S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Shares Down 14.4% After Analyst Downgrade

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) shares traded down 14.4% during mid-day trading on Monday after Peel Hunt lowered their price target on the stock from GBX 30 to GBX 25. Peel Hunt currently has a hold rating on the stock. S4 Capital traded as low as GBX 17.82 ($0.24) and last traded at GBX 19.38 ($0.26). 29,102,344 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 1,113% from the average session volume of 2,400,117 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 22.65 ($0.31).

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, S4 Capital currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 35.

S4 Capital Price 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’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 22.66 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 26.31. The company has a market cap of £122.61 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -42.41, a P/E/G ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 0.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that S4 Capital plc will post 6.6098807 EPS 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.