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Franchise Brands (FRAN) Competitors

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GBX 150.15 -1.85 (-1.22%)
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FRAN vs. JSG, RWS, DWF, RST, DLAR, CPI, KEYS, BEG, SFT, and KGH

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

Franchise Brands vs.

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

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£495.01M1.18£31.14M£7.5018.79
Franchise Brands£120.55M2.41£7.75M£3.9837.70

In the previous week, Franchise Brands had 5 more articles in the media than Johnson Service Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Franchise Brands and 2 mentions for Johnson Service Group. Franchise Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Johnson Service Group's score of 0.33 indicating that Franchise Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Johnson Service Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Franchise Brands
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Johnson Service Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 31.21%. Given Johnson Service Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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

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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Franchise Brands pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Johnson Service Group pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franchise Brands pays out 50.2% 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.

Johnson Service Group received 114 more outperform votes than Franchise Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.13% of users gave Johnson Service Group an outperform vote while only 66.12% of users gave Franchise Brands an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Johnson Service GroupOutperform Votes
235
74.13%
Underperform Votes
82
25.87%
Franchise BrandsOutperform Votes
121
66.12%
Underperform Votes
62
33.88%

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

74.3% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of Franchise Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Johnson Service Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.0% of Franchise Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Johnson Service Group beats Franchise Brands on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FRAN vs. The Competition

MetricFranchise BrandsSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£290.22M£6.55B£7.21B£2.58B
Dividend Yield1.51%4.93%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio37.7029.9521.03128.89
Price / Sales2.41129.2081.92232,177.69
Price / Cash29.0040.5426.9028.10
Price / Book1.347.263.754.56
Net Income£7.75M£144.67M£808.20M£5.84B
7 Day Performance7.63%46.56%3.84%2.93%
1 Month Performance7.25%37.31%2.24%10.14%
1 Year Performance-24.89%34.62%14.83%116.77%

Franchise Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FRAN
Franchise Brands
N/AGBX 150.15
-1.2%
N/A-23.6%£290.22M£120.55M37.70715
JSG
Johnson Service Group
2.417 of 5 stars
GBX 129.20
-2.0%
GBX 185
+43.2%
+3.4%£536.11M£495.01M17.226,165News Coverage
RWS
RWS
3.8049 of 5 stars
GBX 112.07
-1.5%
GBX 330
+194.5%
-61.5%£413.33M£707.82M-11.157,040Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
Gap Up
DWF
DWF Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£340.61M£451.64M2,490.004,340News Coverage
RST
Restore
3.5654 of 5 stars
GBX 228
+2.5%
GBX 390
+71.1%
-2.3%£306.16M£272.77M80.212,700
DLAR
De La Rue
N/AGBX 128.56
-0.3%
N/A+32.1%£248.91M£307.43M-12.401,841
CPI
Capita
2.5355 of 5 stars
GBX 12.38
-5.1%
GBX 1,117.50
+8,926.7%
+1,324.2%£209.16M£2.48B-5.1343,000News Coverage
KEYS
Keystone Law Group
N/AGBX 512
+0.4%
N/A-20.0%£163.42M£94.56M20.7376Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BEG
Begbies Traynor Group
1.8477 of 5 stars
GBX 96.40
-1.2%
GBX 150
+55.6%
-13.2%£153.49M£137.32M105.031,051Dividend Cut
SFT
Software Circle
N/AGBX 28
-3.4%
N/A+58.2%£109.22M£16.16M-2,800.00131Gap Up
KGH
Knights Group
N/AGBX 126
-2.3%
N/A+6.1%£107.75M£143.94M10.951,353Positive News
Gap Up

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