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

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR)’s stock price was up 15.3% during 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 8,224,183 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 220% from the average daily volume of 2,568,555 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 21.95 ($0.30).

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on SFOR shares. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their target price on S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 9th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on S4 Capital from GBX 32 to GBX 26 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, September 15th. Finally, Peel Hunt cut their price target on S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, September 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, S4 Capital has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Up 14.6%

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 fifty day moving average price of GBX 21.92 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 25.37. The company has a market cap of £159.08 million, a P/E ratio of -55.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05.

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

About S4 Capital

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.