S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Hits New 1-Year High - Time to Buy?

Key Points

• 52-week high: S4 Capital traded as high as GBX 37.75 and last at GBX 36.90 on volume ~6.03M, well above its 50‑day (GBX 23.95) and 200‑day (GBX 21.54) moving averages, indicating strong recent momentum.
• Analysts and fundamentals are mixed: the consensus rating is a Hold with a target of GBX 32.67 (below the current price) while Jefferies upgraded its target to GBX 43 with a Buy, but the company posts negative net margin and ROE and a high debt‑to‑equity ratio, highlighting valuation and profitability risks.

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report)'s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 37.75 and last traded at GBX 36.90, with a volume of 6033458 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 34.95.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 28 to GBX 30 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, March 26th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 38 to GBX 43 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, March 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 32.67.

S4 Capital Stock Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of £244.65 million, a PE ratio of -0.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 70.33, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a current ratio of 1.28. The company's fifty day moving average price is GBX 23.95 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 21.54.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 24th. The company reported GBX 5 earnings per share for the quarter. S4 Capital had a negative net margin of 3.29% and a negative return on equity of 4.92%. As a group, equities analysts expect 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. 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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