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Franchise Brands (FRAN) Competitors

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GBX 118.12 +1.12 (+0.96%)
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FRAN vs. JSG, CPI, RST, DWF, RWS, DLAR, KEYS, BEG, KGH, and SFT

Should you be buying Franchise Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franchise Brands include Johnson Service Group (JSG), Capita (CPI), Restore (RST), DWF Group (DWF), RWS (RWS), De La Rue (DLAR), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Knights Group (KGH), and Software Circle (SFT). These companies are all part of the "specialty business services" industry.

Franchise Brands vs. Its Competitors

Johnson Service Group (LON:JSG) and Franchise Brands (LON:FRAN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Franchise Brands has a net margin of 6.43% compared to Johnson Service Group's net margin of 6.29%. Johnson Service Group's return on equity of 10.95% beat Franchise Brands' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Johnson Service Group6.29% 10.95% 6.40%
Franchise Brands 6.43%3.60%3.24%

Johnson Service Group has higher revenue and earnings than Franchise Brands. Johnson Service Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franchise Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Johnson Service Group£526.80M1.02£31.14M£8.7015.75
Franchise Brands£139.35M1.63£7.75M£4.0229.38

Johnson Service Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 178.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.17%. Given Johnson Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Johnson Service Group is more favorable than Franchise Brands.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Johnson Service Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Franchise Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

40.0% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.2% of Franchise Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Johnson Service Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.7% of Franchise Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Johnson Service Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Franchise Brands pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Johnson Service Group pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franchise Brands pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Johnson Service Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 17 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Franchise Brands and 0 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Johnson Service Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Franchise Brands' score of 0.54 indicating that Johnson Service Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Johnson Service Group Positive
Franchise Brands Positive

Johnson Service Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franchise Brands has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats Franchise Brands on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FRAN vs. The Competition

MetricFranchise BrandsSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£227.30M£6.94B£7.83B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.03%4.88%4.59%5.38%
P/E Ratio29.3826.6125.71493.42
Price / Sales1.63100.641,240.5398,772.65
Price / Cash29.0040.5427.4927.90
Price / Book1.057.574.908.07
Net Income£7.75M£144.67M£790.14M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.74%-0.79%-0.08%-0.12%
1 Month Performance-13.78%-1.14%2.36%1.07%
1 Year Performance-25.71%52.79%28.53%126.15%

Franchise Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 118.12
+1.0%
N/A-25.5%£227.30M£139.35M29.38715
JSG
Johnson Service Group
3.2333 of 5 stars
GBX 143.40
+0.1%
GBX 178.33
+24.4%
-11.8%£562.19M£526.80M1,648.286,165
CPI
Capita
4.0997 of 5 stars
GBX 322.46
+0.5%
GBX 652.50
+102.4%
+1,381.0%£366.79M£2.34B2,378.0043,000
RST
Restore
3.6388 of 5 stars
GBX 261
flat
GBX 362.75
+39.0%
-7.9%£354.02M£296M3,895.522,700
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340News Coverage
RWS
RWS
3.4075 of 5 stars
GBX 91.85
+1.8%
GBX 240
+161.3%
-42.9%£339.67M£712.20M1,370.907,040Dividend Increase
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 130
flat
N/AN/A£251.69M£307.43M-12.541,841
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 670
-1.5%
N/A+17.0%£212.50M£105.39M2,218.5476
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
3.2374 of 5 stars
GBX 115.50
-0.4%
GBX 152.33
+31.9%
+20.9%£183.65M£153.70M3,039.471,051Dividend Cut
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 191.65
+0.1%
N/A+52.6%£164.75M£161.97M2,273.391,353
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 22.40
-0.9%
N/A-1.7%£87.38M£18.27M-28,000.00131

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This page (LON:FRAN) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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