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Franchise Brands (FRAN) Competitors

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GBX 167.15 -0.85 (-0.51%)
(As of 11:45 AM ET)

FRAN vs. JSG, RWS, RST, DWF, CPI, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, and SFT

Should you be buying Franchise Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franchise Brands include Johnson Service Group (JSG), RWS (RWS), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), Capita (CPI), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), and Software Circle (SFT). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Franchise Brands vs.

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) and Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than Franchise Brands. Johnson Service Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franchise Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franchise Brands£139.19M2.31£7.20M£0.044,178.75
Johnson Service Group£494.40M1.18£31M£0.072,008.57

Franchise Brands has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Johnson Service Group has a net margin of 6.29% compared to Franchise Brands' net margin of 5.17%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 11.11% beat Franchise Brands' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franchise Brands5.17% 3.35% 3.24%
Johnson Service Group 6.29%11.11%6.40%

Johnson Service Group has a consensus price target of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 31.58%. Given Johnson Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Franchise Brands.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franchise Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Johnson Service Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 4 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Franchise Brands and 1 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Franchise Brands' score of 0.24 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franchise Brands
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Johnson Service Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

44.0% of Franchise Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.0% of Franchise Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Franchise Brands pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Franchise Brands pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Johnson Service Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Johnson Service Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Johnson Service Group received 114 more outperform votes than Franchise Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Franchise Brands an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Franchise BrandsOutperform Votes
121
66.12%
Underperform Votes
62
33.88%
Johnson Service GroupOutperform Votes
235
74.13%
Underperform Votes
82
25.87%

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats Franchise Brands on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FRAN vs. The Competition

MetricFranchise BrandsSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£321.53M£6.25B£3.92B£1.40B
Dividend Yield1.58%5.08%4.41%11.79%
P/E Ratio4,178.751,016.76525.841,555.80
Price / Sales2.31126.59414.48210,506.32
Price / Cash29.0036.6827.7933.06
Price / Book1.473.703.582.81
Net Income£7.20M£173.53M£179.69M£153.14M
7 Day Performance-1.96%-1.09%-0.70%-0.48%
1 Month Performance5.13%-2.90%-1.26%7.21%
1 Year Performance10.70%95.92%26.68%93.59%

Franchise Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 167.15
-0.5%
N/A+20.0%£321.53M£139.19M4,178.75715
JSG
Johnson Service Group
1.9153 of 5 stars
GBX 140.60
+2.2%
GBX 185
+31.6%
+1.2%£582.79M£494.40M1,965.716,165
RWS
RWS
N/AGBX 142.80
+1.6%
N/A-43.6%£526.49M£717.80M-1,577.787,040Dividend Increase
Gap Up
RST
Restore
3.773 of 5 stars
GBX 261
-3.9%
GBX 380
+45.6%
+31.1%£356.71M£276.90M8,791.672,700Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
DWF
DWF Group
N/AGBX 99.60
flat
N/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340
CPI
Capita
3.2315 of 5 stars
GBX 17.26
+1.5%
GBX 1,117.50
+6,374.5%
-11.5%£291.69M£2.57B-856.0543,000High Trading Volume
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 103.50
+5.0%
N/A+66.8%£202.90M£310.30M-986.001,841
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 635.30
+0.0%
N/A+32.4%£200.69M£92.34M2,687.5076Gap Up
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
2.6272 of 5 stars
GBX 92.32
-0.1%
GBX 158
+71.2%
-25.5%£146.25M£136.73M9,200.001,051Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 109
-0.9%
N/A+19.8%£93.75M£149.96M1,000.001,353
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 24
+4.3%
N/A+64.3%£93.62M£16.16M-2,300.00131Gap Down

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This page (LON:FRAN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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