This weeks inaugural FRANalyst Friday post includes insights on M&A activity, apprenticeships in franchising, a new brand, and brand leadership changes. M &A Activity has picked up in the last quarter within franchise lodging brands. Red Lion Hotels bought out Knights Inn; Choice Hotels International bought WoodSpring Suites; Wyndham made a couple of noteworthy single-brand […]
FRANdata developed and uses the FRANdex to see how franchising is performing against other indexes like the Dow Jones. With the recent crash of the Dow, we take a look at the impact it’s had on franchising. The falling stock market crash had a significant impact on companies in the FRANdex: Its periodic decline […]
FRANdex outperformed both the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 in Q3 2017, however its Q-o-Q growth lagged the Russell 2000 index. For the quarter, the S&P 500 was up 5.51%, and the Russell 2000 gained 6.57%. Returns for franchise companies increased by 5.53%. The non-food segment led gains with a 10.30% Q-o-Q return. Food […]
FRANdex continued to outperform both the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 in Q2 2017. For the quarter, the S&P 500 was up 2.57%, and the Russell 2000 gained 2.08%. Franchise companies increased by 6.42%. The food segment led gains with a 7.64% return and non-food brands registered a 5.64% return. Small-caps have struggled thus far […]
FRANdex tracks the performance, based on market capitalization, of 60 U.S.-based publicly-traded companies operating under and generating income through the franchise business model. Collectively, these companies operate 138 franchise brands. All index levels are normalized to 1,000 at Q1 2006 for comparison purposes, and all remaining periods are adjusted accordingly. As McDonald’s represents over 25% […]