Insider Buying: Card Factory (LON:CARD) Insider Buys £9,905.70 in Stock

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) insider Darcy Willson Rymer acquired 14,151 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 70 per share, with a total value of £9,905.70.

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

• On Tuesday, December 16th, Darcy Willson Rymer bought 28,318 shares of Card Factory stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 70 per share, with a total value of £19,822.60.
• On Tuesday, December 16th, Darcy Willson Rymer bought 14,249 shares of Card Factory stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 70 per share, for a total transaction of £9,974.30.

Card Factory Trading Down 2.5%

Shares of Card Factory stock opened at GBX 70.30 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 94.87 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 97.14. The firm has a market capitalization of £245.48 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.72, a PEG ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06. Card Factory plc has a 12-month low of GBX 69 and a 12-month high of GBX 115.70. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 39.13.

Card Factory (LON:CARD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 30th. The company reported GBX 2.80 earnings per share for the quarter. Card Factory had a net margin of 7.79% and a return on equity of 13.00%. Analysts predict that Card Factory plc will post 15.8347676 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Card Factory Company Profile

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.