S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Stock Price Up 13.9% Following Insider Buying Activity

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR)’s share price traded up 13.9% during trading on Friday following insider buying activity. The company traded as high as GBX 25.65 ($0.35) and last traded at GBX 25 ($0.34). 7,952,560 shares traded hands during 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 purchased 164,583 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 23 per share, with a total value of £37,854.09.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Peel Hunt lowered their price target 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. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on S4 Capital from GBX 32 to GBX 26 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, September 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, S4 Capital has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Trading Up 14.6%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.08, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a current ratio of 1.28. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 21.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 25.37. The stock 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.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 0.20 EPS for the quarter. As a group, research analysts expect 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.