Card Factory's (CARD) "Hold" Rating Reaffirmed at Peel Hunt

Key Points

• Card Factory has had its "hold" rating reaffirmed by Peel Hunt, with a target price of GBX 110 ($1.47), suggesting a potential upside of 17.02% from its current price of GBX 94 ($1.26).
• The company recently reported earnings per share of GBX 14.30 ($0.19) for the previous quarter and is projected to post an average of 15.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
• Insider trading activity included a sale of 183,992 shares by Darcy Willson Rymer and a purchase of 20,465 shares by Matthias Seeger, highlighting active involvement from company insiders.

Card Factory (LON:CARD - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "hold" rating reissued by stock analysts at Peel Hunt in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, MarketBeat reports. They currently have a GBX 110 ($1.46) target price on the stock. Peel Hunt's target price indicates a potential upside of 12.36% from the stock's previous close.

Card Factory Trading Up 3.2%

Shares of Card Factory stock traded up GBX 3 ($0.04) during trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 97.90 ($1.30). The stock had a trading volume of 3,103,364 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,577,126. The stock has a market cap of £340.70 million, a PE ratio of 8.30, a PEG ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06. Card Factory has a 12 month low of GBX 73 ($0.97) and a 12 month high of GBX 144.25 ($1.91). The firm's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 92.04 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 90.95. 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 - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The company reported GBX 14.30 ($0.19) EPS for the quarter. Card Factory had a net margin of 7.79% and a return on equity of 13.00%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Card Factory will post 15.8347676 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Matthias Seeger bought 20,465 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 3rd. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 97 ($1.29) per share, with a total value of £19,851.05 ($26,320.67). Also, insider Darcy Willson Rymer sold 183,992 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 93 ($1.23), for a total transaction of £171,112.56 ($226,879.55). Insiders have acquired 77,130 shares of company stock valued at $7,376,870 over the last 90 days. 14.41% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.