S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Trading 39.5% Higher on Analyst Upgrade

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR)’s stock price shot up 39.5% during mid-day trading on Monday after Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on the stock from GBX 24 to GBX 28. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft currently has a hold rating on the stock. S4 Capital traded as high as GBX 27.90 and last traded at GBX 27.04. 61,647,754 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 947% from the average session volume of 5,890,485 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 19.38.

SFOR has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Peel Hunt reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 25 price target on shares of S4 Capital in a report on Monday, November 24th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on S4 Capital from GBX 40 to GBX 38 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, S4 Capital has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 30.33.

S4 Capital Stock Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of £181.70 million, a P/E ratio of -0.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 18.52 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 20.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.08.

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.