Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) Insider Purchases £34,250 in Stock

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) insider Stephen Hemsley purchased 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 4th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 137 ($1.75) per share, for a total transaction of £34,250 ($43,764.38).

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

• On Monday, April 7th, Stephen Hemsley acquired 25,000 shares of Franchise Brands stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 134 ($1.71) per share, for a total transaction of £33,500 ($42,806.03).

Franchise Brands Price Performance

Shares of FRAN opened at GBX 135 ($1.73) on Thursday. 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 1-year low of GBX 130 ($1.66) and a 1-year high of GBX 210 ($2.68). The firm has a market cap of £260.93 million, a PE ratio of 33.89 and a beta of 0.82. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 143.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 151.21.

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) last posted its earnings results 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, equities analysts anticipate that Franchise Brands plc will post 11.3266098 EPS for the current year.

Franchise Brands Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors 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 positive change from Franchise Brands’s previous dividend of $1.10. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 8th. 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.