Card Factory (CARD)

Sector:

Retailers

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

97.90p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.50p
  • 52 Week High: 143.00
  • 52 Week Low: 79.60
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 348.03m
  • Volume: 1,672,790
  • Market Cap: £340.72m

Card Factory Overview

Card Factory is a retailer of greetings cards and associated gift and party products. The company, which was founded by a Yorkshire entrepreneur as a back-of-the-van stall, was floated in London by private equity group Charterhouse with a valuation of £700m in May 2014. No-frills Card Factory had a total store estate of 865 at its January 2017 year end. It has an online presence offering personalised cards and gifts at gettingpersonal.co.uk.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.9% 0.0%
Div Cover 3.0 2.7
Op Mrgn 14.6% 14.3%
ROCE 45.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 6.8 6.5
PEG 1.2 1.0
Pr/Revenue 0.6 0.6
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 6.2% 7.6%
PBT -2.3% 30.2%
EPS 5.9% 6.3%
DPS 6.7% 17.7%

Card Factory Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-21 285.10 (16.40) (4.00)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Jan-22 364.40 11.10 2.40p 24.4 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Jan-23 463.40 52.40 12.90p 7.4 0.0 +438% n/a 0.0%
31-Jan-24 510.90 65.60 13.50p 6.9 1.4 +5% 4.50p 4.8%
31-Jan-25 542.50 64.10 14.30p 6.6 1.1 +6% 4.80p 5.1%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Card Factory Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Jan-26 583.53 83.43 15.20p 6.4 1.0 +6% 5.65p 0.0%
31-Jan-27 620.96 87.58 16.54p 5.9 0.7 +9% 6.41p 0.0%
31-Jan-28 654.18 95.14 17.85p 5.5 0.7 +8% 6.33p 0.0%

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Card Factory Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 22-May-2025 12:40 RNS
Annual Financial Report & Notice of AGM-Correction 19-May-2025 17:19 RNS
Annual Financial Report and Notice of AGM 19-May-2025 15:55 RNS

Card Factory ShareCast News

Card Factory celebrates strong Christmas trading... 14-Jan-2025 ShareCast
Director dealings: Card Factory CFO makes share ... 05-Dec-2024 ShareCast
Card Factory enters US market with $25m acquisit... 05-Dec-2024 ShareCast

Latest Card Factory Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
13-May-25 Sell Darcy Willson Rymer 92.91p 183,992 £170,942.74
12-May-25 Exercise of option Darcy Willson Rymer 0.000p 390,098 £0.00

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Note 4: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 5: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Card Factory Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 97.90p
Change Today -0.50p
% Change -0.51 %
52 Week High 143.00
52 Week Low 79.60
Volume 1,672,790
Shares Issued 348.03m
Market Cap £340.72m

Card Factory Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
0.42% above the market average0.42% above the market average0.42% above the market average0.42% above the market average0.42% above the market average
50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average
Price Trend
39.06% above the market average39.06% above the market average39.06% above the market average39.06% above the market average39.06% above the market average
11.11% above the sector average11.11% above the sector average11.11% above the sector average11.11% above the sector average11.11% above the sector average
Income
78.72% above the market average78.72% above the market average78.72% above the market average78.72% above the market average78.72% above the market average
90.00% above the sector average90.00% above the sector average90.00% above the sector average90.00% above the sector average90.00% above the sector average
Growth
45.51% above the market average45.51% above the market average45.51% above the market average45.51% above the market average45.51% above the market average
83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 1
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 7
strong_buy
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Card Factory Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 29-May-25 31-Oct-24
Paid 27-Jun-25 11-Dec-24
Amount 3.60p 1.20p

Trades for 28-May-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:38 6,528 @ 97.00p
15:07 17,289 @ 97.80p
17:00 177,181 @ 97.65p
16:38 6,528 @ 97.00p
16:35 134,624 @ 97.90p

Card Factory Key Personnel

CEO Darcy Willson Rymer
CFO Matthias Seeger

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