S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Stock Price Up 16.3% – Time to Buy?

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) shares traded up 16.3% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 19.10 and last traded at GBX 18.72. 8,717,602 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 224% from the average session volume of 2,689,845 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 16.10.

S4 Capital News Roundup

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Analyst Ratings Changes

SFOR has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on S4 Capital from GBX 40 to GBX 38 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their target price on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 26 to GBX 24 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 24th. Finally, Peel Hunt reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 25 price target on shares of S4 Capital in a research report on Monday, November 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 29.

S4 Capital Trading Up 2.7%

The stock has a market capitalization of £129.42 million, a P/E ratio of -0.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 18.85 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 21.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.08, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a current ratio of 1.28.

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. In addition, it provides campaign management analytics, creative production and ad serving, platform and systems integration and transition, and training and education services.