Card Factory (LON:CARD) Insider Darcy Willson Rymer Purchases 14,151 Shares

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) insider Darcy Willson Rymer acquired 14,151 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 70 per share, for a total transaction 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 shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 70 per share, with a total value of £19,822.60.
• On Tuesday, December 16th, Darcy Willson Rymer purchased 14,249 shares of Card Factory stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 70 per share, for a total transaction of £9,974.30.

Card Factory Trading Up 2.4%

CARD stock opened at GBX 71.80 on Wednesday. Card Factory plc has a 12 month low of GBX 69 and a 12 month high of GBX 115.70. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 96.42 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 97.69. The company has a market capitalization of £250.72 million, a PE ratio of 5.84, a P/E/G ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 39.13, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 0.20.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on CARD. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 185 target price on shares of Card Factory in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Peel Hunt restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 110 price objective on shares of Card Factory in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Two equities 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, Card Factory presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target 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.