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Famous Brands Limited

Famous Brands Limited

5,080.00
ZAC
-70.00
(-1.36%)
564.44BMarket Cap
Jun 01Next Earn
2014 Y
2015 Y
2016 Y
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
2026 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
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
- -
Basic EPS, GAAP
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
- -
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
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
- -
Dividend per Share
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Book Value per Share
12.34
13.92
14.86
13.85
15.01
14.13
16.77
2.69
6
8.42
9.5
11.73
13.56
11.73
Tangible Book Value per Share
3.47
4.68
3.82
-14.37
-10.47
-7.65
-5.94
-6.47
-2.7
-0.07
0.83
3.16
5.13
3.16
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
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
- -
Operating Margin (%)
20.01
20.47
18.39
16.4
12.68
10.96
14.04
6.29
9.8
10.41
9.93
10.33
10.23
- -
Depreciation Expense
38
42
53
110
203
223
330
299
196
193
208
204
200
- -
Net Income, GAAP
402
466
528
414
22
-484
362
-1,239
318
524
458
548
601
- -
Effective Tax Rate (%)
28.55
28.65
28.61
34.09
76.56
- -
29.25
- -
30.84
27.82
29.24
27.5
25.73
- -
Profit Margin (%)
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
- -
Working Capital
149
279
329
577
656
695
397
503
290
485
533
539
707
539
LT Debt
- -
- -
5
2,746
2,600
2,143
2,919
1,720
1,114
1,311
1,321
1,131
1,159
1,131
Total Equity
1,235
1,417
1,551
1,485
1,627
1,528
1,800
391
721
976
1,079
1,292
1,483
1,292
Return on Invested Capital (%)
31.83
33.97
35.01
20.04
4.68
- -
14.01
- -
19.6
27.12
22.19
24.29
25.3
- -
Return on Capital (%)
31.91
32.95
33.09
16.17
1.15
- -
10.25
- -
16.66
24.55
21.1
23.14
23.12
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)
36.25
35.64
36.85
28.95
1.5
-33.18
23.42
-127.11
72.96
72.54
50.96
51.48
47.67
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Capital Structure

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Feb'24
Aug'25
Feb'25
ST Debt
202
659
307
LT Borrowings
1,076
556
907
LT Finance Leases
245
243
224
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
100
100
100
Market Capitalization
5,677
5,873
5,644

Working Capital

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.
Feb'24
Aug'25
Feb'25
Total Current Assets
1,597
1,605
1,664
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
353
324
441
Accounts Receivable, Net
495
531
500
Inventories
573
545
556
Total Current Liabilities
1,064
1,575
1,125
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
202
659
307
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.

(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
- -
- -
- -

Semi-annual Revenue

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
8,024
2025
- -
- -
8,283
2026
- -
- -
8,744

Semi-annual Earnings Per Share

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
4.57
2025
- -
- -
5.47
2026
- -
- -
6

Semi-annual Dividends Per Share

ZAR

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

H1
H2
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
2025
- -
- -
- -
2026
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

Company Profile APIChatGPT
CEO
Darren Paul Hele
Full Time Employees
3,989
Sector
Consumer services
Industry
Restaurants
Address
Halfway House Midrand GT South Africa 1685
IPO Date
Jan 30, 1995
Website
famousbrands.co.za
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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.

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