S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Trading 34.4% Higher After Analyst Upgrade

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) shares shot up 34.4% during 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 26.04. 70,750,359 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,001% from the average session volume of 6,425,933 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 19.38.

Several other brokerages have also commented on SFOR. Peel Hunt restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 25 target price on shares of S4 Capital in a research report on Monday, November 24th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 40 to GBX 38 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, S4 Capital presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 30.33.

S4 Capital Price Performance

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

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.