IAS Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Total revenue increased 14% to $129.0 million

Net income of $7.7 million at a 6% margin; adjusted EBITDA increased to $46.2 million at a 36% margin 

Raises full year financial guidance on positive second quarter results and strong second half outlook

NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS), a leading global media measurement and optimization platform, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024.

"We are excited to report double-digit revenue growth in all of our businesses in the second quarter reflecting strong customer adoption of our leading AI-backed products across formats and channels," said Lisa Utzschneider, CEO of IAS. "Measurement revenue grew 17% with a 34% increase in social media revenue, optimization revenue increased 11%, and publisher revenue increased 12%. IAS is leading the way with trust, transparency, and innovation to provide actionable results and superior returns for global marketers. We are raising our full year outlook and remain focused on delivering sustainable, profitable growth."

Second Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights

• Total revenue was $129.0 million, a 14% increase compared to $113.7 million in the prior-year period.
• Optimization revenue was $58.5 million, an 11% increase compared to $52.8 million in the prior-year period.
• Measurement revenue was $52.7 million, a 17% increase compared to $44.9 million in the prior-year period.
• Publisher revenue was $17.8 million, a 12% increase compared to $15.9 million in the prior-year period.
• International revenue, excluding the Americas, was $40.1 million, a 16% increase compared to $34.7 million in the prior-year period, or 31% of total revenue for the second quarter of 2024.
• Gross profit was $101.9 million, a 13% increase compared to $89.8 million in the prior-year period. Gross profit margin was 79% for the second quarter of 2024.
• Net income was $7.7 million, or $0.05 per share, unchanged from the prior-year period. Net income margin was 6% for the second quarter of 2024. Net income for the second quarter of 2023 includes $23.5 million of stock-based compensation expense related to return-target options as well as an income tax benefit of $29.1 million in the period.
• Adjusted EBITDA* increased to $46.2 million, a 24% increase compared to $37.4 million in the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA* margin was 36% for the second quarter of 2024.
• Cash and cash equivalents were $70.6 million at June 30, 2024.

Recent Business Highlights

• YouTube Brand Safety and Suitability Measurement Expansion – In June, IAS expanded its brand safety and suitability measurement product for YouTube to include reporting for Performance Max and Demand Gen campaigns on Google Ads.
• Reddit Partnership – In June, IAS announced a partnership with Reddit to provide advertisers with the confidence to scale their campaigns across Reddit through IAS's AI-driven Total Media Quality (TMQ) product suite.
• Pinterest Partnership – In June, IAS announced a partnership with Pinterest to provide global advertisers with greater transparency into campaigns across Pinterest's in-app feed through IAS's AI-driven Total Media Quality (TMQ) brand safety product.
• Amazon Expanded Global Measurement – In May, IAS launched its expanded reporting and insights for Amazon DSP media buys. Through a server-to-server (S2S) integration on Amazon DSP, advertisers will now have access to measurement coverage for campaigns across Amazon custom audiences and Twitch inventory. IAS's solutions available to advertisers in Amazon DSP include viewability, invalid traffic (IVT), and brand safety and suitability.
• Lunio Partnership – In June, IAS teamed up with Lunio in a first-to-market partnership to provide post-click measurement and protection across search, social, and display networks. The partnership builds on IAS's existing ad fraud detection and mitigation capabilities, giving marketers the most comprehensive invalid traffic (IVT) protection in the industry.
• Sincera Partnership – In June, IAS and Sincera announced a multi-year, strategic partnership to enhance AI-driven measurement and optimization solutions to drive omnichannel media quality. The partnership provides IAS with unique metadata to enhance media quality and drive unique solutions across channels including the open web, CTV, in-app, and social.
• Deepfake Detection Availability – In June, IAS announced availability in Beta testing of the industry's first deepfake measurement offering, enabling advertisers to avoid running adjacent to deepfake content as part of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM)-defined Brand Safety Floor and Suitability Framework misinformation category.
• Election Lab Launch – In May, IAS launched the IAS Election Lab which aims to provide strategic guidance and actionable insights for advertisers during the global election season.
• ISO 27001 Certification – In May, IAS achieved ISO 27001:2022 certification for its Information Security Management System. ISO/IEC 27001 is the global standard for information security management systems.

Financial Outlook

"Our second quarter results further validate our scalable and profitable business model. We are driving top-line growth and investing in strategic growth initiatives while maintaining a strong financial position with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 36%, healthy cash flows, and low debt," said Tania Secor, CFO of IAS. "We are raising our 2024 outlook based on our second quarter performance and our expectations for increased revenue growth in the second half of the year."

IAS is introducing the following financial outlook for the third quarter of 2024 and increasing its full year 2024 revenue and adjusted EBITDA outlook:

Third Quarter Ending September 30, 2024:

• Total revenue of $137 million to $139 million
• Adjusted EBITDA* of $48 million to $50 million

Year Ending December 31, 2024:

• Total revenue of $538 million to $544 million
• Adjusted EBITDA* of $180 million to $184 million

* See "Supplemental Disclosure Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Information" section herein for an explanation of these measures. IAS is unable to provide a reconciliation for forward-looking guidance of adjusted EBITDA and corresponding margin to net income (loss), the most closely comparable GAAP measures without unreasonable effort, because certain material reconciling items, such as depreciation and amortization, interest expense, income tax expense (benefit) and acquisition, restructuring and integration expenses, cannot be estimated due to factors outside of IAS's control and could have a material impact on the reported results. However, IAS estimates stock-based compensation expense for the third quarter of 2024 in the range of $16 million to $17 million and for the full year 2024 in the range of $63 million to $65 million.

Supplemental Disclosure Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Information

We use supplemental measures of our performance, which are derived from our consolidated financial information, but which are not presented in our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is the primary financial performance measure used by management to evaluate our business and monitor ongoing results of operations. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as income before depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, interest expense, income taxes, acquisition, restructuring and integration costs, foreign exchange gain, net, asset impairments, and other one-time, non-recurring costs. Adjusted EBITDA margin represents the adjusted EBITDA for the applicable period divided by the revenue for that period presented in accordance with GAAP.

We use non-GAAP financial measures to supplement financial information presented on a GAAP basis. We believe that excluding certain items from our GAAP results allows management to better understand our consolidated financial performance from period to period and better project our future consolidated financial performance as forecasts are developed at a level of detail different from that used to prepare GAAP-based financial measures. Moreover, we believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide our shareholders with useful information to help them evaluate our operating results by facilitating an enhanced understanding of our operating performance and enabling them to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons. Although we believe these measures are useful to investors and analysts for the same reasons they are useful to management, as discussed below, these measures are not a substitute for, or superior to, U.S. GAAP financial measures or disclosures. Our non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently than we do, limiting the usefulness of those measures for comparative purposes.

Reconciliations of historical adjusted EBITDA to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, net income/loss, are presented below. We encourage you to review the reconciliations in conjunction with the presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures for each of the periods presented. In future fiscal periods, we may exclude such items and may incur income and expenses similar to these excluded items.

Conference Call and Webcast Information
IAS will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss its second quarter 2024 financial results today at 5:00 p.m. ET. To access the live webcast and conference call dial-in, please register under the "News & Events" section of IAS's investor relations website. A replay will be available on IAS's investor relations website following the live call: https://investors.integralads.com. 

About Integral Ad Science
Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a leading global media measurement and optimization platform that delivers the industry's most actionable data to drive superior results for the world's largest advertisers, publishers, and media platforms. IAS's software provides comprehensive and enriched data that ensures ads are seen by real people in safe and suitable environments, while improving return on ad spend for advertisers and yield for publishers. Our mission is to be the global benchmark for trust and transparency in digital media quality. For more information, visit integralads.com.

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