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

Key Points

• S4 Capital's stock price dropped by 14.4% following a downgrade by Peel Hunt, which lowered the price target from GBX 30 to GBX 25.
• Jefferies Financial Group also revised their target, reducing it from GBX 55 to GBX 45 while maintaining a "buy" rating on the stock.
• The company's current market capitalization stands at £122.61 million with a negative PE ratio of -42.41, indicating potential financial challenges.

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report)'s share price fell 14.4% 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 17.82 ($0.24) and last traded at GBX 19.38 ($0.26). 29,102,344 shares were traded 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).

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on SFOR. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, September 9th. Peel Hunt lowered their target price on S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Monday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Down 0.3%

The stock has a market capitalization 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 business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 22.30 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 26.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.08, a current ratio of 1.28 and a quick ratio of 1.05.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 0.20 EPS for the quarter. As a group, equities analysts predict 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.