Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN - Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported GBX 8.59 ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Franchise Brands had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 3.60%.

Franchise Brands Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of Franchise Brands stock traded down GBX 0.50 ($0.01) during midday trading on Monday, reaching GBX 142.50 ($1.84). 401,226 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 144,607. The company has a market cap of £275.43 million, a PE ratio of 35.78 and a beta of 0.82. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 143.21 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 152.78. Franchise Brands has a 12 month low of GBX 131 ($1.69) and a 12 month high of GBX 210 ($2.72). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.67, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a current ratio of 1.39.

Franchise Brands Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 8th will be issued a GBX 1.30 ($0.02) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 8th. This represents a yield of 0.95%. This is a boost from Franchise Brands's previous dividend of $1.10. Franchise Brands's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 50.21%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Franchise Brands

In other news, insider Peter Kear acquired 35,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 30th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 136 ($1.76) per share, with a total value of £47,600 ($61,546.42). Also, insider Louise George bought 100,000 shares of Franchise Brands stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 10th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 148 ($1.91) per share, for a total transaction of £148,000 ($191,362.81). In the last ninety days, insiders have purchased 185,000 shares of company stock valued at $26,810,000. 39.04% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Franchise Brands Company Profile

Franchise Brands is an international, multi-brand franchisor focused on building market-leading businesses primarily via a franchise model. The Group has a combined network of over 625 franchisees across seven franchise brands in ten countries covering the UK, North America and Europe. Franchise Brands' focus is on B2B van-based reactive and planned services.