NYSE:BEN - Franklin Resources Stock Price, Forecast & News

Franklin Resources trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BEN."

Franklin Resources declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Friday, January 10th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. This is a boost from Franklin Resources's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. View Franklin Resources' Dividend History.

Franklin Resources announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Thursday, April 12th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 80,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The closed-end fund reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.03. The closed-end fund had revenue of $1.45 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.46 billion. Franklin Resources had a net margin of 20.71% and a return on equity of 12.28%. Franklin Resources's quarterly revenue was down 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.96 earnings per share. View Franklin Resources' Earnings History.

Franklin Resources is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Franklin Resources.

Franklin Resources will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Franklin Resources' shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Franklin Resources' share price to reach $27.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Franklin Resources.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Franklin Resources in the last year. There are currently 7 sell ratings and 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Franklin Resources.

Media coverage about BEN stock has been trending somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Franklin Resources earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the closed-end fund a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Franklin Resources.

Franklin Resources saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 28,050,000 shares, an increase of 5.8% from the December 31st total of 26,510,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,250,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.6 days. Currently, 10.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Franklin Resources' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Franklin Resources include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), State Street (STT), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Northern Trust (NTRS), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Ares Capital (ARCC), Eaton Vance (EV), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Federated Investors (FII), Legg Mason (LM) and Main Street Capital (MAIN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Franklin Resources investors own include Exxon Mobil (XOM), AbbVie (ABBV), AT&T (T), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Pfizer (PFE), Procter & Gamble (PG), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), 3M (MMM) and Chevron (CVX).

Franklin Resources' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.23%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.17%), Foundation Resource Management Inc. (0.08%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.07%), O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc. (0.04%) and O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc. (0.03%). Company insiders that own Franklin Resources stock include Craig Steven Tyle, Jed A Plafker and Rupert H Johnson Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Franklin Resources.

BEN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundation Resource Management Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Strs Ohio, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc. and O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Franklin Resources.

BEN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Alpine Global Management LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd, New England Research & Management Inc. and Uncommon Cents Investing LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Franklin Resources.

Shares of BEN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.71.

Franklin Resources has a market capitalization of $12.33 billion and generates $5.77 billion in revenue each year. The closed-end fund earns $1.20 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.52 on an earnings per share basis. Franklin Resources employs 9,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Franklin Resources.

The official website for Franklin Resources is http://www.franklinresources.com/.

Franklin Resources' mailing address is ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO CA, 94403. The closed-end fund can be reached via phone at 650-312-2000 or via email at [email protected]