S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Shares Up 13.9% After Insider Buying Activity

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) shot up 13.9% on Friday following insider buying activity. The stock traded as high as GBX 25.65 ($0.35) and last traded at GBX 25 ($0.34). 7,952,560 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 210% from the average session volume of 2,567,141 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 21.95 ($0.30).

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have issued reports on SFOR. 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 report on Tuesday, September 9th. Peel Hunt cut their price objective on S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 15th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on S4 Capital from GBX 32 to GBX 26 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of £159.08 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -55.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. 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 stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 21.92 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 25.37.

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