Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) Insider Buys £19,969.36 in Stock

Card Factory plc (LON:CARD) insider Matthias Seeger purchased 21,244 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 94 ($1.19) per share, with a total value of £19,969.36 ($25,374.03).

Card Factory Trading Up 8.0 %

Shares of LON CARD traded up GBX 7.20 ($0.09) during midday trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 97.50 ($1.24). The stock had a trading volume of 6,787,004 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,542,230. The firm has a market cap of £338.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 752.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 2.06. Card Factory plc has a twelve month low of GBX 78.80 ($1.00) and a twelve month high of GBX 144.25 ($1.83). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 65.23, a quick ratio of 0.20 and a current ratio of 1.10. The company’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 90.50 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 103.44.

Card Factory Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 31st will be given a GBX 1.20 ($0.02) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 0.84%. Card Factory’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 5,000.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 185 ($2.35) price objective on shares of Card Factory in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th.

Card Factory Company Profile

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.