Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) Insider Louise George Purchases 50,000 Shares

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) insider Louise George acquired 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 28th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 145 ($1.87) per share, with a total value of £72,500 ($93,729.80).

Louise George also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, February 10th, Louise George acquired 100,000 shares of Franchise Brands stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 148 ($1.91) per share, for a total transaction of £148,000 ($191,338.07).

Franchise Brands Trading Up 0.7 %

FRAN stock opened at GBX 144 ($1.86) on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.67. Franchise Brands plc has a twelve month low of GBX 131 ($1.69) and a twelve month high of GBX 210 ($2.71). The company has a market cap of £278.33 million, a P/E ratio of 36.15 and a beta of 0.82. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 143.47 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 152.48.

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Franchise Brands plc will post 11.3266098 EPS for the current year.

Franchise Brands Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, May 8th will be issued a GBX 1.30 ($0.02) dividend. This is a positive change from Franchise Brands’s previous dividend of $1.10. This represents a 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%.

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.