Card Factory plc (LON:CARD - Get Free Report) insider Darcy Willson Rymer acquired 28,318 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 70 per share, with a total value of £19,822.60.

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

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

Card Factory Stock Up 2.5%

Shares of LON CARD opened at GBX 71.88 on Wednesday. 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 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 price is GBX 96.42 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 97.69. The stock has a market capitalization of £251.00 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.84, a P/E/G ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CARD has been the topic of several recent research reports. Peel Hunt restated a "hold" rating and set a GBX 110 price target on shares of Card Factory in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 185 price objective on shares of Card Factory in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Card Factory has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of GBX 148.33.

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About Card Factory

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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.

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