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Famous Brands

JNB:FBR ZAE000053328
67
  • Value
    41
  • Growth
    47
  • Safety
    Safety
    70
  • Combined
    68
  • Sentiment
    64
  • 360° View
    360° View
    67
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Company Description

Famous Brands Limited is a quick service and casual dining restaurant franchisor. It operates franchised, master license, and Company-owned restaurants, with leading brands like Steers, Debonairs Pizza, Fishaways, Milky Lane, and Wakaberry, and also has a supply chain division. The company operates in South Africa, Africa, the Middle East, Europe (AME), and the United Kingdom. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $335 million, profits of $190 million, revenue of $444 million, and 4420 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 67 (better than 67% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Famous Brands are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Famous Brands. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 64, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 64% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 70 or better than 70% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 41, meaning that the share price of Famous Brands is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 47. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Dividend Yield
Weakest Rank Pro Holdings
Country South Africa
Industry Restaurants
Size Medium
Website famousbrands.co.za
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Last update: 26-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
41 59 70 65
Growth
47 59 13 63
Safety
Safety
70 45 73 28
Sentiment
64 65 34 59
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67 69 46 55
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
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Opinions Change
50 50 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 94 33 91
Market Pulse
17 28 31 14
Sentiment
64 65 34 59
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
41 59 70 65
Growth
47 59 13 63
Safety Safety
70 45 73 28
Combined
68 65 56 55
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
72 52 60 50
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
83 71 81 97
Price vs. Book (P/B)
19 18 16 4
Dividend Yield
1 98 96 94
Value
41 59 70 65
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
50 53 45 17
Profit Growth
57 50 33 24
Capital Growth
39 53 10 80
Stock Returns
49 71 47 95
Growth
47 59 13 63
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
42 27 26 2
Refinancing
53 29 59 51
Liquidity
74 73 83 30
Safety Safety
70 45 73 28

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