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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BEN Franklin Resources	$23.19 +1.5%	$26.71	$21.88 ▼ $30.32	$12.21B	1.4	3.72 million shs	2.54 million shs
LM Legg Mason	$49.99	$49.99	$33.99 ▼ $50.70	$4.45B	0.73	2.34 million shs	4.72 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BEN Franklin Resources	-2.27%	-9.81%	-18.71%	-14.23%	-12.55%
LM Legg Mason	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BEN Franklin Resources	4.6307 of 5 stars	2.8	1.0	3.3	2.9	2.3	2.5	3.1
LM Legg Mason	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BEN Franklin Resources	1.63	Reduce	$26.00	12.12% Upside
LM Legg Mason	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest LM and BEN Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/30/2024	BEN Franklin Resources	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$29.00 ➝ $24.00
4/30/2024	BEN Franklin Resources	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$29.00 ➝ $25.50
4/30/2024	BEN Franklin Resources	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$30.00 ➝ $27.00
4/30/2024	BEN Franklin Resources	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$29.00 ➝ $26.00
4/17/2024	BEN Franklin Resources	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$24.00 ➝ $25.00

(Data available from 5/1/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BEN Franklin Resources	$7.85B	1.56	$3.63 per share	6.38	$25.15 per share	0.92
LM Legg Mason	$2.92B	1.52	$4.63 per share	10.80	$43.40 per share	1.15

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BEN Franklin Resources	$882.80M	$1.75	13.25	8.14	1.23	11.09%	11.04%	4.62%	7/26/2024 (Estimated)
LM Legg Mason	$251.37M	$3.76	17.79	13.96	5.29	8.86%	8.87%	4.24%	N/A

Latest LM and BEN Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
4/29/2024	Q2 24	BEN Franklin Resources	$0.57	$0.56	-$0.01	$0.89	$1.66 billion	$2.15 billion

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BEN Franklin Resources	$1.24	5.35%	-6.19%	70.86%	1 Years
LM Legg Mason	$1.60	3.20%	N/A	42.55%	N/A

Latest LM and BEN Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/6/2024	BEN Franklin Resources	quarterly	$0.31	4.66%	3/27/2024	3/28/2024	4/12/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BEN Franklin Resources	0.86	1.92	1.92
LM Legg Mason	0.59	2.20	1.71

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BEN Franklin Resources	47.56%
LM Legg Mason	92.21%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BEN Franklin Resources	24.13%
LM Legg Mason	8.08%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BEN Franklin Resources	9,200	526.56 million	399.50 million	Optionable
LM Legg Mason	3,059	88.95 million	N/A	Optionable

LM and BEN Headlines

Source	Headline
	Legg Mason Partners Money Market Trust - Western Asset Government Reserves (SMGXX) finance.yahoo.com - April 17 at 10:12 AM
	Private equity firm with Legg Mason ties sees rapid growth bizjournals.com - April 17 at 10:12 AM
	Top chef Khanyi hosts banquet to celebrate, grow black business msn.com - February 5 at 9:39 AM
	Legg Mason Western Asset Aus B (SSB0122AU.AX) finance.yahoo.com - January 20 at 9:21 AM
	Harry M. Ford Jr., Legg Mason broker whose career spanned nearly 60 years, dies baltimoresun.com - January 13 at 10:58 AM
	Legg Mason WA US High Yield LM Acc $ (IE00B23Z9M03.IR) finance.yahoo.com - November 25 at 3:21 PM
	Australian Unity Office Fund Registered Shs markets.businessinsider.com - November 21 at 8:55 PM
	Michigan football availability report vs. Rutgers: Mason Graham out for Big Ten opener freep.com - October 5 at 10:10 AM
	Legg Mason Partners Variable Portfolios I Inc QS LM Dynamic Multi-Strat VIT Port II thestreet.com - September 14 at 9:54 AM
	Odesnik advances at Legg Mason tennis.com - August 27 at 9:23 PM
	Legg Mason Global Funds Plc - Legg Mason QS MV Asia Pacific ex Japan Equity Growth and Income Fund (LM53.F) uk.finance.yahoo.com - August 27 at 4:32 AM
	Roddick loses to del Potro in Legg Mason final tennis.com - August 23 at 8:39 PM
	Mason Greenwood makes 'transfer preference' clear with Man Utd weighing up decision mirror.co.uk - August 16 at 9:59 AM
	Blake falls to Sweeting at Legg Mason Classic tennis.com - July 17 at 10:10 AM
	Mason Mount next: The last 12 England internationals signed by Man Utd – & how they fared msn.com - July 4 at 8:01 PM
	Mason Mount News dailymail.co.uk - July 3 at 12:21 AM
	Man Utd transfer news LIVE: Mason Mount deal ‘HIJACK’, Moises Caicedo BOOST, De Gea contract latest, Greenwood exit hint thesun.co.uk - June 30 at 1:19 AM
	LM54.F - Legg Mason Global Funds Plc - Legg Mason Royce US Smaller Companies Fund uk.finance.yahoo.com - June 17 at 12:53 PM
	Stepanek upsets Verdasco to reach Legg Mason semi tennis.com - June 17 at 12:53 AM
	Where Are They Now: Eddie Mason newyorkjets.com - June 15 at 8:13 AM
	Legg Mason (LM) to Post Q2 Earnings: What's in the Offing? sg.style.yahoo.com - June 8 at 1:47 PM
	Dr. Lydia R. Legg health.usnews.com - June 8 at 1:39 AM
	Legg Mason Western Asset US Core Plus Bond Fund Class A US$ Accumulating (0P000093LM) finance.yahoo.com - May 15 at 10:35 AM
	Stabilized Aluminum Foam - LM Cell - Alusion™ archdaily.com - May 14 at 1:05 AM

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Company Descriptions

Franklin Resources

NYSE:BEN

Franklin Resources, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. 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, Canada; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Fort Lauderdale, United States; Hyderabad, India; London, United Kingdom; Rancho Cordova, United states; Shanghai, China; Singapore; Stamford, United States; and Vienna, Austria.

Legg Mason

NYSE:LM

Legg Mason, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides investment management and related services to company-sponsored mutual funds and other investment vehicles including pension funds, foundations, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, private banks, family offices, individuals, as well as to global, institutional, and retail clients. It launches and manages equity, fixed income, and multi-asset customized portfolios through its subsidiaries. The firm also launches and manages mutual funds and exchange traded funds for its clients through its subsidiaries. It invests in private and public equity, fixed income, and multi asset markets across the globe through its subsidiaries. Through its subsidiaries, the firm also invests in alternative markets. It also employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative research to make its investments through its subsidiaries. Legg Mason, Inc. was founded in 1899 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

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