Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) Insider Buys £72,500 in Stock

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN - Get Free Report) insider Louise George bought 50,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 28th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 145 ($1.88) per share, for a total transaction of £72,500 ($94,143.62).

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

• On Monday, February 10th, Louise George acquired 100,000 shares of Franchise Brands stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 148 ($1.92) per share, for a total transaction of £148,000 ($192,182.83).

Franchise Brands Stock Performance

Shares of Franchise Brands stock traded down GBX 3 ($0.04) on Wednesday, hitting GBX 140 ($1.82). The stock had a trading volume of 249,800 shares, compared to its average volume of 140,149. The stock has a market cap of £270.60 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.15 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.67. Franchise Brands plc has a 52-week low of GBX 131 ($1.70) and a 52-week high of GBX 210 ($2.73). The company's 50 day moving average price is GBX 143.47 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 152.48.

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

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Franchise Brands Increases Dividend

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