Card Factory (LON:CARD) Insider Acquires £5,250 in Stock

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) insider Indira Thambiah bought 7,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 22nd. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 70 per share, for a total transaction of £5,250.

Card Factory Stock Performance

Shares of CARD stock opened at GBX 69.10 on Friday. Card Factory plc has a 52 week low of GBX 68.60 and a 52 week high of GBX 115.70. The company has a market cap of £241.29 million, a P/E ratio of 5.62, a PEG ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06. The company has a quick ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 39.13. The business has a 50 day moving average of GBX 92.66 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 96.45.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have commented on CARD. Peel Hunt reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 110 price target on shares of Card Factory in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 185 target price on shares of Card Factory in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 148.33.

Card Factory Company Profile

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.