comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) Upgraded at StockNews.com

StockNews.com upgraded shares of comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note issued to investors on Thursday.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Needham & Company LLC lowered their price objective on shares of comScore from $25.00 to $17.00 and set a buy rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, June 7th. Craig Hallum lowered their price target on comScore from $24.00 to $18.00 and set a buy rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 8th.

comScore Stock Performance

Shares of SCOR stock opened at $12.00 on Thursday. comScore has a 1 year low of $9.60 and a 1 year high of $20.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $58.01 million, a PE ratio of -0.65 and a beta of 1.20. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $13.63 and a two-hundred day moving average of $15.40.

comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 7th. The company reported ($1.08) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.57) by ($0.51). The company had revenue of $86.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $89.10 million. comScore had a negative return on equity of 47.78% and a negative net margin of 19.57%. Equities research analysts predict that comScore will post 0.39 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On comScore

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in comScore stock. Victory Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 5,080 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $85,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. owned about 0.11% of comScore as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Institutional investors own 42.15% of the company’s stock.

About comScore

comScore, Inc operates as an information and analytics company that measures audiences, consumer behavior, and advertising across media platforms in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and internationally. The company provides digital ad solutions, including Media Metrix Multi-Platform and Mobile Metrix, which measure websites and applications on computers, smartphones, and tablets; Video Metrix that delivers measurement of digital video consumption; Plan Metrix, which offers understanding of consumer lifestyle; Total Home Panel Suite, which capture OTT, connected TV, and IOT device usage and content consumption; CCR, which enhances validated campaign essentials verification of mobile and desktop video campaigns; XMedia Enhanced, which provides a deduplicated view of national programming content; Comscore marketing solutions; Lift Models, which measures the impact of advertising on a brand; Survey Analytics, which measure various consumer insights including brand health metrics; and Activation Solutions, including audience activation and content activation.