Franklin Templeton Inc (BEN)

Franklin Templeton 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.

Symbol: BEN
Exchange: NYSE
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Asset Management
Market cap: $16.65B
52 week range: 21.11 - 36.28

Valuation

Share price: $32.81 (close of 2026-10-02)
P/E (TTM): 22.32x
Price to book: 1.29x
Price to free cash flow: 71.90x
Enterprise value: $29.60B
Book value per share: $25.46

Price performance

Period	Change
1 day	+0.95%
5 days	-0.64%
1 month	-0.61%
3 months	-3.81%
6 months	+40.21%
Year to date	+37.34%
1 year	+43.21%
3 years	+35.52%
5 years	+9.00%
10 years	-7.76%
All time	+54583.33%

Members of Congress who disclosed BEN trades

Thomas Kean · Alan Armstrong

Super investors holding BEN

Ken Griffin (Citadel) · Polen Capital Mgmt (Polen Capital Management LLC) · Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates)

Profitability and growth

Return on equity: 4.04%
Return on invested capital: 1.61%
Return on assets: 1.62%
Gross margin: 38.65%
Net margin: 5.98%
EBITDA margin: 8.50%
Revenue growth: 3.45%
Net income growth: 12.93%
Free cash flow growth: 14.78%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM): 1.39%
Net debt to EBITDA: 6.61x

Latest reported year

Period end: 2025-09-30
Fiscal year: 2025
Revenue: $8.77B
Cost of revenue: $5.38B
Gross profit: $3.39B
EBITDA: $745.50M
Net income: $524.90M
Earnings per share: $0.91
Interest expense: $94.90M
Shares outstanding: 516.70M

Income statement by year

Period end	Revenue	Gross profit	Net income	EPS
2025-09-30	$8.77B	$3.39B	$524.90M	$0.91
2024-09-30	$8.48B	$2.97B	$464.80M	$0.85
2023-09-30	$7.85B	$3.28B	$882.80M	$1.72
2022-09-30	$8.28B	$4.18B	$1.29B	$2.53
2021-09-30	$8.43B	$4.52B	$1.83B	$3.58
2020-09-30	$5.57B	$3.20B	$798.90M	$1.59
2019-09-30	$5.67B	$3.68B	$1.20B	$2.35
2018-09-30	$6.20B	$4.44B	$764.40M	$1.39
2017-09-30	$6.39B	$4.72B	$1.70B	$3.01
2016-09-30	$6.62B	$4.92B	$1.73B	$2.94

Margins and returns by year

Period end	Gross margin	Net margin	Return on equity	Return on capital
2025-09-30	38.65%	5.98%	4.04%	1.61%
2024-09-30	35.08%	5.48%	3.51%	0.93%
2023-09-30	41.79%	11.25%	7.04%	3.97%
2022-09-30	50.56%	15.61%	10.50%	8.16%
2021-09-30	53.62%	21.73%	15.50%	13.77%
2020-09-30	57.53%	14.35%	7.35%	7.78%
2019-09-30	64.87%	21.09%	11.34%	20.36%
2018-09-30	71.55%	12.32%	7.49%	25.40%
2017-09-30	73.80%	26.54%	13.12%	28.77%
2016-09-30	74.28%	26.09%	13.78%	29.81%

Cash and debt by year

Period end	Cash	Debt
2025-09-30	$3.57B	$2.36B
2024-09-30	$4.41B	$2.78B
2023-09-30	$4.40B	$3.05B
2022-09-30	$4.78B	$3.38B
2021-09-30	$4.65B	$3.40B
2020-09-30	$3.99B	$3.02B
2019-09-30	$6.21B	$696.90M
2018-09-30	$6.91B	$695.90M
2017-09-30	$8.75B	$1.04B
2016-09-30	$8.48B	$1.40B

Free cash flow by year

Period end	Free cash flow	Stock-based compensation
2025-09-30	$911.60M	$214.80M
2024-09-30	$794.20M	$246.10M
2023-09-30	$940.40M	$182.60M
2022-09-30	$1.87B	$208.20M
2021-09-30	$1.17B	$171.90M
2020-09-30	$979.60M	$122.30M
2019-09-30	$34.80M	$111.50M
2018-09-30	$2.12B	$117.80M
2017-09-30	$1.06B	$123.40M
2016-09-30	$1.63B	$131.50M

Dividend history

Most recent payment: 2026-09-30
Paid in the last twelve months: $1.32

Payment date	Dividend per share
2026-09-30	$0.33
2026-06-29	$0.33
2026-03-31	$0.33
2025-12-30	$0.33
2025-09-30	$0.32
2025-06-27	$0.32
2025-03-31	$0.32
2024-12-30	$0.32

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report: 2026-11-06
Consensus EPS estimate: $0.77

Past earnings dates

Reported	Fiscal period	EPS estimate
2026-07-31	Jun/2026	$0.66
2026-04-28	Mar/2026	$0.55
2026-01-30	Dec/2025	$0.55
2025-11-07	Sep/2025	$0.57
2025-08-01	Jun/2025	$0.48
2025-07-24	-	-
2025-05-02	Mar/2025	$0.47
2025-04-28	-	-

Filings and sources

Company website: franklintempleton.com
SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar: All upcoming reports

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