Insider Selling: Card Factory (LON:CARD) Insider Sells 63,235 Shares of Stock

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) insider Matthias Seeger sold 63,235 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 72, for a total transaction of £45,529.20.

Card Factory Trading Up 1.5%

Card Factory stock traded up GBX 1.04 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching GBX 72.04. The stock had a trading volume of 3,976,981 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,115,805. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 65.64 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 73.29. Card Factory plc has a twelve month low of GBX 58.30 and a twelve month high of GBX 115.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 58.82, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 0.20. The firm has a market cap of £249.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.09, a PEG ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.25.

Card Factory (LON:CARD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported GBX 11.80 EPS for the quarter. Card Factory had a net margin of 5.35% and a return on equity of 9.00%. The firm had revenue of £582.70 million during the quarter. Equities analysts anticipate that Card Factory plc will post 15.8347676 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently commented on CARD shares. Berenberg Bank lowered shares of Card Factory to a “hold” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from GBX 110 to GBX 80 in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 150 price objective on shares of Card Factory in a research note on Friday, May 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Card Factory currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 113.33.

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.