S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Shares Down 14.4% After Analyst Downgrade

Key Points

• S4 Capital's shares plummeted 14.4% following a downgrade from Peel Hunt, which lowered its price target from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and maintains a hold rating.
• Jefferies Financial Group also reduced its price target on S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45, while still assigning a buy rating.
• The company's market capitalization stands at £122.61 million, with a reported earnings per share of GBX 0.20 for the last quarter.

Shares of S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report) fell 14.4% during mid-day trading on Tuesday after Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on the stock from GBX 32 to GBX 26. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft currently has a hold rating on the stock. S4 Capital traded as low as GBX 17.82 ($0.24) and last traded at GBX 19.38 ($0.26). 29,102,344 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 1,113% from the average session volume of 2,400,117 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 22.65 ($0.31).

SFOR has been the subject of several other reports. Peel Hunt reduced their price objective on S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, September 15th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Down 0.3%

The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.08. The firm has a market cap of £119.80 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -41.44, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 22.22 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 26.06.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 0.20 earnings per share for the quarter. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that S4 Capital plc will post 6.6098807 earnings per share 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.