Pamela Powell Acquires 11,853 Shares of Card Factory (LON:CARD) Stock

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) insider Pamela Powell acquired 11,853 shares of Card Factory stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 67 per share, for a total transaction of £7,941.51.

Card Factory Stock Up 5.0%

Shares of CARD stock traded up GBX 3.30 on Thursday, reaching GBX 69.30. 922,258 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,861,986. The company has a market cap of £239.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.79, a PEG ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 65.56 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 75.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.68, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 0.20. Card Factory plc has a one year low of GBX 58.30 and a one year high of GBX 115.70.

Card Factory (LON:CARD) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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 business had revenue of £582.70 million during the quarter. Analysts anticipate that Card Factory plc will post 15.8347676 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 150 target price on shares of Card Factory in a report on Friday, May 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 136.67.

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.