Media stories about Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (NASDAQ:RMCF) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory earned a coverage optimism score of 0.09 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the company an impact score of 47.1597970811013 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near future.
These are some of the media headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s rankings:
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (RMCF) Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.12 (americanbankingnews.com)
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ:RMCF) Files An 8-K Financial Statements and Exhibits (4-traders.com)
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. Declares Second Quarter Cash Dividend of $0.12 Per Share (finance.yahoo.com)
- ETFs with exposure to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. : August 14, 2017 (finance.yahoo.com)
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (NASDAQ:RMCF) traded down 0.35% during trading on Friday, hitting $11.40. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 7,737 shares. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $11.46 and a 200 day moving average of $11.56. The firm has a market cap of $66.79 million, a P/E ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 0.90. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory has a 12 month low of $9.65 and a 12 month high of $13.23.
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (NASDAQ:RMCF) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 6th. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $9.35 million for the quarter. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory had a return on equity of 18.66% and a net margin of 9.23%. Equities research analysts predict that Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory will post $0.71 earnings per share for the current year.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 5th will be given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 31st. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.21%. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory’s dividend payout ratio is currently 81.36%.
In related news, VP Gregory L. Pope sold 4,100 shares of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.08, for a total transaction of $45,428.00. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 30,311 shares in the company, valued at $335,845.88. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders have sold 6,889 shares of company stock worth $76,653 over the last 90 days. 13.12% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Company Profile
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc is an international franchisor, confectionery manufacturer and retail operator. The Company’s subsidiary, U-Swirl International, Inc (U-Swirl), franchises and operates soft-serve frozen yogurt stores. The Company operates through five segments: Franchising, Manufacturing, Retail Stores, U-Swirl operations and Other.
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