Franchise Brands (LSE:FRAN) Debt-to-Equity : 0.51 (As of Jun. 2023)

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What is Franchise Brands Debt-to-Equity?

Franchise Brands's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £57.7 Mil. Franchise Brands's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £50.3 Mil. Franchise Brands's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £211.6 Mil. Franchise Brands's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 0.51.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Franchise Brands's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:FRAN' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.01 Med: 0.2 Max: 9.66
Current: 0.51

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Franchise Brands was 9.66. The lowest was -5.01. And the median was 0.20.

LSE:FRAN's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
55.99% of 927 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.38 vs LSE:FRAN: 0.51

Franchise Brands Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Franchise Brands's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Franchise Brands Debt-to-Equity Chart

Franchise Brands Annual Data

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Dec15

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Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Debt-to-Equity

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0.36

0.46

0.19

0.05

0.02

Franchise Brands Semi-Annual Data
	Dec13	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial														0.16	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.51

Competitive Comparison of Franchise Brands's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Franchise Brands's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Franchise Brands's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Franchise Brands's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Franchise Brands's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Franchise Brands Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Franchise Brands's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0.831	+	1.626)	/	103.04
	=	0.02

Franchise Brands's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(57.652	+	50.32)	/	211.561
	=	0.51

Franchise Brands (LSE:FRAN) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Franchise Brands (LSE:FRAN) Business Description

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Address

Ashwood Court, Springwood Close, Tytherington Business Park, Macclesfield, GBR, SK10 2XF

Website

https://www.franchisebrands.co.uk

Franchise Brands PLC is a holding company engaged in franchising and related activities. Its brands associated with the company are metro rod, chips away, barking mad, Oven clean, Metro Plumb, Willow Pumps, and Filta. Its operating segments are B2B, Filta International, B2C, Azura, and Other operations and the majority of the revenue comes from the B2B segment.

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