Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) Declares GBX 1.10 Dividend

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) declared a dividend on Tuesday, September 17th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 3rd will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.10 ($0.01) per share on Friday, November 1st. This represents a yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 3rd. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Franchise Brands Stock Performance

Shares of FRAN opened at GBX 160 ($2.11) on Tuesday. Franchise Brands has a 1 year low of GBX 130 ($1.72) and a 1 year high of GBX 210 ($2.77). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.11, a current ratio of 1.30 and a quick ratio of 1.57. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 174.70 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 177.95. The firm has a market cap of £307.55 million, a PE ratio of 8,000.00 and a beta of 0.82.

Insider Activity at Franchise Brands

In other Franchise Brands news, insider Peter Kear bought 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 ($2.30) per share, for a total transaction of £100,050 ($132,166.45). 48.35% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Franchise Brands

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.