FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC.
At today's price, FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC. (BEN) is priced for +13.5% earnings growth. boothcheck doesn't publish a fair value or a price target; it shows what the price assumes, so you can judge whether that bar is too high. Built from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Franklin Resources manages about $1.68 trillion across mutual funds, ETFs, and alternatives, and its most recent quarter showed a franchise pulling in two directions: $21 billion of long-term net inflows excluding Western Asset, against $4.1 billion of continued outflows at the Western Asset subsidiary [Source: Franklin Q2 FY2026 results]. • The dividend is the anchor of the investment case, with a payout near $1.36 a share against a roughly $33 price (June 27, 2026), supported by capital-ligh
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587 institutional managers reported holding BEN in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 55% of the company; the top 10 hold 34%. 77 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street, among others. On the short side, 21.4M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 4% of shares outstanding (5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
BEN's share count grew 5.8% over the past five years even with $1.12B spent on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 13 years running, raised 6 years straight; the current rate is $1.28 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $1.84B in dividends and $800.00M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at BEN over the trailing three years: 2024: 6 buys totaling $11.33M; 2025: 4 buys totaling $4.10M. 13 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
BEN's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-29 | +3.9% | -16.7% |
| 2023-11-15 | +3.3% | +11.4% |
| 2024-01-30 | -1.7% | +0.6% |
| 2024-04-30 | -8.6% | -2.7% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
BEN's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-05 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-04-28 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-02-05 (items 5.02, 5.07); 2026-01-30 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2025-12-17 (items 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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