S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Shares Up 14.6% After Insider Buying Activity

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR)’s stock price rose 14.6% during trading on Saturday after an insider bought additional shares in the company. The company traded as high as GBX 25.79 ($0.35) and last traded at GBX 25.15 ($0.34). Approximately 10,387,470 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 303% from the average daily volume of 2,579,822 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 21.95 ($0.30).

Specifically, insider Wesley ter Haar acquired 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, for a total transaction of £37,854.09.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

S4 Capital Stock Performance

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 market cap of £159.08 million, a P/E ratio of -55.03, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 21.92 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 25.31.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 0.20 earnings per share for the quarter. Research analysts forecast that S4 Capital plc will post 6.6098807 earnings per share 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.