Card Factory plc (CARD) is a leading specialty retail business based in the UK. On 13 January Card Factory shares plunged 15.75% to a closing position of 53.5p. However, over the last 12 months, Card Factory's share price has risen by an impressive 62.38% from 37.75p. Card Factory is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 8,000 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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Since the stock market crash that started in February 2020, Card Factory's share price has had significant negative movement.
Its last market close was 59.3p, which is 31.76% down on its pre-crash value of 86.9p and 169.55% up on the lowest point reached during the March 2020 crash when the shares fell as low as 22p.
If you had bought £1,000 worth of Card Factory shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth £356.69 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth £672.34.
| Open | 60.1p |
|---|---|
| High | 62.3p |
| Low | 59p |
| Close | 61.3p |
| Previous close | 60.6p |
| Change | 0.7p |
| Change % | 1.1551% |
| Volume | 515,873 |
| 52-week range | 30.5p - 97.83p |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | 55.361p |
| 200-day moving average | 61.8868p |
| Wall St. target price | 99.6p |
| Dividend yield | 0p (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | -0.3p |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value.
Card Factory's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £1.8 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Card Factory's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | £301.5 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 4.61% |
| Gross profit TTM | £80.6 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.55% |
| Return on equity TTM | -0.54% |
| Profit margin | -0.37% |
| Book value | 0.593p |
| Market capitalisation | £188 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Forward annual dividend yield: 30% of stock value
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 7 November 2019 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Card Factory's shares have ranged in value from as little as 30.5p up to 97.83p. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (LSE average) beta is 1, while Card Factory's is 2.0817. This would suggest that Card Factory's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
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