S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Stock Price Up 16.3% – Still a Buy?

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) shares shot up 16.3% during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 19.10 and last traded at GBX 18.72. 8,717,602 shares were traded 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.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently commented on the stock. Peel Hunt reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 25 target price on shares of S4 Capital in a research note on Monday, November 24th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 40 to GBX 38 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price target on S4 Capital from GBX 26 to GBX 24 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 24th. One 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 an average target price of GBX 29.

S4 Capital Stock Up 16.3%

The firm has a market cap of £124.12 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. 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 firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 18.96 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 21.53.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Wesley ter Haar acquired 164,583 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 23 per share, for a total transaction of £37,854.09. Insiders own 17.49% of the company’s stock.

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