Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) Trading Up 0.8%

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN)’s share price traded up 0.8% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 182.20 ($2.37) and last traded at GBX 182 ($2.36). 182,580 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 15% from the average session volume of 214,002 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 180.50 ($2.35).

Franchise Brands Price Performance

The company has a market cap of £349.84 million, a P/E ratio of 9,100.00 and a beta of 0.82. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 167.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 176.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.11, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a current ratio of 1.30.

Franchise Brands Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 27th were given a GBX 1.20 ($0.02) dividend. This is a boost from Franchise Brands’s previous dividend of $1.00. This represents a yield of 0.63%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 27th. Franchise Brands’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 10,000.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Franchise Brands

In other Franchise Brands news, insider Peter Kear purchased 57,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 29th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 174 ($2.26) per share, for a total transaction of £100,050 ($130,002.60). Insiders own 48.35% of the company’s stock.

Franchise Brands Company Profile

Franchise Brands plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in franchising and related activities in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates through B2B, Filta International, B2C, and Azura segments. It offers drain clearance solutions to commercial customers, including facilities management, construction, manufacturing, education, retail, insurance, water utilities, and public sectors under the Metro Rod name; emergency plumbing services under the Metro Plumb name; fryer management and grease, drain management, and cooking oil filtration services to restaurants, supermarkets, stadiums, healthcare, education, hotels, and amusement parks under the Filta name; and designs, installs, and services adoptable and non-adoptable pump stations under the Willow Pumps name.