Darcy Willson Rymer Sells 91,998 Shares of Card Factory (LON:CARD) Stock

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) insider Darcy Willson Rymer sold 91,998 shares of Card Factory stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 66, for a total transaction of £60,718.68.

Card Factory Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of CARD stock traded down GBX 0.82 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting GBX 66.18. 1,242,458 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,886,486. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 65.78 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 75.62. Card Factory plc has a 12-month low of GBX 58.30 and a 12-month high of GBX 115.70. The stock has a market cap of £228.89 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.44, a PEG ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a quick ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 64.62.

Card Factory (LON:CARD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported GBX 11.80 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of £582.70 million during the quarter. Card Factory had a net margin of 7.71% and a return on equity of 12.51%. On average, analysts expect that Card Factory plc will post 15.8347676 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 150 price target on shares of Card Factory in a research report on Friday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Card Factory has an average 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.