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

Shares of Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) hit a new 52-week low during trading on Monday . The company traded as low as GBX 68.90 and last traded at GBX 69.90, with a volume of 4444451 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 70.30.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Card Factory Stock 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 £244.08 million, a PE ratio of 5.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06. The company’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 94.87 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 97.15.

Card Factory (LON:CARD) last released 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%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Card Factory plc will post 15.8347676 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Card Factory

In other Card Factory news, insider Matthias Seeger bought 21,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 71 per share, for a total transaction of £15,265. Also, insider Darcy Willson Rymer purchased 14,151 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 70 per share, for a total transaction of £9,905.70. In the last three months, insiders have bought 92,070 shares of company stock worth $6,494,104. 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.