Card Factory (LON:CARD) Sets New 1-Year Low – Time to Sell?

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) hit a new 52-week low on Monday . The company traded as low as GBX 69.60 and last traded at GBX 69.60, with a volume of 73746617 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 70.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on CARD shares. Peel Hunt reiterated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 110 target price on shares of Card Factory in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 185 price objective on shares of Card Factory in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Card Factory presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 148.33.

Card Factory Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 39.13, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a current ratio of 1.10. The company has a market cap of £248.27 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.78, a PEG ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 96.42 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 97.69.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Card Factory news, insider Matthias Seeger bought 21,500 shares of Card Factory stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 71 per share, with a total value of £15,265. Also, insider Robert McWilliam purchased 13,852 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 72 per share, with a total value of £9,973.44. Insiders have acquired a total of 92,070 shares of company stock worth $6,494,104 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.43% of the company’s stock.

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.