S4 Capital (9S40) Stock Overview

Provides digital advertising and marketing services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. More details

9S40 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Trading at 62.5% below our estimate of its fair value

Risk Analysis

Volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the German market

Dividend of 6.22% is not well covered by earnings

Currently unprofitable and not forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for S4 Capital
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£9.45
52 Week High	UK£13.60
52 Week Low	UK£8.70
Beta	0.70
1 Month Change	-14.86%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-21.37%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	9S40	DE Media	DE Market
7D	-1.0%	-4.2%	1.8%
1Y	n/a	-9.2%	10.0%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how 9S40 performed against the German Media industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how 9S40 performed against the German Market.

Price Volatility

Is 9S40's price volatile compared to industry and market?
9S40 volatility
9S40 Average Weekly Movement	8.1%
Media Industry Average Movement	4.2%
Market Average Movement	5.0%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	12.0%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.5%

Stable Share Price: 9S40's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine 9S40's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
n/a	6,879	n/a	www.s4capital.com

S4 Capital plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides digital advertising and marketing services 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.

S4 Capital plc Fundamentals Summary

How do S4 Capital's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
9S40 fundamental statistics
Market cap	€122.05m
Earnings (TTM)	-€361.18m
Revenue (TTM)	€899.92m

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P/S Ratio

-0.3x

P/E Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
9S40 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£786.10m
Cost of Revenue	UK£79.40m
Gross Profit	UK£706.70m
Other Expenses	UK£1.02b
Earnings	-UK£315.50m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.48
Gross Margin	89.90%
Net Profit Margin	-40.13%
Debt/Equity Ratio	63.3%

How did 9S40 perform over the long term?

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Dividends

6.2%

Current Dividend Yield

-2%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/12/08 13:58
End of Day Share Price	2025/12/08 00:00
Earnings	2025/06/30
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

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Analyst Sources

S4 Capital plc is covered by 16 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
JULIEN ROCH	Barclays
Johnathan Barrett	CGS International
Thomas Singlehurst	Citigroup Inc

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