Matthias Seeger Acquires 21,500 Shares of Card Factory (LON:CARD) Stock

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) insider Matthias Seeger acquired 21,500 shares of Card Factory stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 71 per share, for a total transaction of £15,265.

Card Factory Trading Up 1.4%

LON:CARD opened at GBX 72.10 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 95.39 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 97.32. The stock has a market cap of £251.76 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.86, a P/E/G ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 39.13. Card Factory plc has a 12 month low of GBX 69 and a 12 month high of GBX 115.70.

Card Factory (LON:CARD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 30th. The company reported GBX 2.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Card Factory had a net margin of 7.79% and a return on equity of 13.00%. Equities analysts predict that Card Factory plc will post 15.8347676 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on CARD shares. Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 185 target price on shares of Card Factory in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 110 price target on shares of Card Factory in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 148.33.

About Card Factory

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.