Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) Insider Louise George Acquires 50,000 Shares of Stock

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) insider Louise George purchased 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 28th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 145 ($1.87) per share, for a total transaction of £72,500 ($93,669.25).

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 bought at an average cost of GBX 148 ($1.91) per share, with a total value of £148,000 ($191,214.47).

Franchise Brands Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of LON:FRAN opened at GBX 142.50 ($1.84) on Tuesday. Franchise Brands plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 131 ($1.69) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 210 ($2.71). The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 143.33 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 152.62. The company has a quick ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.67. The stock has a market cap of £275.43 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.78 and a beta of 0.82.

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 27th. The company reported GBX 8.59 ($0.11) EPS for the quarter. Franchise Brands had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 3.60%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Franchise Brands plc will post 11.3266098 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Franchise Brands Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared 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. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 8th. This is a boost from Franchise Brands’s previous dividend of $1.10. This represents a yield of 0.95%. Franchise Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 50.21%.

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.