Somewhat Favorable News Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Impact Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (RMCF) Stock Price

Media coverage about Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (NASDAQ:RMCF) has trended somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory earned a news impact score of 0.11 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the company an impact score of 47.3924986266615 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the immediate future.

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (NASDAQ RMCF) traded up 0.347% during midday trading on Friday, hitting $11.565. The stock had a trading volume of 5,004 shares. The company has a 50-day moving average of $11.45 and a 200-day moving average of $11.58. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory has a 1-year low of $9.65 and a 1-year high of $13.23. The stock has a market cap of $67.76 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.275 and a beta of 0.90.

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (NASDAQ:RMCF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 6th. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $9.35 million during the quarter. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory had a net margin of 9.23% and a return on equity of 18.66%. Equities research analysts forecast that Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory will post $0.71 EPS for the current year.

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 5th will be given a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 31st. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory’s payout ratio is 81.36%.

In other Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory news, VP Gregory L. Pope sold 4,100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.08, for a total value of $45,428.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now 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 through this hyperlink. Insiders sold 6,889 shares of company stock worth $76,653 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 13.12% of the company’s stock.

About Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

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.