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

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) was up 15.3% on Friday after an insider bought additional shares in the company. The stock traded as high as GBX 25.79 ($0.35) and last traded at GBX 25.30 ($0.34). Approximately 15,651,794 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 500% from the average daily volume of 2,607,241 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 21.95 ($0.30).

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

S4 Capital Stock Up 14.6%

The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 21.92 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 25.37. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.05 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 P/E/G ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 0.20 earnings per share for the quarter. As a group, analysts predict 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.