S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Stock Price Up 4.4% – Still a Buy?

Shares of S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR) were up 4.4% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 33.50 and last traded at GBX 31.75. Approximately 10,414,078 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 115% from the average daily volume of 4,848,597 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 30.40.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on SFOR shares. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 38 to GBX 43 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 26th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on shares of S4 Capital from GBX 28 to GBX 30 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 32.67.

S4 Capital Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of £210.51 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 70.33, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a current ratio of 1.28. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 23.80 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 21.45.

S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, March 24th. The company reported GBX 5 earnings per share for the quarter. S4 Capital had a negative net margin of 3.29% and a negative return on equity of 4.92%. Analysts forecast that S4 Capital plc will post 6.6098807 earnings per share for the current year.

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.