NASDAQ:FRAN - Francesca's Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Francesca's trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FRAN."

Francesca's Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:FRAN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December, 11th. The specialty retailer reported ($0.17) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.18) by $0.01. The specialty retailer had revenue of $95.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $95.10 million. Francesca's had a negative net margin of 3.56% and a negative return on equity of 2.36%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.01 EPS. View Francesca's' Earnings History.

Francesca's is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Francesca's.

Francesca's updated its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Tuesday, December, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $-0.41--0.34 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $-0.09. The company issued revenue guidance of $427-433 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $434.65 million.Francesca's also updated its Q4 2018 guidance to $-0.17--0.14 EPS.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Francesca's' stock. Their forecasts range from $2.00 to $5.00. On average, they expect Francesca's' stock price to reach $3.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 298.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Francesca's.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Francesca's in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Francesca's.

Media stories about FRAN stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Francesca's earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Francesca's saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 9,308,300 shares, a decline of 15.9% from the December 31st total of 11,070,181 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,517,385 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 26.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Francesca's' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Francesca's investors own include Fossil Group (FOSL), Intelsat (I), Chaarat Gold (CGH), First Data (FDC), Ciena (CIEN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Bank of America (BAC), Cypress Semiconductor (CY), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) and Zynga (ZNGA).

Francesca's' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.42%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.25%), Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C. (5.72%), D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. (2.55%), Two Sigma Investments LP (1.91%) and Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (1.33%). Company insiders that own Francesca's stock include Kelly Dilts, Khalid Mir Malik, Martyn R Redgrave, Richard J Emmett and Steven Paul Lawrence. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Francesca's.

FRAN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Towle & Co., Robotti Robert, Mutual Advisors LLC, BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and New York State Common Retirement Fund. View Insider Buying and Selling for Francesca's.

FRAN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Two Sigma Investments LP, Hodges Capital Management Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Bank of America Corp DE and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Company insiders that have bought Francesca's stock in the last two years include Kelly Dilts, Martyn R Redgrave, Richard J Emmett and Steven Paul Lawrence. View Insider Buying and Selling for Francesca's.

Shares of FRAN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FRAN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $0.8779.

Francesca's has a market capitalization of $31.75 million and generates $471.68 million in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $15.56 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.52 on an earnings per share basis. Francesca's employs 6,447 workers across the globe.

The official website for Francesca's is http://www.francescas.com.

Francesca's' mailing address is 8760 CLAY ROAD, Houston TX, 77080. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 713-864-1358.