How to buy Franklin Financial Network stock | $10.05

Franklin Financial Network, Inc is a banks-regional business based in the US. Franklin Financial Network shares (FSB) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Franklin Financial Network employs 309 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$103 million.

How to buy shares in Franklin Financial Network

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Franklin Financial Network. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: FSB. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Franklin Financial Network reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$10.05, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Franklin Financial Network, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Franklin Financial Network. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Franklin Financial Network share price

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Franklin Financial Network shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-26.

Latest market close	USD$10.05
52-week range	USD$9.97 - USD$38.8243
50-day moving average	USD$30.48
200-day moving average	USD$25.9265
Wall St. target price	USD$39
PE ratio	29.5349
Dividend yield	USD$0.24 (0.79%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.032

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Franklin Financial Network price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $10.05 from 2020-12-31

1 week (2021-01-15)	0.10%
1 month (2020-12-23)	0.20%
3 months (2020-10-22)	0.20%
6 months (2020-07-22)	-61.48%

1 year (2020-01-22)	-73.91%
2 years (2019-01-22)	-64.25%
3 years (2018-01-22)	37.75
5 years (2016-01-22)	28.55

Is Franklin Financial Network under- or over-valued?

Valuing Franklin Financial Network stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Franklin Financial Network's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Franklin Financial Network's P/E ratio

Franklin Financial Network's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 30x. In other words, Franklin Financial Network shares trade at around 30x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Franklin Financial Network's PEG ratio

Franklin Financial Network's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.28. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Franklin Financial Network's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Franklin Financial Network financials

Revenue TTM	USD$103 million
Operating margin TTM	18.12%
Gross profit TTM	USD$96.9 million
Return on assets TTM	0.4%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	15.3%
Book value	$28.249
Market capitalisation	USD$456.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Franklin Financial Network shares

There are currently 248,643 Franklin Financial Network shares held short by investors – that's known as Franklin Financial Network's "short interest". This figure is 0.1% up from 248,334 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Franklin Financial Network shares can be evaluated.

Franklin Financial Network's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Franklin Financial Network's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Franklin Financial Network shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Franklin Financial Network shares traded daily (recently around 58230.210772834). Franklin Financial Network's SIR currently stands at 4.27. In other words for every 100,000 Franklin Financial Network shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4270 shares are currently held short.

However Franklin Financial Network's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Franklin Financial Network shares, or, against the total number of tradable Franklin Financial Network shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Franklin Financial Network's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Franklin Financial Network shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0201% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Franklin Financial Network shares, roughly 20 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Franklin Financial Network.

Find out more about how you can short Franklin Financial Network stock.

Franklin Financial Network share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 8.76% of net profits

Recently Franklin Financial Network has paid out, on average, around 8.76% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.79% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Franklin Financial Network shareholders could enjoy a 0.79% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Franklin Financial Network's case, that would currently equate to about $0.24 per share.

While Franklin Financial Network's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Franklin Financial Network is investing more in its future growth.

Franklin Financial Network's most recent dividend payout was on 29 May 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 May 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Franklin Financial Network's shares ever split?

Franklin Financial Network's shares were split on a 40:1 basis on 4 December 2012. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 40 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Franklin Financial Network shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 97.5% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Franklin Financial Network shares which in turn could have impacted Franklin Financial Network's share price.

Franklin Financial Network share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Franklin Financial Network's shares have ranged in value from as little as $9.97 up to $38.8243. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Franklin Financial Network's is 1.572. This would suggest that Franklin Financial Network's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Franklin Financial Network overview

Franklin Financial Network, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Franklin Synergy Bank that provides banking and related financial services to small businesses, corporate entities, local governments, and individuals. Its deposit products include checking, savings, and certificate of deposit accounts; and demand deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, money market accounts, and municipal deposits. The company also provides construction and land development, commercial real estate, residential real estate, commercial and industrial, and consumer and other loans. In addition, it offers retirement planning, financial planning, and investment services, as well as insurance products; and Internet banking, remote deposit capture, lockbox, and treasury management services. The company operates through 15 branches and a loan production office in the Williamson, Rutherford, and Davidson counties in the Nashville metropolitan area. Franklin Financial Network, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Franklin Financial Network is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 8.268% of Franklin Financial Network shares are held by insiders and 65.932% by institutions.

• How many people work for Franklin Financial Network?

  Latest data suggests 309 work at Franklin Financial Network.

• When does the fiscal year end for Franklin Financial Network?

  Franklin Financial Network's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Franklin Financial Network based?

  Franklin Financial Network's address is: 722 Columbia Avenue, Franklin, United States, 37064-2828

• What is Franklin Financial Network's ISIN number?

  Franklin Financial Network's international securities identification number is: US35352P1049

• What is Franklin Financial Network's CUSIP number?

  Franklin Financial Network's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 35352P104