Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) Insider Stephen Hemsley Acquires 25,000 Shares

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN - Get Free Report) insider Stephen Hemsley bought 25,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 4th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 137 ($1.79) per share, with a total value of £34,250 ($44,829.84).

Stephen Hemsley also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, April 7th, Stephen Hemsley purchased 25,000 shares of Franchise Brands stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 134 ($1.75) per share, with a total value of £33,500 ($43,848.17).

Franchise Brands Stock Performance

Shares of FRAN traded down GBX 2 ($0.03) during trading hours on Friday, reaching GBX 130 ($1.70). 49,228 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 140,553. The stock has a market capitalization of £251.27 million, a P/E ratio of 32.64 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a quick ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.67. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 142.82 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 150.84. Franchise Brands plc has a 12-month low of GBX 129.50 ($1.70) and a 12-month high of GBX 210 ($2.75).

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 27th. The company reported GBX 8.59 ($0.11) earnings per share for the quarter. Franchise Brands had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 3.60%. Equities analysts anticipate that Franchise Brands plc will post 11.3266098 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Franchise Brands Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared 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 of this dividend is Thursday, May 8th. This is an increase from Franchise Brands's previous dividend of $1.10. This represents a yield of 0.95%. Franchise Brands's payout ratio is presently 50.21%.

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.