Franchise Brands (FRAN) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Franchise Brands (FTSE AIM UK 50) is a platform of international B2B franchise brands focused on essential services through a mobile workforce. We have clarity of purpose which is acquire, develop and scale proven franchise businesses. Our focus is to help our franchise partners grow their businesses, so that "as they grow, we grow". Our franchise partners benefit from our One Franchise Brands platform which includes shared, bespoke technology systems, a strategic growth maximisation methodology and management franchising expertise. We have 7 franchise brands in 10 countries, 265 franchise partners in the three core B2B divisions, 261 B2C franchise partners and approximately 2,500 mobile service vehicles. We focus on resilient reactive and planned services and carry out approximately 1.3m jobs per year at an average value of approximately £340 for over 55,000 active commercial customers. We earn an average management service fee of 15% from each job undertaken by our franchise partners. Our market-leading brands include Pirtek, Metro Rod and Filta. We employ approximately 600 people across the Group and there are over 3,000 people employed in the franchise community. For further information, visit www.franchisebrands.co.uk.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 161.88 to 165
• 50-Day Range: 150 to 165
• 52-Week Range: 104.66 to 167
• Volume: 50,343 shs
• Average Volume: 244,569 shs
• Market Capitalization: £316.11 million
• P/E Ratio: 29.36
• Dividend Yield: 1.61%
• Price Target: GBX 197.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Franchise Brands Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Franchise Brands scored higher than 63% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Franchise Brands has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Franchise Brands has a consensus price target of GBX 197.50, representing about 19.7% upside from its current price of GBX 165.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Franchise Brands has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Franchise Brands is 29.36, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.41.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Franchise Brands is 29.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 31.12.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Franchise Brands has a P/B Ratio of 1.47. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for FRAN.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Franchise Brands pays a meaningful dividend of 1.61%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Franchise Brands does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Franchise Brands is 44.48%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.42

News Sentiment

Franchise Brands has a news sentiment score of 0.42. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Franchise Brands this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £23,090 in company stock, which represents 0.0073% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Franchise Brands insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £23,090 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

32.05% of the stock of Franchise Brands is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

18.65% of the stock of Franchise Brands is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Today: 11/14/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Commercial Services & Supplies
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:FRAN
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.franchisebrands.co.uk
• Phone: 44 80 0012 6462
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 715
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Franchise Brands: GBX 197.50
• High Price Target: GBX 210
• Low Price Target: GBX 185
• Potential Upside/Downside: +19.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 5.62
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.36
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £7.75 million
• Net Margins: 7.37%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 4.87%
• Return on Assets: 3.24%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 35.66
• Current Ratio: 1.18
• Quick Ratio: 1.57

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £147.39 million
• Price / Sales: 2.14
• Cash Flow: GBX 5.69 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 29.00
• Book Value: GBX 112.31 per share
• Price / Book: 1.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 191,582,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £316.11 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.47