Darcy Willson Rymer Sells 101,038 Shares of Card Factory (LON:CARD) Stock

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) insider Darcy Willson Rymer sold 101,038 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 72, for a total value of £72,747.36.

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

• On Tuesday, May 12th, Darcy Willson Rymer sold 91,998 shares of Card Factory stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 66, for a total value of £60,718.68.

Card Factory Trading Up 1.5%

Shares of CARD stock traded up GBX 1.04 on Tuesday, reaching GBX 72.04. 3,976,981 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,115,805. The stock has a market cap of £249.16 million, a P/E ratio of 8.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a quick ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 58.82. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 65.64 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 73.29. Card Factory plc has a 1-year low of GBX 58.30 and a 1-year high of GBX 115.70.

Card Factory (LON:CARD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The company reported GBX 11.80 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of £582.70 million during the quarter. Card Factory had a return on equity of 9.00% and a net margin of 5.35%. 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 analysts have recently commented on CARD shares. Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 150 price objective on shares of Card Factory in a report on Friday, May 8th. Berenberg Bank cut shares of Card Factory to a “hold” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from GBX 110 to GBX 80 in a research report on Friday, May 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 113.33.

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.