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Famous Brands Limited

Famous Brands Limited

FBR.JO
Famous Brands LimitedZA flagJohannesburg Stock Exchange
5,995.00
ZAc
-117.00
- -
5.95BMarket Cap
Famous Brands Limited
FBR.JO
(Johannesburg Stock Exchange)

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5,995.00

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ROIC.AI

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
FRC
19.72
22.43
25.84
28.56
32.97
43.16
57.29
70.32
77.25
64.89
46.75
64.63
74.29
80.08
82.66
87.27
Revenue per Share
2.42
2.78
3.38
4.06
4.68
5.29
4.14
0.22
-4.84
3.62
-12.37
3.17
5.23
4.57
5.47
6
Basic EPS, GAAP
-0.47
0.42
0.48
1.02
1.3
-0.49
-0.55
3.93
4.3
5.18
2
3.92
1.6
1.6
2.62
1.76
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Dividend per Share
7.1
8.54
9.78
11.35
11.7
13.06
15.06
16.67
10.17
11.87
-0.5
2.67
4.59
5.41
8.33
11.2
Book Value per Share
0.51
1.37
1.86
3.59
4.97
4.56
-13.36
-9.22
-6.52
-4.74
-5.26
-1.51
1.25
2.1
4.32
6.45
Tangible Book Value per Share
95
96
97
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
1,878
2,156
2,516
2,826
3,283
4,308
5,720
7,023
7,725
6,495
4,684
6,476
7,444
8,024
8,283
8,744
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
19.09
19.14
18.51
20.01
20.47
18.39
16.4
12.68
10.96
14.04
6.29
9.8
10.41
10.28
10.33
10.23
Operating Margin (%)
- -
29
34
38
42
53
110
203
223
330
299
196
193
208
204
200
Depreciation Expense
230
267
329
402
466
528
414
22
-484
362
-1,239
318
524
458
548
601
Net Income, GAAP
32.76
33.32
28.32
28.55
28.65
28.61
34.09
76.56
- -
29.25
- -
30.84
27.82
29.24
27.5
25.73
Effective Tax Rate (%)
12.26
12.38
13.07
14.21
14.19
12.25
7.23
0.31
-6.26
5.58
-26.45
4.9
7.04
5.7
6.61
6.88
Profit Margin (%)
92
88
124
149
279
329
577
656
695
397
503
290
485
533
539
707
Working Capital
131
52
77
- -
- -
5
2,746
2,600
2,143
2,919
1,720
1,114
1,311
1,321
1,131
1,159
LT Debt
709
840
1,000
1,235
1,417
1,551
1,485
1,627
1,528
1,800
391
721
976
1,079
1,292
1,483
Total Equity
29.19
30.11
30.73
31.83
33.97
35.01
20.04
4.68
- -
14.87
- -
19.76
23.32
22.19
22.68
23.66
Return on Invested Capital (%)
28.95
30.15
31.29
33.8
37.34
37.82
16.3
1.12
- -
11.44
- -
19.58
28.96
24.96
26.93
25.75
Return on Capital (%)
36.84
35.65
37.08
38.7
40.71
42.76
29.48
1.36
-36.07
32.86
- -
- -
144.22
91.32
79.53
61.44
Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

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Working Capital

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Growth Rates

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(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
10.37%
32.98%
14.77%
Free Cash Flow
-77.27%
13.52%
-32.79%
Net Income, GAAP
-311.42%
-8.78%
9.79%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
9.15%
13.96%
5.57%
Total Cash Common Dividend
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- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

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Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
8,024
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
8,283
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
8,744

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

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in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
4.57
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
5.47
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
6

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

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Year

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Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
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- -
2025
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- -
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2026
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Business
Famous Brands Limited (JSE: FBR) operates as South Africa's leading franchisor of quick-service and casual dining restaurants, alongside a vertically integrated supply chain encompassing manufacturing, logistics, and retail operations supporting its brands. The company franchises and manages company-owned outlets under leading brands including Steers (burgers), Debonairs Pizza (pizza), Wimpy (casual dining), Fishaways (fish and seafood), Milky Lane (desserts and ice cream), Mugg & Bean (coffee and light meals), and Chicken Licken (chicken); signature brands such as Lupa (Italian), Mythos (Greek), Paul (bakery-cafe), Salsa Mexican Grill, Turn 'n Tender (steakhouse), Vovo Telo (bakery), and House of Coffees; with over 2,979 restaurants across South Africa (2,626 stores), the South African Development Community (224 stores), rest of Africa and Middle East (68 stores), and the United Kingdom (61 stores). Its supply chain manufactures and supplies franchisees and retail trade with meat products, sauces, spices, cheese, bakery items (breads, rolls, subs, pastries), ice cream, fruit juices, mineral water, coffee, potato products, plant-based foods, serviettes, and other value-added frozen goods from 10 manufacturing facilities and 6 logistics sites, offering 110 retail products like sauces, dressings, condiments, and frozen meats. Founded in 1960 as Steers Holdings (renamed Famous Brands in 2004) and headquartered in Midrand, South Africa, the group listed on the JSE in 1994 and maintains a level 1 B-BBEE status. Recent developments include the release of fiscal year 2025 financial statements in 2025 reflecting ongoing margin recovery amid load-shedding challenges, board changes and market updates announced at the July 2024 annual general meeting, and sustained expansion of its restaurant network to 2,979 outlets as of February 2025.