Franklin Resources
BEN
Market cap $10.1B

19.31 USD

+0.06

0.31%

At close Apr 1, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

19.31

+0.00

0.00%

1 day

0.31%

5 days

-3.45%

1 month

-2.72%

3 months

-4.12%

6 months

-2.03%

Year to date

-4.12%

1 year

-30.09%

5 years

21.75%

10 years

-62.40%

About: Franklin Resources provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. At the end of February 2025, Franklin had $1.577 trillion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (39%), fixed-income (30%), multi-asset/balanced (11%) funds, alternatives (16%) and money market funds (4%). Distribution tends to be weighted not quite equally between retail investors (54% of AUM) and institutional accounts (43%), 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 assets under management invested in global/international strategies and just as much sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States.

Employees: 10,100

Financials Investment Advice

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Funds holding %

of 7,398 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 6 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

400% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q3] → 5 (+4) [Q4]

29% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $50.4M | Put options by funds: $39.1M

23% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 87 | Existing positions closed: 71

1.52% more ownership

Funds ownership: 50.67% [Q3] → 52.19% (+1.52%) [Q4]

4% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $5.35B [Q3] → $5.56B (+$208M) [Q4]

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 548 [Q3] → 551 (+3) [Q4]

1% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 195 | Existing positions reduced: 194

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Research analyst outlook

6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$19

2%

downside

Avg. target

$22

14%

upside

High target

$24

24%

upside

6 analyst ratings

0 positive

0%

4 neutral

67%

2 negative

33%

Barclays Benjamin Budish 69% 1-year accuracy 86 / 124 met price target	14%upside $22	Underweight Maintained	3 Feb 2025
UBS Brennan Hawken 53% 1-year accuracy 18 / 34 met price target	19%upside $23	Neutral Maintained	3 Feb 2025
Wells Fargo Michael Brown 46% 1-year accuracy 30 / 65 met price target	24%upside $24	Equal-Weight Maintained	3 Feb 2025
BMO Capital Etienne Ricard 50% 1-year accuracy 6 / 12 met price target	19%upside $23	Market Perform Maintained	3 Feb 2025
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Aidan Hall 53% 1-year accuracy 9 / 17 met price target	9%upside $21	Underperform Maintained	3 Feb 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 9 articles about BEN published over the past 30 days

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Franklin's February AUM Balance Declines Sequentially on Net Outflows

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Franklin Resources, Inc. Announces Preliminary Month-End Assets Under Management

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Franklin Resources, Inc. (Franklin Templeton) (NYSE: BEN) today reported preliminary month-end assets under management (AUM) of $1.58 trillion at February 28, 2025, compared to $1.58 trillion at January 31, 2025. This month's AUM reflected the impact of positive markets, partially offset by preliminary long-term net outflows of $10 billion, inclusive of $10 billion of long-term net outflows at Western Asset Management.1 Excluding Western Asset Management, pre.

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