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

Shares of S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) rose 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). Approximately 10,387,470 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 303% from the average daily volume of 2,579,822 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 21.95 ($0.30).

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on SFOR shares. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 32 to GBX 26 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, September 15th. Finally, Peel Hunt dropped their price target on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Performance

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

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