.14.
