With 1.45 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.22 million shares. The 52-week range on IAS shows that it touched its highest point at $13.62 and its lowest point at $6.26 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $13.39. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.56.
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 up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.11%, but this was up by 13.34% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.50% while six-month performance fell -28.60%. The stock lost -9.75% in the past year, while it has lost -21.07% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for IAS yields 0.28 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.36. For the next quarter, that number is 0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of 20.22% for this year and 31.15% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 163.99 million IAS shares are outstanding with a float of 74.84 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.
