S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Stock Price Up 15.3% Following Insider Buying Activity

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) rose 15.3% during mid-day trading on Friday after an insider bought additional shares in the company. The company traded as high as GBX 25.65 ($0.35) and last traded at GBX 25.30 ($0.34). Approximately 7,453,461 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 191% from the average daily volume of 2,564,541 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 shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 23 per share, for a total transaction of £37,854.09.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SFOR has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Peel Hunt dropped their price target on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 32 to GBX 26 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 15th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, September 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Up 14.6%

The company has a quick ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.08. The company has a market capitalization 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’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 21.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 25.37.

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