S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Shares Up 14.6% After Insider Buying Activity

Shares of S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) traded up 14.6% during mid-day trading on Saturday following insider buying activity. The company traded as high as GBX 25.79 ($0.35) and last traded at GBX 25.15 ($0.34). 10,387,470 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 303% from the average session volume of 2,579,822 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 21.95 ($0.30).

Specifically, insider Wesley ter Haar purchased 164,583 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 23 per share, for a total transaction of £37,854.09.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently commented on SFOR shares. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, September 9th. Peel Hunt cut their target price on S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on S4 Capital from GBX 32 to GBX 26 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Up 14.6%

The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 21.92 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 25.31. The stock has a market cap of £159.08 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -55.03, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a quick ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.08.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 0.20 EPS for the quarter. Equities analysts forecast that S4 Capital plc will post 6.6098807 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

S4 Capital Company Profile

S4 Capital plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital advertising and marketing services company in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through three segments: Content, Data & Digital Media, and Technology Services. The company offers contents, campaigns, and assets for paid, social, and earned media, such as digital platforms and apps, as well as brand activations.