Card Factory (LON:CARD) Reaches New 12-Month Low – Should You Sell?

Shares of Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) reached a new 52-week low on Monday . The company traded as low as GBX 65.20 and last traded at GBX 65.80, with a volume of 1689245 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 67.30.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts 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 reiterated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 110 target price on shares of Card Factory in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 148.33.

Card Factory Stock Down 2.2%

The firm has a market capitalization of £227.55 million, a P/E ratio of 5.35, a P/E/G ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 84.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 94.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 39.13, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a current ratio of 1.10.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Card Factory news, insider Robert McWilliam purchased 13,852 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 72 per share, with a total value of £9,973.44. Also, insider Darcy Willson Rymer purchased 28,318 shares of Card Factory stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 70 per share, with a total value of £19,822.60. Insiders purchased a total of 99,570 shares of company stock worth $7,019,104 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 4.43% of the company’s stock.

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.