Card Factory (CARD) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. It also offers printers; and operates as a property company. The company offers its products through various retail locations, as well as through its websites, such as cardfactory.co.uk and gettingpersonal.co.uk. Card Factory plc was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Wakefield, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 84.50 to 87
• 50-Day Range: 84.50 to 142.20
• 52-Week Range: 83.90 to 144.25
• Volume: 1.26 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.44 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £293.75 million
• P/E Ratio: 704.17
• Dividend Yield: 7.10%
• Price Target: GBX 169.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Card Factory Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Card Factory scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Card Factory has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Card Factory has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Card Factory is 704.17, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 132.24.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Card Factory is 704.17, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 378.84.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Card Factory has a PEG Ratio of 0.84. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Card Factory has a P/B Ratio of 0.94. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CARD.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Card Factory is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.16%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Card Factory does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Card Factory is 5,000.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CARD.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.53

News Sentiment

Card Factory has a news sentiment score of 0.53. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.29 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Card Factory this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Card Factory to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Card Factory insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £4,956.64 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

14.41% of the stock of Card Factory is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

54.52% of the stock of Card Factory is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CARD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CARD shares performed this year?

Card Factory's stock was trading at GBX 107.80 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CARD shares have decreased by 21.6% and is now trading at GBX 84.50.
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How were Card Factory's earnings last quarter?

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 10th. The company reported $18.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $18.60 by $0.30. Card Factory had a net margin of 7.79% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.65%.

How do I buy shares of Card Factory?

Shares of CARD stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Card Factory own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Card Factory investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), BP (BP), Mesa Air Group (MESA), Cineworld Group (CINE), easyJet (EZJ), Global X Cloud Computing ETF (CLOU) and International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/10/2018
• Ex-Dividend for 12/11 Dividend: 10/31/2024
• Today: 11/04/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/11/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:CARD
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.cardfactoryinvestors.com
• Phone: 44 1924 839 150
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 9,075
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 169.50
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 185
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 154
• Potential Upside/Downside: +100.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.12
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 704.17
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.34
• P/E Growth: 0.84
• Net Income: £40.80 million
• Net Margins: 7.79%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 13.65%
• Return on Assets: 7.54%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 65.23
• Current Ratio: 1.10
• Quick Ratio: 0.20

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £523.90 million
• Price / Sales: 0.56
• Cash Flow: GBX 2.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 28.44
• Book Value: GBX 90 per share
• Price / Book: 0.94

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 347,630,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £293.75 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.06