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Our usual little rise in the morning before a flurry of A sales... The pattern is rather predictable if a little dull...

Remember... The price shot up only a few days ago and there is clearly buying going on. The sells seem suspicious to me - either someone keeping the price low ahead of a bid, or squeezing nervous investors so they can Hoover up shares cheap. Shorts have reduced - hardly a sign of impending doom! We know the broad results and there's only reason to think the BoD will increase the dividend a bit. Patience is the watchword here, and don't fall for the tricks...

Holding up quite well in the circumstances. Good place to rise from when sense and value prevails...

Almost all the usual Algo sells trying to get us to sell. It's happened so many times before. Price staying in a range but will break out upwards unless PIs keep panicking and selling.

Couple of 150,000 share sales if the data can be believed. However, the price hasn't moved much suggesting plenty of demand. Positive feel. Anticipating further rises over short term... IMHO.

Very useful - thanks. I fear plenty of PIs are falling for the tricks and selling prematurely. Presumably they're not members of this forum so we'll just need to be patient. Your analysis and the increasing proximity to a chunky dividend are no brainers! Good luck all...

Weeeeee!

Given about a 5.5p likely dividend paid over the next 9 months or so, anything bought now is effectively on a crazy PE. I'm very encouraged by the activity and posts from Card Factory employees on LinkedIn. No sign of negativity or problems there...

I guess we'll see. Any 'activity' is far more likely to put upward pressure on the price than downward. Good luck...

Pretty chunky trading day for CF. Might be the start of something...

Looks like people are selling into any small rise but price is stable. Daft imho but that's PIs for you. However, the fact the price is stable is a good sign as clearly there are buyers out there. Will pick up at some point soon I'm convinced - the dividend, results and future prospects are simply too good for a PE of 6.

Some smart-ass once said 'Investment is the process by which the patient acquire wealth from the impatient'. It's one of the things I've found to be true.

If you're a tech stock, yes! But returns for CF must be dividend focused, as the retail world has a limited lifespan. Beg to differ here, I guess.

There should be plenty of room to increase the dividend and pay off some debt. Both are important if we want the share price to increase substantially. You can't seriously claim to be a growth stock without increasing the dividend.

Can't imagine January will be amazing, but with more shops and more offerings it shouldn't be far off. I guess costs are going to be important although they've already stated they expect to hit consensus profit but did mention the usual exclusions of one-off items. This bit will be important given the acquisition and investment. Very difficult to see a situation in which the dividend won't be on target and the BoD must realise that dividend growth will be imperative if they are to put Card into growth stock territory. Cash should easily cover anything here and allow for further debt reduction. Just hope they don't overstress the pressure on profits going forward but the last release on January suggested they've learned their lesson and spoke sensibly about how they can manage that... Good luck!

Definitely showing signs of strengthening. Looks like some private investors are selling which imho is just daft. But needs must I guess. Anyway, I'm feeling more confident!

It's the final dividend... There was an interim paid in December. Last year a single annual dividend was paid 28th June. No reason not to believe the final div will go ex about 1st June and be paid end of that month. I'm expecting a final dividend of about 4p a share, with minimum 3.6p and max 4.4p. Just my expectation - no insight other than announcements / results to date etc.

Price bobbing up and down around 93p. There's pretty much a daily pattern where it rises a bit on the morning and usually falls back during the afternoon. The nature of this repeated pattern suggests it is not normal 'punters' or institutions trading. At least, it does to me. But the fact it's staying in this range also suggests it will break out at some point, and I don't see it breaking downwards given the impending dividend, recent positive news, and the very low PE. All imho and I for one have lots of these so will wait and take the divs until the price reflects the company a bit more! Good luck all...

Couple of 500,000 transactions but the data and manipulation is such that it could mean anything or nothing. Anyone got some inkling?

I thought rather amusing. Wrote a rude note to the Daily Mail. I expect the Journalist is trying to help Cards Direct although I welcomed the humour and applaud Card Factory.