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

Key Points

• S4 Capital's stock fell 14.4% following a downgrade by Peel Hunt, which lowered its price target from GBX 30 to GBX 25 while maintaining a hold rating.
• Jefferies Financial Group also decreased their price target from GBX 55 to GBX 45, but maintained a "buy" rating on the stock.
• S4 Capital has a market capitalization of £122.61 million and reported earnings of GBX 0.20 EPS for the previous quarter.

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR - Get Free Report) fell 14.4% during 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 17.82 ($0.24) and last traded at GBX 19.38 ($0.26). 29,102,344 shares changed hands during mid-day 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 research analysts also recently commented on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective 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 cut their target price on S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Monday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Trading Up 2.0%

The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 22.66 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 26.31. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.08. The stock has a market cap of £115.34 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -39.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05.

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