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Pearls..... "meanwhile no Directors have made any purchases despite the laughable share price."
I may be wrong but won't S4 Capital be in a closed period until after FY results are released in March? So no directors will be allowed to purchase any shares after the release of Q4 results.
Regarding Q4 results. I'm only expecting a brief update regarding EBITDA & Net Debt expectations, going by last years 2022 update.
My stab in the dark predictions............
EBITDA at least £103M
Net Debt no more than £220M
Just a reminder of what Baron Investments said on 3/1/2024... Buying ahead of results.
“S4 Capital should be able to return c. £35m to shareholders in FY24E, or 10% of market capitalisation. This would be a positive, unless our forecasts are still too high”
I am really really cautious but there’s good upside if management can get their act together and return to growth. Just be prepared for another big gap down if they spectacularly disappoint again
Averaged down into #SFOR at 54p. Just over 1/3 of sale value that was taken above 100p. I won’t be going any higher on current knowns.
If current consensus of a c.20% fcfy was proven correct then this sp flourishes but we wait to see if the major downgrade cycle is complete. The optimum trade (if any) would be to wait until news-flow but I haven’t done so.
Execution has been dismal over the last couple of years.
#S4Capital
TrekMadone......"How the h*ll can a punter win...S4 @ 40p is an absolute joke even if you have Buys all day, the price drops"
I agree 100%. I've watched live trades go through when a reported Buy trade for 25,000 shares, then there may be 20 reported as sell trades for small amounts, say 100 shares each, all usually at the same time. Total Sell volume 2,000 v's 25,000 Buy volume and the share price will be moved down 1.5p. It's corruption and they are getting away with it. I'm beginning to think I would have a better chance at a casino.
Buy Volume 982,806
Sell Volume 592,981
Unknown 1,602
If these figures are correct taken from ADVFN @16:30pm I'm not sure how the market can justify a rise of only 0.18p 0.43% in the share price. The share price was even down @16:27pm after being up 3.17% @13:30pm.
Auson, yes mate.
Shorts holding until Monday's trading update may well be taking some risk in my opinion on a bombed out share price. Any good news could see a spike in the share price with shorters getting burnt. I live in hope.
"The Company now has approximately 7,700 people in 32 countries"
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/SFOR/trading-statement-to-be-released-22nd-january/16291423
If memory serves me correctly S4 has 8,500 employee's, So is the above news, or a misprint?
Just a reminder of what Baron Investments comments.....
“S4 Capital should be able to return c. £35m to shareholders in FY24E, or 10% of market capitalisation. This would be a positive, unless our forecasts are still too high”
I am really really cautious but there’s good upside if management can get their act together and return to growth. Just be prepared for another big gap down if they spectacularly disappoint again
Averaged down into #SFOR at 54p. Just over 1/3 of sale value that was taken above 100p. I won’t be going any higher on current knowns.
If current consensus of a c.20% fcfy was proven correct then this sp flourishes but we wait to see if the major downgrade cycle is complete. The optimum trade (if any) would be to wait until news-flow but I haven’t done so.
Execution has been dismal over the last couple of years.
#S4Capital
Pearls, I keep thinking the same as you, but it still continues to fall.
If S4 Capital can achieve analysts forecasts for this year 2024 and next year then the share price should recover to 200p plus, but its a big if.