Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) Posts Earnings Results

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported GBX 8.59 ($0.11) EPS 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 Stock Up 2.5 %

LON:FRAN opened at GBX 146 ($1.89) on Friday. 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 company has a market cap of £282.20 million, a PE ratio of 36.66 and a beta of 0.82. Franchise Brands has a 52-week low of GBX 131 ($1.70) and a 52-week high of GBX 210 ($2.72). The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 143.11 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 153.14.

Franchise Brands Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 8th will be given a dividend of GBX 1.30 ($0.02) per share. This is a boost from Franchise Brands’s previous dividend of $1.10. This represents a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 8th. Franchise Brands’s dividend payout ratio is currently 50.21%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Peter Kear acquired 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 30th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 136 ($1.76) per share, for a total transaction of £47,600 ($61,626.10). Also, insider Louise George purchased 100,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 10th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 148 ($1.92) per share, with a total value of £148,000 ($191,610.56). Insiders own 39.04% of the company’s stock.

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.