S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Trading 15.2% Higher – Here’s What Happened

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) traded up 15.2% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 24.25 and last traded at GBX 23.55. 61,095,680 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 1,047% from the average session volume of 5,326,991 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 20.45.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 24 to GBX 28 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price objective on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 40 to GBX 38 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. 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.com, S4 Capital presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 30.33.

S4 Capital Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £168.07 million, a P/E ratio of -0.54, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.23. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 22.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 20.94.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 24th. The company reported GBX 5 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. S4 Capital had a negative net margin of 3.29% and a negative return on equity of 4.92%. Sell-side analysts expect that S4 Capital plc will post 6.6098807 EPS for the current fiscal 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. In addition, it provides campaign management analytics, creative production and ad serving, platform and systems integration and transition, and training and education services.