S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Trading 16.4% Higher – What’s Next?

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) shares traded up 16.4% during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 19.10 and last traded at GBX 18.74. 7,989,203 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 197% from the average session volume of 2,686,944 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 16.10.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SFOR has been the topic of several recent research reports. Peel Hunt reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 25 price objective on shares of S4 Capital in a research report on Monday, November 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 26 to GBX 24 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 24th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on S4 Capital from GBX 40 to GBX 38 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 29.

S4 Capital Trading Up 16.4%

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 firm has a market capitalization of £124.27 million, a P/E ratio of -0.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 18.96 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 21.53.

Insider Buying and Selling at S4 Capital

In other news, insider Wesley ter Haar bought 164,583 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 23 per share, with a total value of £37,854.09. 17.49% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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. In addition, it provides campaign management analytics, creative production and ad serving, platform and systems integration and transition, and training and education services.