S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Trading 14.6% Higher on Insider Buying Activity

Key Points

• S4 Capital plc shares surged by 14.6% on Friday following insider buying activity, with prominent insider Wesley ter Haar purchasing 164,583 shares.
• Analysts have recently revised price targets for S4 Capital, with Deutsche Bank lowering theirs from GBX 32 to GBX 26 and Peel Hunt from GBX 30 to GBX 25, both assigning a "hold" rating.
• The company's most recent earnings report indicated an EPS of GBX 0.20 for the quarter, and analysts predict an annual EPS of approximately 6.61.

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

Specifically, insider Wesley ter Haar acquired 164,583 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 23 per share, with a total value of £37,854.09.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on S4 Capital from GBX 32 to GBX 26 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 15th. 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. Finally, 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 research note on Tuesday, September 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Up 14.6%

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 business's fifty day moving average price is GBX 21.92 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 25.37. 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.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 0.20 EPS for the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that S4 Capital plc will post 6.6098807 EPS 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.

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