S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Stock Price Up 9.1% – Time to Buy?

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR)’s share price traded up 9.1% during trading on Monday. The company traded as high as GBX 43 and last traded at GBX 43. 3,104,578 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 28% from the average daily volume of 4,319,688 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 39.40.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on SFOR shares. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 42 price target on shares of S4 Capital in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 58 price objective on shares of S4 Capital in a report on Wednesday, October 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 43.33.

S4 Capital Stock Down 3.8%

The stock has a market capitalization of £274.21 million, a PE ratio of -82.36, a P/E/G ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.68. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 47.08 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 37.29. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.19.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported GBX 2.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. S4 Capital had a negative return on equity of 0.61% and a negative net margin of 0.42%. Equities research analysts anticipate that S4 Capital plc will post 6.61 earnings per share 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. In addition, it provides campaign management analytics, creative production and ad serving, platform and systems integration and transition, and training and education services.