S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Shares Up 14.6% After Insider Buying Activity

Key Points

• S4 Capital plc shares surged 14.6% after insider buying by Wesley ter Haar, who purchased 164,583 shares for £37,854.09.
• Wall Street analysts have varying opinions, with target prices set between GBX 25 and GBX 55; the company has an average rating of "Hold" with a consensus target of GBX 32.
• The stock is trading above its 50-day moving average of GBX 21.92 and has a market capitalization of £159.08 million.

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report) shot up 14.6% during trading on Saturday after an insider bought additional shares in the company. The company traded as high as GBX 25.79 ($0.35) and last traded at GBX 25.15 ($0.34). 10,387,470 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 303% from the average session volume of 2,579,822 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 21.95 ($0.30).

Specifically, insider Wesley ter Haar bought 164,583 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 23 per share, for a total transaction of £37,854.09.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on SFOR. Peel Hunt cut their target price on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 32 to GBX 26 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, September 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, S4 Capital has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Up 14.6%

The firm has a market cap of £159.08 million, a P/E ratio of -55.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. The business's fifty day moving average price is GBX 21.92 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 25.31. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.08.

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 (EPS) for the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that S4 Capital plc will post 6.6098807 EPS for the current 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.

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