Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) Shares Down 1.1% – What’s Next?

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) shares traded down 1.1% on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 135 ($1.75) and last traded at GBX 135 ($1.75). 451,318 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 214% from the average session volume of 143,744 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 136.50 ($1.77).

Franchise Brands Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.67. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 143.01 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 153.21. The stock has a market capitalization of £276.40 million, a PE ratio of 35.90 and a beta of 0.82.

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) last announced 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 net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 3.60%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Franchise Brands plc will post 11.3266098 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Franchise Brands Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 8th will be paid 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 is Thursday, May 8th. This represents a yield of 0.95%. Franchise Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 50.21%.

Insider Transactions at Franchise Brands

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

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.