Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN)

Last Closing Price: 21.80 (2025-05-29)

Company Description

Franklin Resources, Inc. is a global investment management company. The majority of its operating revenues and net income is derived from offering investment management and related services to retail mutual funds, institutional and private accounts, and other investment products. The mutual funds and other products are sold to the public under different brands like Franklin, Templeton, Legg Mason, Balanced Equity Management, Benefit Street Partners, Brandywine Global Investment Management and Clarion Partners. Franklin's principal line of business provides investment advisory and management services to investors worldwide through products that include U.S. and non-U.S.-registered open-end and closed-end funds, unregistered funds, and institutional, high net-worth and separately-managed accounts. It offers an array of fixed income, equity, multi-asset, alternative, and cash management asset classes and solutions.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $8.48B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $464.80M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 10.78
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 9.69
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) 2.95
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 1.32
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 0.87
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 6.36
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 7.01%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 4.65%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 9.13%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 3.74%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.95
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.95
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.93
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) --
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $25.04
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $0.47
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $2.39
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $0.68
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Financial Services
Industry Asset Management
Common Shares Outstanding 525.52M
Free Float 405.18M
Market Capitalization $11.46B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 5.02M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 1.39
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 22.90%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 47.56%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $1.28
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 5.87%