Stock Research: Card Factory

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Card Factory

LSE:CARD GB00BLY2F708
59
  • Value
    90
  • Growth
    38
  • Safety
    Safety
    53
  • Combined
    70
  • Sentiment
    47
  • 360° View
    360° View
    59
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Company Description

Card Factory plc is a UK-based retailer of greeting cards, gifts, and celebration essentials. It operates in the retail greeting cards, online retail, and partnerships industries. The company has stores in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and also operates online and through third-party partners. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $408 million, profits of $240 million, revenue of $672 million, and 10521 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 59 (better than 59% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Card Factory are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Card Factory. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 90, which means that the share price of Card Factory is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 90% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 53. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 47. Professional investors are more confident in 53% other stocks. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 38, which means that the company is below average in terms of growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. 62 of its competitors have better growth. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
90 87 54 93
Growth
38 70 73 100
Safety
Safety
53 73 48 12
Sentiment
47 90 82 73
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360° View
59 100 87 81
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
66 83 79 68
Opinions Change
8 50 50 98
Pro Holdings
n/a 90 84 22
Market Pulse
37 63 51 42
Sentiment
47 90 82 73
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
90 87 54 93
Growth
38 70 73 100
Safety Safety
53 73 48 12
Combined
70 98 78 86
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
37 30 30 76
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
82 94 87 97
Price vs. Book (P/B)
77 59 59 90
Dividend Yield
99 82 1 72
Value
90 87 54 93
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
63 63 71 77
Profit Growth
48 40 51 83
Capital Growth
54 76 44 59
Stock Returns
15 57 82 83
Growth
38 70 73 100
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
66 70 69 38
Refinancing
47 38 18 7
Liquidity
46 75 69 28
Safety Safety
53 73 48 12

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This stock is a good value with safe financing, but has low growth and negative sentiment. It is a good option for a cautious value investor looking for stability but who can tolerate low momentum and skeptical professional opinion.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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