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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December, 11th. The specialty retailer reported ($0.17) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.18) by $0.01. The specialty retailer earned $95.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $95.10 million. Francesca's had a negative return on equity of 2.36% and a negative net margin of 3.56%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $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 guidance of $-0.41--0.34 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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 12-month target prices for Francesca's' stock. Their predictions range from $2.00 to $5.00. On average, they expect Francesca's' stock price to reach $3.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 307.0% 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.

Press coverage about FRAN stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Francesca's earned a news sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Francesca's saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 9,308,300 shares, a decrease 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. Approximately 26.4% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 many different 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 $0.86.

Francesca's has a market capitalization of $31.11 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.