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

Posted by Trevor Kearing on Mar 31st, 2025

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN – Get Free Report) insider Louise George acquired 50,000 shares of Franchise Brands stock in a transaction on Friday, March 28th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 145 ($1.87) per share, for a total transaction of £72,500 ($93,741.92).

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

On Monday, February 10th, Louise George bought 100,000 shares of Franchise Brands stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 148 ($1.91) per share, with a total value of £148,000 ($191,362.81).

Franchise Brands Price Performance

Franchise Brands stock opened at GBX 141.60 ($1.83) on Monday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 143.21 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 152.78. 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 £273.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.55 and a beta of 0.82. Franchise Brands plc has a 12-month low of GBX 131 ($1.69) and a 12-month high of GBX 210 ($2.72).

Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, March 27th. The company reported GBX 8.59 ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Franchise Brands had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 3.60%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Franchise Brands plc will post 11.3266098 earnings per share for the current 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 given a dividend of GBX 1.30 ($0.02) per share. This is a boost from Franchise Brands’s previous dividend of $1.10. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 8th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.95%. Franchise Brands’s payout ratio is presently 50.21%.

About Franchise Brands

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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.