Key Points
- Insider selling: Card Factory insider Matthias Seeger sold 63,235 shares on May 26 at an average price of GBX 72, totaling about £45,529.
- Stock and financial snapshot: Card Factory shares opened at GBX 72.04, giving the company a market cap of about £249.16 million. The stock trades near its 200-day average and has a low quick ratio of 0.20 and current ratio of 0.89.
- Analyst sentiment: Analysts are cautious overall, with Berenberg cutting the stock to Hold and lowering its target to GBX 80. The consensus rating is Hold, with an average target price of GBX 113.33.
Card Factory plc (LON:CARD - Get Free Report) insider Matthias Seeger sold 63,235 shares of Card Factory stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 72, for a total value of £45,529.20.
Card Factory Price Performance
Shares of LON CARD opened at GBX 72.04 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of £249.16 million, a PE ratio of 8.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.25. Card Factory plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 58.30 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 115.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 58.82, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a current ratio of 0.89. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 65.74 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 73.09.
Card Factory (LON:CARD - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported GBX 11.80 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of £582.70 million during the quarter. Card Factory had a return on equity of 9.00% and a net margin of 5.35%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Card Factory plc will post 15.8347676 earnings per share for the current year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several equities analysts recently commented on CARD shares. Berenberg Bank cut Card Factory to a "hold" rating and reduced their target price for the stock from GBX 110 to GBX 80 in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Canaccord Genuity Group restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 150 target price on shares of Card Factory in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 113.33.
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Card Factory plc operates as a specialist retailer of cards, gifts, and celebration essentials in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through five segments: Cardfactory Stores, Cardfactory Online, Getting Personal, Partnerships, and Printcraft. The company provides greeting cards, celebration accessories, and gifts through cardfactory stores, cardfactory online retails, and network of third-party retail partners; and personalised cards and gifts through online retailer, as well as manufactures and sells greeting cards and personalised gifts through its stores and online businesses.
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