s4 capital plc on wednesday said its 2021 revenue growth targets remained in line with external expectations as strong momentum continued in the third quarter the digital advertising and marketingservices company said its trading has surpassed revised guidance of 40 likeforlike growth in revenue and gross profit for 2021 up from a 25 rise expected at the beginning of the year for the third quarter revenue and gross profit were up 56 and 42 respectively on a likeforlike basis s4 capital said reported revenue increased 106 to 1784 million pounds 2419 million in the quarter while gross profit was up 92 at gbp1444 million for the first nine months of the year revenue rose 101 to gbp4577 million and gross profit increased 91 to gbp3811 million the group continues to trade extremely well in line with our top line objectives for 2021 the company said s4 capital said it doesnt expect a negative impact in the remainder of 2021 or beyond from inflation supplychain bottlenecks or apple incs changes to identifier for advertisers