S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Trading Up 14.6% After Insider Buying Activity

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR)’s share price shot up 14.6% during mid-day trading on Saturday after an insider bought additional shares in the company. The company traded as high as GBX 25.79 ($0.35) and last traded at GBX 25.15 ($0.34). 10,387,470 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 303% from the average session volume of 2,579,822 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 21.95 ($0.30).

Specifically, insider Wesley ter Haar acquired 164,583 shares of S4 Capital stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 23 per share, with a total value of £37,854.09.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently weighed in on SFOR. Peel Hunt reduced their price objective on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 30 to GBX 25 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price objective on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 32 to GBX 26 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 15th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 55 to GBX 45 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, September 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 32.

S4 Capital Stock Up 14.6%

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 £159.08 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -55.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 21.92 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 25.37.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 0.20 earnings per share for the quarter. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that S4 Capital plc will post 6.6098807 EPS 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.