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

Franchise Brands plc (LON:FRAN) announced a dividend on Tuesday, September 17th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, October 3rd will be given 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 Up 1.2 %

Shares of FRAN opened at GBX 146.70 ($1.96) on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of £282.19 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,625.00 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 42.68, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a current ratio of 1.39. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 172.01 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 176.55. Franchise Brands has a 52 week low of GBX 130 ($1.74) and a 52 week high of GBX 210 ($2.81).

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Peter Kear acquired 57,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 29th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 174 ($2.33) per share, for a total transaction of £100,050 ($133,828.25). In other news, insider Peter Kear acquired 57,500 shares of Franchise Brands stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 29th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 174 ($2.33) per share, for a total transaction of £100,050 ($133,828.25). Also, insider Nigel Wray sold 7,000,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 160 ($2.14), for a total value of £11,200,000 ($14,981,273.41). 41.27% 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.