Jefferies Financial Group Reaffirms "Buy" Rating for S4 Capital (LON:SFOR)

Key Points

• Jefferies reaffirmed its “Buy” rating on S4 Capital and maintained a GBX 58 price target, implying approximately 33% upside from the current share price.
• Peel Hunt reiterated a “Hold” rating with a GBX 42 target. Overall, analyst consensus remains “Hold,” with an average target price of GBX 43.33.
• S4 Capital shares fell GBX 10.05 to GBX 43.55 in Wednesday trading, despite reporting quarterly EPS of GBX 2.70; the company continues to show negative return on equity and net margin.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "buy" rating reissued by stock analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research report issued on Wednesday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 58 target price on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group's price objective indicates a potential upside of 33.18% from the company's current price.

Separately, Peel Hunt restated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 42 price objective on shares of S4 Capital in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. 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, S4 Capital has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of GBX 43.33.

S4 Capital Stock Performance

Shares of LON SFOR traded down GBX 10.05 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting GBX 43.55. 20,855,824 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,234,040. S4 Capital has a 1-year low of GBX 15.70 and a 1-year high of GBX 57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.19, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 1.05. The stock has a market capitalization of £289.98 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -87.10, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.68. The company's 50-day moving average price is GBX 48.04 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 36.77.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported GBX 2.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. S4 Capital had a negative return on equity of 0.61% and a negative net margin of 0.42%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that S4 Capital will post 6.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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. In addition, it provides campaign management analytics, creative production and ad serving, platform and systems integration and transition, and training and education services.

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