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Employees: 606
Size Franchise Brands (FRAN.L) is a United Kingdom Industrials company (Miscellaneous Commercial Services) with a market value of $417M, the 319th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £161.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 5.2%, against -17.4% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 19 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.2%); the operating margin is 13.8% (peer median 3.7%).
Valuation It trades at 16.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.4× (5th cheapest of 12).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +24%, so the hurdle is -17 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.6 points below its cost of capital (6.9% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £147M | £142M | £139M | £121M | £69.8M |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +15% | +73% | — |
| Gross profit | £69.4M | £68.3M | £67.1M | £55.9M | £32.0M |
| EBITDA | £37.1M | £34.4M | £33.6M | £29.3M | £15.9M |
| Net income | £10.9M | £8.98M | £7.28M | £2.99M | £8.13M |
| Free cash flow | £23.0M | £22.8M | £20.0M | £13.6M | £8.87M |
| Capital expenditure | £4.23M | £3.10M | £3.14M | £3.06M | £1.51M |
| Total debt | n/a | £80.5M | £88.0M | £95.5M | £2.46M |
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| Measure | FRAN.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +5.2% | -9.3% | 5th highest of 20 |
| 6-month return | +5.2% | -17.4% | 5th highest of 19 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -4.8% | -37.4% | highest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.4% | +2.2% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 13.8% | 3.7% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 16.4× | 20.4× | 5th cheapest of 12 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 6.6% | 12.3% | 5th least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +23.6% | +8.0% | highest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -17.0 pp | -0.9 pp | 2nd least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.6 pp | -2.9 pp | 10th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.0× | 7.9× | 4th most expensive of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.7× | 0.9× | 4th most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franchise Brands FRAN.L | United Kingdom | $417M | +5% | +5% | 14% | 16.4× | 6.6% | +23.6% |
| Shenzhen Jiang & Associates Creative Design 300668.SZ | China | $418M | -58% | -37% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Capita CPI.L | United Kingdom | $419M | -16% | -16% | 5% | 21.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Fusion CX FUSIONCX.NS | India | $415M | n/a | +37% | 11% | n/a | 22.9% | +18.1% |
| Greentown Management 9979.HK | Hong Kong | $413M | -28% | +5% | 22% | 6.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Asset Reconstruction Company (India) ARCIL.NS | India | $421M | n/a | +13% | 110% | n/a | 13.6% | +0.3% |
| FRP Advisory FRP.L | United Kingdom | $405M | +6% | +16% | 20% | 9.8× | -10.6% | +17.5% |
| SMO ClinPlus 301257.SZ | China | $405M | -35% | 0% | 3% | 21.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou Kelida Building & Decoration 603828.SS | China | $404M | -3% | -52% | -26% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hebei Gongda Keya Technology 301197.SZ | China | $432M | -19% | -4% | -6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chongqing Yuxin Pingrui Electronic 301107.SZ | China | $401M | -7% | +6% | 3% | n/a | 26.5% | +11.6% |
| Brunel International BRNL.AS | Netherlands | $399M | -8% | -6% | 2% | 16.3× | 1.6% | +6.4% |
| YouGov YOU.L | United Kingdom | $437M | +45% | +2% | 4% | 8.4× | 16.7% | +18.6% |
| All for One A1OS.DE | Germany | $438M | +135% | -2% | -2% | n/a | 5.1% | +7.2% |
| Pubang Landscape Architecture 002663.SZ | China | $395M | -31% | -19% | -21% | n/a | 15.5% | -6.0% |
| Skytech 6937.TW | Taiwan | $394M | -43% | +1% | 13% | 34.8× | 21.0% | +7.3% |
| Cogstate CGS.AX | Australia | $394M | +33% | +7% | 20% | 26.7× | 10.9% | +14.6% |
| Kaili Catalyst & New Materials 688269.SS | China | $443M | -45% | +47% | 2% | 20.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Lanzhou Lishang Guochao Industrial 600738.SS | China | $445M | -16% | +2% | 36% | 18.3× | -8.0% | +1.1% |
| BBK Test Systems 301598.SZ | China | $446M | -20% | +15% | 22% | n/a | 8.7% | +8.6% |
| Beijing Dataway Horizon 301169.SZ | China | $447M | -41% | +10% | -8% | 137.8× | n/a | n/a |