Louise George Acquires 50,000 Shares of Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) Stock

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN - Get Free Report) insider Louise George acquired 50,000 shares of Franchise Brands stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 28th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 145 ($1.90) per share, with a total value of £72,500 ($94,994.76).

Louise George also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, February 10th, Louise George bought 100,000 shares of Franchise Brands stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 148 ($1.94) per share, for a total transaction of £148,000 ($193,920.34).

Franchise Brands Price Performance

Shares of FRAN stock traded up GBX 3.14 ($0.04) during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting GBX 136.64 ($1.79). 176,955 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 141,096. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.67, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a current ratio of 1.39. The firm has a market cap of £264.10 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.31 and a beta of 0.82. The company's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 143.38 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 152.27. Franchise Brands plc has a twelve month low of GBX 131 ($1.72) and a twelve 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) EPS for the quarter. Franchise Brands had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 3.60%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Franchise Brands plc will post 11.3266098 earnings per share for the current year.

Franchise Brands Increases Dividend

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

About Franchise Brands

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.