IG Design Group (IGR) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

IG Design Group plc engages in the design, production, and distribution of celebrations, craft and creative play, stationery, gifting, and not for re-sale consumable products in the Americas, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates in two segments, the DG Americas and the DG International. The company offers celebrations products, including greeting and gift cards; gift wraps; Christmas crackers; gift bags; and partyware products, as well as gift accessories, such as tags, strings, ribbons, and bows. It also provides gifting products comprising frames, albums, calendars, and diaries, as well as food and non-food gifts. In addition, the company's craft and creative play products include ribbons and trims, sewing patterns, buttons, needlecrafts, and kids craft lines; stationery products, comprising pencils, pens, notebooks, pencil cases, clips, journals, etc. for use in education, commercial, and home settings; and not for re-sale consumable products, such as bin liners, refuse sacks, food bags, and other collateral products, as well as paper twist handle bags. It serves retailers, other manufacturers and wholesalers of greetings products, service merchandisers, and trading companies. The company was formerly known as International Greetings plc and changed its name to IG Design Group plc in June 2016. IG Design Group plc was incorporated in 1978 and is based in Newport Pagnell, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 131 to 132.51
• 50-Day Range: 107 to 148.70
• 52-Week Range: 106 to 240
• Volume: 268,894 shs
• Average Volume: 199,776 shs
• Market Capitalization: £126.25 million
• P/E Ratio: 473.21
• Dividend Yield: 5.28%
• Price Target: GBX 270
• Consensus Rating: Buy

IG Design Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

IG Design Group scored higher than 61% 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

IG Design Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

IG Design Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of IG Design Group is 473.21, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 115.15.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of IG Design Group is 473.21, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 341.94.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

IG Design Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.35. 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 IGR.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

IG Design Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.29%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

IG Design Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of IG Design Group is 2,500.00%. 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 IGR.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

IG Design Group has a news sentiment score of 1.11. 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 0.46 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, IG Design Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

29.02% of the stock of IG Design Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

51.16% of the stock of IG Design Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

IGR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have IGR shares performed this year?

IG Design Group's stock was trading at GBX 147.50 at the start of the year. Since then, IGR shares have decreased by 10.2% and is now trading at GBX 132.50.
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How were IG Design Group's earnings last quarter?

IG Design Group plc (LON:IGR) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 28th. The company reported $10.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $166.53 million for the quarter. IG Design Group had a net margin of 4.45% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.54%.

How do I buy shares of IG Design Group?

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What other stocks do shareholders of IG Design Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that IG Design Group investors own include Intel (INTC), IQE (IQE), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Coats Group (COA), 4D pharma (DDDD), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) and genedrive (GDR).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/28/2017
• Today: 12/21/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Financial Services
• Current Symbol: LON:IGR
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.thedesigngroup.com
• Phone: +44-1525-887310
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,092
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 270
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 270
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 270
• Potential Upside/Downside: +103.8%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.28
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 473.21
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.20
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £35.62 million
• Net Margins: 4.45%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 10.54%
• Return on Assets: 2.85%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 35.04
• Current Ratio: 1.88
• Quick Ratio: 0.85

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £800.05 million
• Price / Sales: 0.16
• Cash Flow: GBX 81.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.63
• Book Value: GBX 380 per share
• Price / Book: 0.35

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 95,280,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £126.25 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.08