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

Key Points

• S4 Capital's stock price dropped 14.4% after Peel Hunt reduced its price target from GBX 30 to GBX 25, maintaining a hold rating on the stock.
• Jefferies Financial Group also lowered their target price for S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45, although they have a buy rating on the stock.
• The company has a market capitalization of £122.61 million and reported an earnings per share (EPS) of GBX 0.20 for its most recent quarter.

Shares of S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report) dropped 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). Approximately 29,102,344 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 1,113% from the average daily volume of 2,400,117 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 22.65 ($0.31).

A number of other equities analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price 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. Peel Hunt dropped 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. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Down 0.3%

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

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 (EPS) for the quarter. Research analysts anticipate that S4 Capital plc will post 6.6098807 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.