AIM/FRAN (AIM/FRAN)

London Stock Exchange AIM: AIM/FRAN · GBX

GBX 153

-2.00 (-1.3%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	293.1M
Revenue (ttm)	147.4M
Net income (ttm)	10.9M
EPS (ttm)	GBX 0.06
Shares out	191.6M
P/E (trailing)	27.2x
P/E (forward)	15.8x
Dividend	GBX 0.03 (1.63%)
Volume	21,859
Beta	0.47

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 147.4M
Net income (ttm): 10.9M
EPS (ttm): GBX 0.06
P/E (trailing): 27.2x
P/E (forward): 15.8x
Market cap: 293.1M

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E15.8

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E27.2

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE4.9

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC5.1

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Benchmarks · 1M

S&P 500+0.5%

Nasdaq Composite-2.4%

Dow Jones Industrial Average+1.8%

Russell 2000+1.8%

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Market & fundamental data

Available fields

259

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Currency

GBP

Showing 259 of 259 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	GBP
Country	United Kingdom
Country code	UK
Earnings date	2026-10-29
Employees	600
Employees change	-6
Employees growth	-0.99%
Enterprise value	GBX 354.7M
Exchange	London Stock Exchange AIM
Financial currency	GBP
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-10
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	2008
Industry	Specialty Business Services
Is primary listing	Yes
ISIN number	GB00BD6P7Y24
Last earnings date	2026-07-29
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Market cap	GBX 293.1M
Next earnings date	2026-10-29
Price	GBX 153.00
Price currency	GBX
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	7500
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	aim/FRAN
Website	https://www.franchisebrands.co.uk

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	58.22x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	46.73x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	44.82x
Earnings yield	3.68%
EV/Earnings	33x
EV/EBIT	17.64x
EV/EBITDA	10.04x
EV/FCF	13.39x
EV/Sales	2.43x
FCF / EV yield	7.47%
FCF yield	9.02%
Forward P/E	15.83x
Graham number	121.691
Graham upside	-21.74%
Industry forward P/E	18.23x
Industry P/E	26x
Lynch fair value	GBX 140.63
Lynch upside	-9.57%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	10.81x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	10.41x
P/B ratio	1.32x
P/E ratio	27.2x
P/FCF ratio	11.09x
P/OCF ratio	10.66x
P/S ratio	2.01x
Price/EBITDA ratio	9.34x
Sector forward P/E	18.93x
Sector P/E	23.05x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	13.79%
EBITDA margin	21.56%
Effective tax rate	28.5%
FCF margin	18.17%
Gross margin	58.45%
Operating margin	13.79%
Pretax margin	10.31%
Profit margin	7.37%
Profit per employee	GBX 18,105
Profitable quarters	6
Profitable years	8
Revenue per employee	GBX 245,642
ROA	3.41%
ROA (5Y)	4.04%
ROCE	6.52%
ROE	4.89%
ROE (5Y)	5.11%
ROIC	5.09%
ROIC (5Y)	6.75%
SBC / revenue	-0.47%
Tax / revenue	2.94%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	39.92%
EPS growth (Q)	44.76%
EPS growth (QoQ)	29.35%
EPS growth 10Y	9.87%
EPS growth 3Y	26.28%
EPS growth 5Y	10.21%
EPS growth quarters	3
EPS growth years	2
FCF growth	-2.27%
FCF growth (Q)	-2.94%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-26.53%
FCF growth 3Y	44.52%
FCF growth 5Y	37.85%
Gross profit growth	4.89%
Gross profit growth (Q)	3.26%
Gross profit growth 3Y	21.06%
Gross profit growth 5Y	32.31%
Net income growth	39.14%
Net income growth (Q)	44.42%
Net income growth (QoQ)	29.61%
Net income growth 3Y	40.25%
Net income growth 5Y	26.99%
Net income growth quarters	3
Net income growth years	2
OCF growth	-3.28%
OCF growth (Q)	-2.18%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-24.41%
OCF growth 10Y	38.92%
OCF growth 3Y	44.88%
OCF growth 5Y	34.43%
Operating income growth	24.86%
Operating income growth (Q)	27.91%
Operating income growth 3Y	20.44%
Operating income growth 5Y	29.52%
Revenue growth	5.76%
Revenue growth (Q)	7.44%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	5.33%
Revenue growth 10Y	41.77%
Revenue growth 3Y	24.05%
Revenue growth 5Y	23.61%
Revenue growth quarters	21
Revenue growth years	11

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	GBX -1.1M
Depreciation and amortization	GBX 11.5M
EBIT	GBX 20.3M
EBITDA	GBX 31.8M
EPS	GBX 0.06
FCF per share	GBX 0.14
Financing cash flow	GBX -24.1M
Free cash flow	GBX 26.8M
Free cash flow minus SBC	GBX 27.5M
Gross profit	GBX 86.1M
Income taxes	GBX 4.3M
Investing cash flow	GBX -3.5M
Net borrowing	GBX -13.4M
Net cash flow	GBX 402,000
Net income	GBX 10.9M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	GBX 28.5M
Operating income	GBX 20.3M
Revenue	GBX 147.4M
Stock-based compensation	GBX -687,000

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	2.18
Book value per share	GBX 1.17
Debt / EBITDA	2.24
Debt / equity	0.36
Debt / FCF	2.99
Interest coverage	4.01
Long-term assets	GBX 300M
Long-term liabilities	GBX 87.5M
Net cash (debt)	GBX -61.6M
Net cash / market cap	-20.74%
Net debt / EBITDA	1.94
Net debt / equity	0.27
Net debt / FCF	2.3
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	GBX 15.1M
Shareholders' equity	GBX 224.2M
Tangible book value	GBX -57.8M
Tangible book value per share	GBX -0.30
Total assets	GBX 377.1M
Total cash	GBX 18.4M
Total debt	GBX 79.9M
Total liabilities	GBX 152.9M
WACC	6.34%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.4
Current assets	GBX 77.1M
Current liabilities	GBX 65.4M
Current ratio	1.18
Inventory turnover	8.1
Net working capital	GBX 16.7M
Quick ratio	1.06
Working capital	GBX 11.7M
Working capital turnover	12.44

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	1.14%
Dividend growth	6.12%
Dividend growth (3Y)	7.38%
Dividend growth (5Y)	13.18%
Dividend growth years	8
Dividend payment date	2026-09-25
Dividend payment years	10
Dividend payout frequency	Semi-Annual
Dividend per share	GBX 0.03
Dividend yield	1.63%
Ex-dividend date	2026-09-10
FCF payout ratio	18.6%
Last dividend	GBX 0.01
Payout ratio	44.16%
Shareholder yield	2.74%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	191.43%
10Y return CAGR	12.59%
10Y total return	227.28%
150-day SMA	GBX 145.41
1D price change	-1.29%
1M price change	-3.16%
1M total return	-3.16%
1W price change	-0.97%
1W total return	-0.97%
1Y price change	30.21%
1Y return CAGR	32.59%
1Y total return	32.56%
20-day SMA	GBX 153.39
200-day SMA	GBX 141.25
3M price change	5.16%
3M total return	6.03%
3Y price change	11.27%
3Y return CAGR	5.4%
3Y total return	17.09%
50-day SMA	GBX 154.34
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	GBX 160.00
52-week high date	2026-10-02
52-week low	GBX 104.66
52-week low date	2026-03-23
5Y price change	8.51%
5Y return CAGR	3.2%
5Y total return	17.05%
6M price change	14.18%
6M total return	16.24%
All-time high	GBX 250.00
All-time high date	2023-04-03
All-time low	GBX 37.00
All-time low date	2016-08-17
Average true range (ATR)	GBX 4.47
Average volume	119.2K
Beta (1Y)	0.13
Beta (2Y)	0.29
Beta (5Y)	0.47
Change from 52-week high	-4.38%
Change from 52-week low	46.19%
Change from all-time high	-38.8%
Change from all-time low	313.51%
Change from open	1.66%
Day's gap	-2.9%
Dollar volume	GBX 3.3M
High price	GBX 155.50
Low price	GBX 150.50
Monthly RSI	52.88
Open price	GBX 150.50
Position in 52-week range	50%
Previous close	GBX 155.00
Price vs 150-day SMA	5.22%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-0.25%
Price vs 200-day SMA	8.32%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-0.87%
Relative volume	0.18
RSI	48.66
Sharpe ratio	0.86
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.24
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.14
Sortino ratio	1.54
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.52
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.37
Volume	21.9K
Weekly RSI	57
YTD price change	9.68%
YTD total return	11.66%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	124M
Shares change (QoQ)	0.32%
Shares change (YoY)	-1.14%
Shares held by insiders	23.73%
Shares held by institutions	62.7%
Shares outstanding	191.6M

Deeper analysis on AIM/FRAN

14 sections in the full report · jump straight to what you need

Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Scorecard

Six-factor overlay and 9-category weighted scorecard.

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Recommendation

Final action, action steps, opportunity, and biggest risk.

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Perspectives

Growth, value, and income investor reads.

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Frequently asked questions

About this AIM/FRAN report

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Market cap

293.1M

Revenue (ttm)

147.4M

Net income (ttm)

10.9M

EPS (ttm)

GBX 0.06

Shares out

191.6M

P/E (trailing)

27.2x

P/E (forward)

15.8x

Dividend

GBX 0.03 (1.63%)

Volume

21,859

Beta

0.47

Metric

Value

Amount currency

GBP

Country

United Kingdom

Country code

Earnings date

2026-10-29

Employees

600

Employees change

-6

Employees growth

-0.99%

Enterprise value

GBX 354.7M

Exchange

London Stock Exchange AIM

Financial currency

GBP

Financial report date

2026-06-30

First seen

2026-05-10

Fiscal year end

December

Founded

2008

Industry

Specialty Business Services

Is primary listing

Yes

ISIN number

GB00BD6P7Y24

Last earnings date

2026-07-29

Last refreshed

2026-10-28

Market cap

GBX 293.1M

Next earnings date

2026-10-29

Price

GBX 153.00

Price currency

GBX

Sector

Industrials

SIC code

7500

Stock price date

2026-10-28

Symbol

aim/FRAN

Website

https://www.franchisebrands.co.uk

Metric

Value

Average P/E ratio (10Y)

58.22x

Average P/E ratio (3Y)

46.73x

Average P/E ratio (5Y)

44.82x

Earnings yield

3.68%

EV/Earnings

33x

EV/EBIT

17.64x

EV/EBITDA

10.04x

EV/FCF

13.39x

EV/Sales

2.43x

FCF / EV yield

7.47%

FCF yield

9.02%

Forward P/E

15.83x

Graham number

121.691

Graham upside

-21.74%

Industry forward P/E

18.23x

Industry P/E

26x

Lynch fair value

GBX 140.63

Lynch upside

-9.57%

P/(FCF - SBC) ratio

10.81x

P/(OCF - SBC) ratio

10.41x

P/B ratio

1.32x

P/E ratio

27.2x

P/FCF ratio

11.09x

P/OCF ratio

10.66x

P/S ratio

2.01x

Price/EBITDA ratio

9.34x

Sector forward P/E

18.93x

Sector P/E

23.05x

Metric

Value

EBIT margin

13.79%

EBITDA margin

21.56%

Effective tax rate

28.5%

FCF margin

18.17%

Gross margin

58.45%

Operating margin

13.79%

Pretax margin

10.31%

Profit margin

7.37%

Profit per employee

GBX 18,105

Profitable quarters

Profitable years

Revenue per employee

GBX 245,642

ROA

3.41%

ROA (5Y)

4.04%

ROCE

6.52%

ROE

4.89%

ROE (5Y)

5.11%

ROIC

5.09%

ROIC (5Y)

6.75%

SBC / revenue

-0.47%

Tax / revenue

2.94%

Metric

Value

EPS growth

39.92%

EPS growth (Q)

44.76%

EPS growth (QoQ)

29.35%

EPS growth 10Y

9.87%

EPS growth 3Y

26.28%

EPS growth 5Y

10.21%

EPS growth quarters

EPS growth years

FCF growth

-2.27%

FCF growth (Q)

-2.94%

FCF growth (QoQ)

-26.53%

FCF growth 3Y

44.52%

FCF growth 5Y

37.85%

Gross profit growth

4.89%

Gross profit growth (Q)

3.26%

Gross profit growth 3Y

21.06%

Gross profit growth 5Y

32.31%

Net income growth

39.14%

Net income growth (Q)

44.42%

Net income growth (QoQ)

29.61%

Net income growth 3Y

40.25%

Net income growth 5Y

26.99%

Net income growth quarters

Net income growth years

OCF growth

-3.28%

OCF growth (Q)

-2.18%

OCF growth (QoQ)

-24.41%

OCF growth 10Y

38.92%

OCF growth 3Y

44.88%

OCF growth 5Y

34.43%

Operating income growth

24.86%

Operating income growth (Q)

27.91%

Operating income growth 3Y

20.44%

Operating income growth 5Y

29.52%

Revenue growth

5.76%

Revenue growth (Q)

7.44%

Revenue growth (QoQ)

5.33%

Revenue growth 10Y

41.77%

Revenue growth 3Y

24.05%

Revenue growth 5Y

23.61%

Revenue growth quarters

Revenue growth years

Metric

Value

Capital expenditures

GBX -1.1M

Depreciation and amortization

GBX 11.5M

EBIT

GBX 20.3M

EBITDA

GBX 31.8M

EPS

GBX 0.06

FCF per share

GBX 0.14

Financing cash flow

GBX -24.1M

Free cash flow

GBX 26.8M

Free cash flow minus SBC

GBX 27.5M

Gross profit

GBX 86.1M

Income taxes

GBX 4.3M

Investing cash flow

GBX -3.5M

Net borrowing

GBX -13.4M

Net cash flow

GBX 402,000

Net income

GBX 10.9M

Operating cash flow minus SBC

GBX 28.5M

Operating income

GBX 20.3M

Revenue

GBX 147.4M

Stock-based compensation

GBX -687,000

Metric

Value

Altman Z-Score

2.18

Book value per share

GBX 1.17

Debt / EBITDA

2.24

Debt / equity

0.36

Debt / FCF

2.99

Interest coverage

4.01

Long-term assets

GBX 300M

Long-term liabilities

GBX 87.5M

Net cash (debt)

GBX -61.6M

Net cash / market cap

-20.74%

Net debt / EBITDA

1.94

Net debt / equity

0.27

Net debt / FCF

2.3

Piotroski F-Score

Property, plant and equipment

GBX 15.1M

Shareholders' equity

GBX 224.2M

Tangible book value

GBX -57.8M

Tangible book value per share

GBX -0.30

Total assets

GBX 377.1M

Total cash

GBX 18.4M

Total debt

GBX 79.9M

Total liabilities

GBX 152.9M

WACC

6.34%

Metric

Value

Asset turnover

0.4

Current assets

GBX 77.1M

Current liabilities

GBX 65.4M

Current ratio

1.18

Inventory turnover

8.1

Net working capital

GBX 16.7M

Quick ratio

1.06

Working capital

GBX 11.7M

Working capital turnover

12.44

Metric

Value

Buyback yield / dilution

1.14%

Dividend growth

6.12%

Dividend growth (3Y)

7.38%

Dividend growth (5Y)

13.18%

Dividend growth years

Dividend payment date

2026-09-25

Dividend payment years

Dividend payout frequency

Semi-Annual

Dividend per share

GBX 0.03

Dividend yield

1.63%

Ex-dividend date

2026-09-10

FCF payout ratio

18.6%

Last dividend

GBX 0.01

Payout ratio

44.16%

Shareholder yield

2.74%

Metric

Value

10Y price change

191.43%

10Y return CAGR

12.59%

10Y total return

227.28%

150-day SMA

GBX 145.41

1D price change

-1.29%

1M price change

-3.16%

1M total return

-3.16%

1W price change

-0.97%

1W total return

-0.97%

1Y price change

30.21%

1Y return CAGR

32.59%

1Y total return

32.56%

20-day SMA

GBX 153.39

200-day SMA

GBX 141.25

3M price change

5.16%

3M total return

6.03%

3Y price change

11.27%

3Y return CAGR

5.4%

3Y total return

17.09%

50-day SMA

GBX 154.34

50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA

50over200

52-week high

GBX 160.00

52-week high date

2026-10-02

52-week low

GBX 104.66

52-week low date

2026-03-23

5Y price change

8.51%

5Y return CAGR

3.2%

5Y total return

17.05%

6M price change

14.18%

6M total return

16.24%

All-time high

GBX 250.00

All-time high date

2023-04-03

All-time low

GBX 37.00

All-time low date

2016-08-17

Average true range (ATR)

GBX 4.47

Average volume

119.2K

Beta (1Y)

0.13

Beta (2Y)

0.29

Beta (5Y)

0.47

Change from 52-week high

-4.38%

Change from 52-week low

46.19%

Change from all-time high

-38.8%

Change from all-time low

313.51%

Change from open

1.66%

Day's gap

-2.9%

Dollar volume

GBX 3.3M

High price

GBX 155.50

Low price

GBX 150.50

Monthly RSI

52.88

Open price

GBX 150.50

Position in 52-week range

50%

Previous close

GBX 155.00

Price vs 150-day SMA

5.22%

Price vs 20-day SMA

-0.25%

Price vs 200-day SMA

8.32%

Price vs 50-day SMA

-0.87%

Relative volume

0.18

RSI

48.66

Sharpe ratio

0.86

Sharpe ratio (3Y)

0.24

Sharpe ratio (5Y)

0.14

Sortino ratio

1.54

Sortino ratio (3Y)

0.52

Sortino ratio (5Y)

0.37

Volume

21.9K

Weekly RSI

YTD price change

9.68%

YTD total return

11.66%

Metric

Value

Float

124M

Shares change (QoQ)

0.32%

Shares change (YoY)

-1.14%

Shares held by insiders

23.73%

Shares held by institutions

62.7%

Shares outstanding

191.6M

AIM/FRAN (AIM/FRAN)

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · AIM/FRAN

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All AIM/FRAN indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Deeper analysis on AIM/FRAN

Frequently asked questions

AIM/FRAN (AIM/FRAN)

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · AIM/FRAN

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All AIM/FRAN indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Deeper analysis on AIM/FRAN

Frequently asked questions