CARD FACTORY (CARD) – Retail
| Price: 72.8p -24.5% | P/E: 5.8x |
| Market Cap: £249m | Yield: 5.1% |
Specialist retailer Card Factory unexpectedly downgraded earnings expectations on weak consumer confidence, which it blamed for soft high-street footfall and lower spending by shoppers.
Instead of an increase for the year to January 2026, the group now sees pre-tax profit between £55 million and £60 million compared to £66 million last year.
Our View
Card Factory will need to send out condolence cards to shareholders after today’s bombshell, while investors will be hoping the warning is company-specific and the rest of the retail sector is enjoying better trading as we move into final weeks of the year.
We usually like niche operators, but in the B2B space. Successful consumer-facing companies typically have more than one string to their bow, unlike Card Factory.
Read the press release here: https://www.cardfactoryinvestors.com/investors/
