Card Factory (LON:CARD) Insider Sells £40,642.87 in Stock

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) insider Darcy Willson Rymer sold 60,661 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 67, for a total transaction of £40,642.87.

Darcy Willson Rymer also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, May 26th, Darcy Willson Rymer sold 101,038 shares of Card Factory stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 72, for a total value of £72,747.36.
• On Tuesday, May 12th, Darcy Willson Rymer sold 91,998 shares of Card Factory stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 66, for a total value of £60,718.68.

Card Factory Stock Performance

CARD opened at GBX 64.20 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is GBX 66.74 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 70.12. The stock has a market cap of £221.27 million, a PE ratio of 7.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.29. The company has a current ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 58.82. Card Factory plc has a twelve month low of GBX 58.30 and a twelve month high of GBX 115.70.

Card Factory (LON:CARD) last released 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 for the quarter. Card Factory had a return on equity of 9.00% and a net margin of 5.35%. On average, analysts predict that Card Factory plc will post 15.8347676 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently commented on CARD shares. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 150 price objective on shares of Card Factory in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Berenberg Bank lowered shares of Card Factory to a “hold” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from GBX 110 to GBX 80 in a research note on Friday, May 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 113.33.

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.