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| Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Card Factory Plc | LSE:CARD | London | Ordinary Share | GB00BLY2F708 | ORD 1P |
| Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade
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| 0.10 | 0.12% | 83.90 | 421,677 | 16:35:25 |
| Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83.80 | 84.00 | 84.20 | 83.20 | 83.60 | |
| Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greeting Cards | 510.9M | 49.5M | 0.1422 | 5.89 | 291.61M |
| Last Trade Time | Trade Type | Trade Size | Trade Price | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:35:25 | UT | 130,249 | 83.90 | GBX |
| Date | Time | Source | Headline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28/2/2025 | 16:35 | UK RNS | Card Factory PLC Total Voting Rights |
| 31/1/2025 | 16:35 | UK RNS | Card Factory PLC Total Voting Rights |
| 31/1/2025 | 16:35 | UK RNS | Card Factory PLC Block listing Interim Review |
| 14/1/2025 | 13:07 | ALNC |  Card Factory reports sales boost after successful Christmas trading |
| 14/1/2025 | 07:00 | UK RNS | Card Factory PLC Trading Statement |
| 31/12/2024 | 13:00 | UK RNS | Card Factory PLC Total Voting Rights |
| 30/12/2024 | 16:00 | UK RNS | Card Factory PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding |
| 16/12/2024 | 07:00 | UK RNS | Card Factory PLC Result of AGM - Update Statement |
| 11/12/2024 | 14:43 | UK RNS | Card Factory PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding |
| 05/12/2024 | 16:00 | ALNC | EARNINGS AND TRADING: Card Factory buys Garven; Carclo loss narrows |
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| Date | Time | Title | Posts |
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| 17/3/2025 | 20:08 | CARD FACTORY - SET FOR RECOVERY? | 1,330 |
| 17/3/2025 | 15:09 | CARD FACTORY - InvestorJohn | 7,251 |
| 15/4/2024 | 01:27 | CHEAPEST CREDIT CARDS RATES | 4 |
| 15/4/2024 | 01:26 | SMART to start investing in SMART CARD co.s | 783 |
| 19/11/2022 | 11:51 | CARDFACTORY - SET FOR RECOVERY? | 19 |
| Trade Time | Trade Price | Trade Size | Trade Value | Trade Type |
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| 16:35:25 | 83.90 | 130,249 | 109,278.91 | UT |
| 16:29:54 | 83.80 | 116 | 97.21 | AT |
| 16:29:54 | 83.80 | 231 | 193.58 | AT |
| 16:29:54 | 83.80 | 2 | 1.68 | AT |
| 16:29:34 | 83.80 | 258 | 216.20 | AT |
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Posted at 19/3/2025 08:20 by Card Factory Daily Update Card Factory Plc is listed in the Greeting Cards sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker CARD. The last closing price for Card Factory was 83.80p.Card Factory currently has 347,981,823 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Card Factory is £291,608,768. Card Factory has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 5.89. This morning CARD shares opened at 83.60p |
Posted at 03/3/2025 21:33 by elsa7878 The biggest risk here is Darcy leaving. He's been brilliant. The share price is down. His talent will be in great demand as more and more retail business suffer. Why should he stick around if his efforts see a lower share price A very real risk. |
Posted at 03/3/2025 13:15 by julietzed CB, the cost-base certainly is different. I've never said MP is a bad business. I think they blundered with their acquisition, and they operate in a different segment. Wages are the obvious difference, but MP will have to face up to the de-minimus threshold being removed eventually imo, plus a postal service that is either going to go down in quality or increase in price. But each has its own aspects. MP does well and so does card. I think people confuse them when trying to compare them but I would rather buy card at their current prices.Anecdotal comfort for CARD investors: both stores on my high-street were busy today despite their being no significant seasonal reasons for it being so; the Clinton's has shut down and CARD continues to kill it. There's always lots of people carrying around CF bags wherever I go. Top-quality business imo. |
Posted at 03/3/2025 13:08 by julietzed So, addressing things in order, it's that thinking which gave rise to the opportunity to buy this company at around the 50p price, which I did gleefully. The interims really are not of significant interest beyond seeing why the crowd panicked. The company achieved its full-year guidance.The fact is that most 'investors' aren't actually doing high-quality analysis work of any kind imo. The cost-control initiatives could be analysed and judgements could have been made by the intelligent investor. Without going into further detail, those who did so would have seen that it was not unrealistic that management were being honest. Those who panicked likely lost money; those who didn't may be a little frustrated with the loss in the paper value of their gains, but can rest assured that the intrinsic value of the company has actually increased since and hopefully, bought more at the lows. There are some potential bargains ATM, but I feel comfortable with CARD by far being my largest holding. I believe Paul Scott called Card Factory the best bargain in the small-cap sector. Why? The company is growing organically through a continued increase in the number of stores it operates and very impressive lfl growth. The partnerships growth initiative, which is profitable, also offers rewards. The company is highly cash-generative. Even if management ramped up the payout to 50% of EPS, there would still be 20m+ of cash to play around with. That's either specials, buybacks or m&a, the later of which we've had this year. Cashflows are very strong here. I assume a lot of people estimated the budget costs. I did. The guidance is actually below my estimate significantly. As others have stated, guidance on profit growth has also been given. BB, I agree entirely. The chances of that raise happening given the cash-generation abilities of card was slim, but it gave people like myself the chance to buy a tonne at a ludicrous price. Agreed, if this drops below 80p, you are once again able to buy this at a 50% discount. It's almost as if people don't realise that card will likely grow very strongly over the next 2 years. Finally, hats off to the management. To still be on track to be close to 650m revenue on 14%pbt for y27 given the environment is exceptional. Eagle-eyed analysts will have noted some of the changes they've implemented in H2. Margin is in a very strong position for this year |
Posted at 25/1/2025 14:32 by omron CF trading on a PE of 7.9x whilst SMWH is on 22.1x...sale process may help the Card share price. |
Posted at 15/1/2025 10:09 by bbonsall JohnrMy view is the market falsely believes that the future of card sending is online. Yet we have clear evidence to the contrary but the market is too self important to admit its error. The truth is CARD is a far better revenue generator and profit generator than Moonpig. CARD EPS is 14 and share price is 94p MOON EPS is 10p and share price is 200p |
Posted at 14/1/2025 11:47 by aishah @proactive_UKCard Factory surges as investors greet solid Christmas trading Card Factory Plc (LSE:CARD) jumped almost 8% on Tuesday after gracing investors with news of a “successful Revenue was up 6.3% at £506.6 million over the 11 months to the end of 2024, Card Factory reported on Tuesday, aided by growth of 4.7% in November and December. Card Factory said it continued “to outperform a challenging non-food retail market” as a result and that full-year adjusted profit should meet consensus for roughly £66 million. “We are pleased to have delivered another successful Christmas trading period,” chief executive Darcy Willson-Rymer said. “Expanded ranges and our compelling gift and celebration essentials offer increased basket values during the period, whilst we also saw a resilient performance in seasonal cards.” Card Factory also guided for a “mid-to-high single-digit percentage increase in adjusted profit before tax” over the year ahead, despite growing Budget-related costs. Higher national living wage and employer national insurance contributions were set to lift costs by around £14 million in 2026, which Card Factory said would be partially offset through pricing. Shares climbed 7.8% to 97.8p on Tuesday. |
Posted at 14/1/2025 07:19 by masurenguy Trading StatementRobust revenue growth with expectations for full year adjusted profit before tax unchanged. Cardfactory, the UK's leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, gifts and celebration essentials, announces a trading update for the eleven months ended 31 December 2024. Trading Update Total sales for the eleven months ended 31 December 2024 of £506.6 million (prior year £476.9 million), an increase of +6.2% year-on-year; we continue to outperform a challenging non-food retail market1: · Total store revenue increased by +5.7% including positive impact of +32 net new stores. · Like-for-Like (LFL)2 store revenue grew +3.9%, reflecting further development of our store estate and the strength of our value and quality proposition. · Encouraging growth in gifts and celebration essentials ranges of +6.1% LFL, driven by the introduction of new categories and expansion of existing ranges, alongside positive card growth of +1.4% LFL. · Online3 LFL sales declined -10.0% driven predominantly by gettingpersonal.co.u · Partnerships4 revenue grew 23.5% to £18.9 million including positive contributions from the acquisitions of Garlanna and Garven. · Effective delivery of productivity and efficiency savings, in addition to margin-enhancing range development and prudent management of operating costs, as indicated at our HY25 Interim Results. Christmas Trading Update Good Christmas trading performance in line with expectations in November and December with total revenue growth of +4.7%. This was driven by higher average basket value which reflects expanded ranges and sales of gift and celebration essentials. · LFL store revenue growth of +3.0% in November and December reflecting the strength of our seasonal Christmas offer alongside the positive impact of our ongoing space optimisation programme. · New and expanded gift categories resonated with customers with new confectionery ranges, licensed ranges and soft toys performing particularly well, alongside positive impact of a new value focused Christmas card offer. Outlook · The Board expects to deliver FY25 adjusted profit before tax (excluding one-off items) in line with current market expectations5, reflecting robust revenue growth and the benefits of our previously announced productivity and efficiency programme. · The changes to National Living Wage and Employer National Insurance Contributions will result in annual cost inflation of c.£14 million in FY26. We expect to offset this through our proven approach which includes our ongoing productivity and efficiency programme, as well as range development and pricing, while continuing to invest in our future growth. Despite these inflationary pressures, we currently expect to deliver a mid-to-high single digit percentage increase in adjusted profit before tax in FY26. · We will provide a further update on our strategic and financial progress at our Preliminary Results on 7th May 2025. Darcy Willson-Rymer, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We are pleased to have delivered another successful Christmas trading period. Thanks to the hard work of colleagues across the business, growth was driven by further progress against our strategic initiatives and execution of our commercial offer. Expanded ranges and our compelling gift and celebration essentials offer increased basket values during the period, whilst we also saw a resilient performance in seasonal cards, with customers responding well to our strong value and quality ranges. Continued revenue growth, combined with the benefits of our productivity and efficiency programme, have enabled us to navigate a challenging retail environment and deliver a robust performance in the second half. As a result, we expect to deliver full year profits in line with expectations and remain well positioned to manage inflationary pressures in the near term, as we continue to deliver on our strategic growth ambitions." |
Posted at 14/1/2025 07:04 by leeson31 14 January 2025Card Factory plc ("cardfactory" or the "Group") Trading Statement Robust revenue growth with expectations for full year adjusted profit before tax unchanged. cardfactory, the UK's leading specialist retailer of greeting cards, gifts and celebration essentials, announces a trading update for the eleven months ended 31 December 2024. Trading Update Total sales for the eleven months ended 31 December 2024 of £506.6 million (prior year £476.9 million), an increase of +6.2% year-on-year; we continue to outperform a challenging non-food retail market1: · Total store revenue increased by +5.7% including positive impact of +32 net new stores. · Like-for-Like (LFL)2 store revenue grew +3.9%, reflecting further development of our store estate and the strength of our value and quality proposition. · Encouraging growth in gifts and celebration essentials ranges of +6.1% LFL, driven by the introduction of new categories and expansion of existing ranges, alongside positive card growth of +1.4% LFL. · Online3 LFL sales declined -10.0% driven predominantly by gettingpersonal.co.u · Partnerships4 revenue grew 23.5% to £18.9 million including positive contributions from the acquisitions of Garlanna and Garven. · Effective delivery of productivity and efficiency savings, in addition to margin-enhancing range development and prudent management of operating costs, as indicated at our HY25 Interim Results. Christmas Trading Update Good Christmas trading performance in line with expectations in November and December with total revenue growth of +4.7%. This was driven by higher average basket value which reflects expanded ranges and sales of gift and celebration essentials. · LFL store revenue growth of +3.0% in November and December reflecting the strength of our seasonal Christmas offer alongside the positive impact of our ongoing space optimisation programme. · New and expanded gift categories resonated with customers with new confectionery ranges, licensed ranges and soft toys performing particularly well, alongside positive impact of a new value focused Christmas card offer. Outlook · The Board expects to deliver FY25 adjusted profit before tax (excluding one-off items) in line with current market expectations5, reflecting robust revenue growth and the benefits of our previously announced productivity and efficiency programme. · The changes to National Living Wage and Employer National Insurance Contributions will result in annual cost inflation of c.£14 million in FY26. We expect to offset this through our proven approach which includes our ongoing productivity and efficiency programme, as well as range development and pricing, while continuing to invest in our future growth. Despite these inflationary pressures, we currently expect to deliver a mid-to-high single digit percentage increase in adjusted profit before tax in FY26. · We will provide a further update on our strategic and financial progress at our Preliminary Results on 7th May 2025. Darcy Willson-Rymer, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We are pleased to have delivered another successful Christmas trading period. Thanks to the hard work of colleagues across the business, growth was driven by further progress against our strategic initiatives and execution of our commercial offer. Expanded ranges and our compelling gift and celebration essentials offer increased basket values during the period, whilst we also saw a resilient performance in seasonal cards, with customers responding well to our strong value and quality ranges. "Continued revenue growth, combined with the benefits of our productivity and efficiency programme, have enabled us to navigate a challenging retail environment and deliver a robust performance in the second half. As a result, we expect to deliver full year profits in line with expectations and remain well positioned to manage inflationary pressures in the near term, as we continue to deliver on our strategic growth ambitions." |
Posted at 13/1/2025 15:16 by sphere25 Interested to see if there is any movement here into the close, ahead of the update tomorrow. Not holding now, traded it on the overhang clearance and the last update, and looking to trade it again.If you have director buying, a scheduled update and no update before the scheduled update, the percentages usually say that trading will be in line with expectations. The market knows that and it is still stubbornly not allowing any price move higher. It is actually well off short term highs and down on the day knowing that the update tomorrow is likely to be in line. Post the last update (where you had a relief type move), the price did bounce, but then succumbed to sellers at 102p. I was watching the order book...ping...ping.. The way the price is moving right now is saying recent turmoil and macro rules the roost. Why else would something so cheap be moving like this? Shouldn't they be buying this ahead of the update? Shouldn't this be well through £1? Alot of prices have clearly been detached from value, and continue to be even more so, with the recent plunges. It is a wait and see as to whether there is follow through selling to come. So that makes you wonder how CARD moves from here. Judging by the current price and how it moved last time, there is also an argument to say it is a wait and see - safety first type approach from the market. The market waits for the update to confirm trading is in line, people buy on the marked up open price. The momentum then continues toward a test of £1. That is how it played out last time, but then there was no follow through buying to clear ordinary sellers and short sellers to clear that 102p mark. I don't know for sure if that is the playbook here, but that is what it appears to be. I am just forming a view, like others. If there is a relief rally, assuming trading is in line and it is a FIRM statement..no wobbly bits (yes, the technical term), then it will be interesting to see if there is follow through buying to try and clear the shorts in the market too. This market usually fails that. Furthermore, right now, the market doesn't have the belief on how trading will go through the whole year. There is alot to consider. Those two shorts in the market are able to control the price as well. Some will sit there and think..."How the hell can two small shorts control the market price?". When sentiment is this bruised and we have a barrage of normal sellers, shorts can control momentum by drip feeding into the market. Just look at the post on the VLX board about how they have controlled 285p, which the market just can't buy through. They just sit there and stop the momentum. I'm going to have a go if trading is in line and stick a tight stop near this price, depending on how it closes today. There has to be follow through though with bigger volume. Beyond that, Wednesday looks key. Inflation prints on both sides of the Atlantic. The US will naturally carry more weight. You don't want an adverse reading there with the way yields are moving and how sell offs are happening. If it is a bad one, it will feed through and infect our market...it could stop momentum in CARD too. So there we go, the usual two penny (inflation adjusted view). Let's hope it is a good solid update. All imo DYOR |
Posted at 09/1/2025 12:56 by bing_b Card is definitely undervalued and a strong long term hold.Previously the share price has risen prior to a trading update then dropped, sometimes significantly, and sometimes surprisingly, soon afterwards. I'm expecting a strong update but if this is perceived as 'just achieving' or if there is any hint of uncertainty there may be a negative reaction. Conversely, given the lack of momentum prior to the update, this may already be priced in. Tricky! I would probably have sold a small portion of my holding if the price had risen prior to the update, as I anticipated. Now I will probably hold. Come what may, the business is sound with good management focussed on long term goals which I believe it will eventually achieve. It just needs to overcome the inflationary pressures created by the last budget. Eventually the inevitable price inflation that will hit the whole economy will make it easier for Card to increase its own prices. Oh and just to add to the sentiment of others, Juliet please stick around as your posts are valued by many 😊 |
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