S4 Capital (LON:SFOR) Trading Up 31.3% on Analyst Upgrade

S4 Capital plc (LON:SFOR)’s stock price shot up 31.3% during mid-day 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 25.45. 66,706,953 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 978% from the average session volume of 6,188,085 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 19.38.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price target on S4 Capital from GBX 40 to GBX 38 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Peel Hunt reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 25 price objective on shares of S4 Capital in a research note on Monday, November 24th. 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, S4 Capital presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 30.33.

S4 Capital Stock Down 2.1%

The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 18.52 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 20.89. The firm has a market cap of £183.32 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.59, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.08.

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.