Franklin Resources/$BEN
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About Franklin Resources
Franklin Templeton provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. At the end of August 2026, the company had $1.827 trillion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (42%), fixed-income (24%), multi-asset/balanced (12%) funds, alternatives (17%), and money market funds (5%). Distribution tends to be weighted between retail investors (58% of assets under management) and institutional accounts (39%), with high-net-worth clients accounting for the remainder. Franklin is one of the more global of the US-based asset managers we cover, with 30% of its AUM invested in global/international strategies and 29% sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States.
- Ticker
- $BEN
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 10,100
- Headquarters
- San Mateo, United States
BEN Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$16B
22.03
$1.47
1.57
$1.31
4.07%
Price and volume
Market cap
$16B
Beta
1.57
52-week high
$36.28
52-week low
$21.11
Average daily volume
3.9M
Dividend rate
$1.31
Financial strength
Current ratio
5.486
Quick ratio
1.114
Long term debt to equity
0.234
Total debt to equity
0.248
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
85.37%
Interest coverage (TTM)
16.32%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
1,799.1
Gross margin (TTM)
37.71%
Net profit margin (TTM)
8.72%
Operating margin (TTM)
15.57%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
25.32%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$920,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.64%
Return on equity (TTM)
7.89%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
22.031
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.794
Price to book
1.4
Price to tangible book (TTM)
11.56
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
72.211
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
1.38%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
0.449
Dividend yield (TTM)
4.04%
Forward dividend yield
4.07%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
7.94%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
180.75%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
6.12%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
3.09%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-2.75%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-5.91%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
3.25%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
6.62%
What the Analysts think about BEN
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Franklin Resources stock.
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Bulls say / Bears say
Franklin generated $18.4 billion of long-term net inflows in its third quarter and $63.3 billion year to date, helping lift assets under management to a record $1.79 trillion. Sustained inflows can support fee revenue as well as growth in AUM. (Franklin Templeton)
Private markets are gaining traction: alternative AUM reached a record $294.2 billion, and Franklin raised $11.8 billion in alternatives during the quarter. Year-to-date private-markets fundraising had already exceeded its full-year target, while the won-but-unfunded institutional pipeline reached a record $28.6 billion. (Franklin Templeton)
The planned majority acquisition of Stoneshield would add a European real-assets manager and lift Franklin’s alternatives AUM above $300 billion. It would also triple Clarion Partners’ European AUM, broadening the firm’s reach in private markets and real assets. (Franklin Templeton, Bloomberg)
Western Asset agreed to pay a $100 million SEC penalty over alleged trade-allocation misconduct by a former star manager. The settlement leaves Franklin exposed to reputational damage and the risk that clients lose confidence in the unit. (Reuters)
Most of the quarter’s $109.5 billion increase in AUM came from $98 billion of market change, distributions and other factors, rather than net long-term inflows of $18.4 billion. That makes recent AUM growth vulnerable to a market reversal and less assured than organic growth alone would suggest. (Franklin Templeton)
Franklin announced plans to liquidate ETFs, showing that some products in its range are being withdrawn. This makes the success of its ETF expansion less certain as a source of durable growth. (Franklin Templeton)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 1 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing BEN
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $BEN weighting |
|---|---|---|
Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility$HDLV | $456M | 1.88% |
Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility£HDLG | $456M | 1.88% |
SPDR S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats£GBDV | $1.8B | 1.40% |
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend€EXX5 | €412M | 0.89% |
SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats€SPYD | €3.3B | 0.44% |
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