Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN) Stock

About Franklin Resources, Inc.

Franklin Resources, Inc. is a publicly owned asset investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts, and partnerships. It launches equity, fixed income, balanced, and multi-asset mutual funds through its subsidiaries. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets. Franklin Resources, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in San Mateo, California with an additional office in Calgary, Alberta; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Edinburgh, Midlothian; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Hyderabad, India; London, Greater London; Rancho Cordova, California; Shanghai, Shanghai Province; Singapore; Stamford, Connecticut; and Vienna.

Franklin Resources, Inc. is led by CEO Jennifer Johnson, employs 9,800 people, headquartered in San Mateo, US, publicly traded since 1983.

Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN) stock trades at $34.92 with a market capitalization of $18.15B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 24.92, price-to-book of 1.40, price-to-sales of 1.88. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $21.11 and $34.92, and currently trades at its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 3.98%.

On profitability, Franklin Resources, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 6.70%, return on capital employed of 4.26%, an operating margin of 9.34%, a net profit margin of 8.99%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Franklin Resources, Inc. reported annual revenue of $8.8B, net profit of $525.0M, revenue has compounded at 9.5% a year over the last five years, profit at -8.1% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 2.71, total assets of $32.4B, $3.6B in cash and equivalents.

BEN has an average daily trading volume of 4,700,000 shares, a beta of 1.59 (more volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.franklinresources.com