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 Tuesday, February 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, April 13th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.29%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 30th. View Franklin Resources' Dividend History.

Franklin Resources declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, April 12th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 80,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The closed-end fund reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.03. The closed-end fund had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.43 billion. Franklin Resources had a net margin of 21.99% and a return on equity of 12.76%. Franklin Resources's revenue for the quarter was up .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.54 earnings per share. View Franklin Resources' Earnings History.

Franklin Resources is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Franklin Resources.

12 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Franklin Resources' shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Franklin Resources' stock price to reach $27.36 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Franklin Resources.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Franklin Resources in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings and 7 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Franklin Resources.

Media coverage about BEN stock has trended very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Franklin Resources earned a news impact score of 3.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the closed-end fund a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Franklin Resources.

Franklin Resources saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 31,620,000 shares, an increase of 12.7% from the January 15th total of 28,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,270,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 9.7 days. Approximately 11.3% 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), Ares Capital (ARCC), Invesco (IVZ), Eaton Vance (EV), Legg Mason (LM), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Federated Investors (FII) and Main Street Capital (MAIN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Franklin Resources investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AT&T (T), Pfizer (PFE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), General Electric (GE), The Coca-Cola (KO), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Chevron (CVX).

Franklin Resources' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.93%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.15%), Kiltearn Partners LLP (1.07%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.93%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.87%) and ProShare Advisors LLC (0.80%). 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 Bank of America Corp DE, Janus Henderson Group PLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Kiltearn Partners LLP, AQR Capital Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Korea Investment CORP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Franklin Resources.

BEN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, ProShare Advisors LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Man Group plc and UBS Group AG. 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 $25.20.

Franklin Resources has a market capitalization of $12.52 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]