Insider Buying: Card Factory (LON:CARD) Insider Purchases £15,265 in 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 stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 71 per share, with a total value of £15,265.

Card Factory Trading Down 2.5%

LON CARD opened at GBX 70.30 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 39.13. Card Factory plc has a 52 week low of GBX 69 and a 52 week high of GBX 115.70. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 94.87 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 97.14. The company has a market cap of £245.48 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.72, a P/E/G ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06.

Card Factory (LON:CARD) last posted 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%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Card Factory plc will post 15.8347676 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 185 target price on shares of Card Factory in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Peel Hunt reiterated a “hold” rating and set 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 given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Card Factory has an average 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.