Franklin Resources (BEN) Competitors

Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) and T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Is BEN or TROW more profitable?

T. Rowe Price Group has a net margin of 28.72% compared to Franklin Resources' net margin of 3.73%. T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity of 19.77% beat Franklin Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franklin Resources	3.73%	8.76%	3.57%
T. Rowe Price Group	28.72%	19.77%	15.04%

Do analysts prefer BEN or TROW?

Franklin Resources presently has a consensus price target of $23.58, indicating a potential downside of 8.46%. T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus price target of $101.09, indicating a potential downside of 9.35%. Given Franklin Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Franklin Resources is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franklin Resources	5 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
T. Rowe Price Group	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Which has more volatility & risk, BEN or TROW?

Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BEN or TROW?

47.6% of Franklin Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of Franklin Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BEN or TROW a better dividend stock?

Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Franklin Resources pays out 251.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 56.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Resources has increased its dividend for 45 consecutive years and T. Rowe Price Group has increased its dividend for 39 consecutive years. Franklin Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer BEN or TROW?

In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 26 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 12 mentions for Franklin Resources. Franklin Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat T. Rowe Price Group's score of 1.24 indicating that Franklin Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Franklin Resources	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
T. Rowe Price Group	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, BEN or TROW?

T. Rowe Price Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Franklin Resources. T. Rowe Price Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Resources	$8.48B	1.58	$464.80M	$0.51	50.52
T. Rowe Price Group	$7.09B	3.45	$2.10B	$8.95	12.46

Summary

Franklin Resources and T. Rowe Price Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.