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Franklin Resources, Inc.

Financial Services · Asset Management

$30.98

Down-$0.40 (-1.27%)

Updated Oct 19, 2026, 11:12 AM

SID Score

6.1/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

58/100

Neutral

Market cap
12.22B
P/E ratio
23.6
Dividend yield
4.13%
52-week range
$22.58 – $36.28
Volume
4.43M
Avg. volume
4.32M

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BEN price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 16, 2026

BEN closed at $30.98 after 20 trading sessions, down 7.91% for the selected period.

Last close
$30.98
Period change
-7.91%
Period low
$30.53
Period high
$33.64
Daily close
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BEN OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 16, 2026$31.59$31.79$30.77$30.984.43M
Oct 15, 2026$30.58$31.38$30.09$31.383.64M
Oct 14, 2026$30.82$31.12$30.135$30.535.06M
Oct 13, 2026$32.00$32.03$30.83$31.184.05M
Oct 12, 2026$32.08$32.27$31.60$31.813.13M
Oct 9, 2026$32.40$32.48$31.655$32.004.16M
Oct 8, 2026$32.15$32.565$31.96$32.405.54M
Oct 7, 2026$32.07$32.555$31.90$32.484.42M
Oct 6, 2026$32.98$33.075$32.42$32.444.85M
Oct 5, 2026$32.80$33.28$32.30$32.883.45M
Oct 2, 2026$32.78$33.27$32.76$32.815.06M
Oct 1, 2026$32.05$32.50$31.555$32.505.3M
Sep 30, 2026$32.36$32.38$31.98$32.124.53M
Sep 29, 2026$32.65$32.89$32.2204$32.673.33M
Sep 28, 2026$32.86$32.895$32.10$32.683.69M
Sep 25, 2026$32.73$33.225$32.53$33.023.65M
Sep 24, 2026$32.63$32.79$32.15$32.554.86M
Sep 23, 2026$32.90$33.31$32.67$32.716.78M
Sep 22, 2026$33.77$33.79$32.64$33.134.86M
Sep 21, 2026$33.50$33.71$33.025$33.644.99M

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Company profile

Franklin Resources provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. At the end of July 2025, Franklin had $1.617 trillion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (41%), fixed-income (27%), multi-asset/balanced (11%) funds, alternatives (16%) and money market funds (5%). Distribution tends to be weighted between retail investors (56% of AUM) and institutional accounts (41%), 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 31% of its assets under management invested in global/international strategies and just as much sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States.

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Consensus
Hold
Average target
$26.89
Implied upside
—
Analysts
19
BEN recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Oct 14, 2026BarclaysEqual-Weight—
Oct 12, 2026TD CowenBuy—
Oct 12, 2026JP MorganNeutral—
Oct 9, 2026Evercore ISI GroupUnderperform—
Sep 25, 2026Morgan StanleyEqual-Weight—
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Yahoo · Oct 14, 2026

Franklin Templeton and Benefit Street Partners Expand Asset-Backed Finance Capabilities with Encina Lender Finance Transaction

NEW YORK, October 14, 2026--Franklin Templeton, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) and Benefit Street Partners, L.L.C. (BSP), the group’s alternative credit manager, have completed a transaction with Encina Lender Finance (Encina) that expands BSP’s asset-backed finance (ABF) platform. As of September 30, 2026, Franklin Templeton managed $1.8 trillion in assets, including over $300 billion in alternative assets, of which approximately $97 billion is managed by BSP.

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