Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.

NasdaqGS:IAS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.5b

Integral Ad Science Holding Valuation

Is IAS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of IAS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: IAS ($9.69) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($39.39)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IAS is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for IAS?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

IAS key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA28x
PEG Ratio5.8x

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does IAS's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for IAS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.8x
MGNI Magnite
2.1x5.0%US$1.3b
STGW Stagwell
0.3x5.6%US$1.6b
ADV Advantage Solutions
0.3x-2.6%US$1.5b
PUBM PubMatic
4.3x10.0%US$1.2b
IAS Integral Ad Science Holding
3.3x11.0%US$1.5b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: IAS is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the peer average (1.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IAS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Media Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.7%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: IAS is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the US Media industry average (0.9x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IAS's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

IAS PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio3.3x
Fair PS Ratio2.1x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: IAS is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst IAS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$9.69
US$16.72
+72.5%
17.5%US$22.00US$12.00n/a16
Apr ’25US$9.71
US$17.53
+80.6%
13.1%US$22.00US$12.00n/a15
Mar ’25US$10.20
US$18.33
+79.7%
10.7%US$22.00US$16.00n/a15
Feb ’25US$15.00
US$20.67
+37.8%
14.3%US$27.00US$17.00n/a15
Jan ’25US$14.39
US$20.92
+45.4%
14.6%US$27.00US$17.00n/a13
Dec ’24US$14.63
US$20.81
+42.2%
15.3%US$27.00US$16.50n/a13
Nov ’24US$11.36
US$21.65
+90.6%
14.8%US$25.00US$15.00n/a13
Oct ’24US$11.89
US$22.35
+87.9%
11.2%US$25.00US$16.00n/a13
Sep ’24US$14.31
US$22.88
+59.9%
7.8%US$25.00US$19.00n/a12
Aug ’24US$19.54
US$23.05
+17.9%
7.0%US$25.00US$20.00n/a11
Jul ’24US$17.98
US$22.06
+22.7%
8.7%US$25.00US$20.00n/a9
Jun ’24US$19.35
US$19.89
+2.8%
6.5%US$22.00US$17.00n/a9
May ’24US$15.95
US$16.10
+0.9%
9.8%US$19.00US$14.00n/a10
Apr ’24US$14.27
US$15.00
+5.1%
12.6%US$18.00US$11.00US$9.719
Mar ’24US$10.49
US$13.13
+25.1%
12.9%US$15.00US$10.00US$10.208
Feb ’24US$10.32
US$13.13
+27.2%
12.9%US$15.00US$10.00US$15.008
Jan ’24US$8.79
US$12.88
+46.5%
13.7%US$16.00US$10.00US$14.398
Dec ’23US$9.79
US$12.88
+31.5%
13.7%US$16.00US$10.00US$14.638
Nov ’23US$8.34
US$14.13
+69.4%
24.1%US$21.00US$8.00US$11.368
Oct ’23US$7.24
US$14.75
+103.7%
21.9%US$21.00US$10.00US$11.898
Sep ’23US$7.86
US$14.75
+87.7%
21.9%US$21.00US$10.00US$14.318
Aug ’23US$9.33
US$17.38
+86.2%
26.7%US$28.00US$12.00US$19.548
Jul ’23US$9.83
US$20.56
+109.1%
26.6%US$28.00US$12.00US$17.989
Jun ’23US$12.18
US$20.78
+70.6%
24.9%US$28.00US$12.00US$19.359
May ’23US$11.81
US$26.78
+126.7%
16.0%US$33.00US$17.00US$15.959
Apr ’23US$14.40
US$27.11
+88.3%
13.2%US$33.00US$20.00US$14.279

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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