S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Shares Down 9.1% Following Analyst Downgrade

Key Points

• S4 Capital plc shares dropped 9.1%, trading as low as GBX 19.26 ($0.26), with an increased trading volume of 7,013,533 shares compared to the average of 2,276,022 shares.
• Jefferies Financial Group revised its price objective for S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 while maintaining a "buy" rating on the stock.
• S4 Capital has a current market capitalization of £130.30 million and a P/E ratio of -45.08, indicating potential profitability concerns.

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report)'s stock price fell 9.1% during mid-day trading on Monday 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 19.26 ($0.26) and last traded at GBX 20.60 ($0.28). 7,013,533 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 208% from the average session volume of 2,276,022 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 22.65 ($0.31).

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Peel Hunt cut their target price on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Down 0.1%

The stock's fifty day moving average is GBX 22.30 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 26.13. 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 £120.06 million, a P/E ratio of -41.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 0.20 earnings per share for the quarter. As a group, research analysts anticipate 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.