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BEN vs. STT, NTRS, TROW, ARCC, SEIC, IVZ, AMG, MAIN, CNS, and GBDC

Should you be buying Franklin Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Resources include State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Ares Capital (ARCC), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Cohen & Steers (CNS), and Golub Capital BDC (GBDC). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

Franklin Resources vs. Its Competitors

State Street (NYSE:STT) and Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of State Street shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

State Street has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Resources. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
State Street$22.13B1.42$2.69B$8.9112.38
Franklin Resources$8.48B1.53$464.80M$0.6836.40

State Street has a net margin of 12.85% compared to Franklin Resources' net margin of 4.65%. State Street's return on equity of 12.79% beat Franklin Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
State Street12.85% 12.79% 0.84%
Franklin Resources 4.65%9.13%3.74%

State Street has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. State Street pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Resources pays out 188.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. State Street has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Franklin Resources has increased its dividend for 45 consecutive years. Franklin Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, State Street had 23 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for State Street and 24 mentions for Franklin Resources. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Franklin Resources' score of 0.51 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
State Street
16 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Franklin Resources
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

State Street presently has a consensus price target of $106.46, indicating a potential downside of 3.49%. Franklin Resources has a consensus price target of $21.21, indicating a potential downside of 14.31%. Given State Street's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe State Street is more favorable than Franklin Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
State Street
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Franklin Resources
5 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.85

Summary

State Street beats Franklin Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BEN vs. The Competition

MetricFranklin ResourcesFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.07B$13.73B$12.11B$20.73B
Dividend Yield5.14%5.80%5.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio36.4034.0820.0228.09
Price / Sales1.537.1125.6838.31
Price / Cash7.2616.0121.6822.53
Price / Book0.982.762.284.58
Net Income$464.80M$572.21M$1.00B$986.06M
7 Day Performance3.77%2.53%2.21%2.79%
1 Month Performance15.71%7.54%4.45%5.42%
1 Year Performance10.30%13.53%540.85%14.63%

Franklin Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.4424 of 5 stars
$24.75
-0.2%
$21.21
-14.3%
+10.3%$13.07B$8.48B36.4010,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
STT
State Street
4.7971 of 5 stars
$101.30
+1.7%
$102.54
+1.2%
+48.8%$28.89B$22.13B11.3753,000Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
NTRS
Northern Trust
3.7732 of 5 stars
$120.69
+7.9%
$108.42
-10.2%
+56.0%$23.48B$16.06B11.2623,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.5072 of 5 stars
$94.03
+0.9%
$94.09
+0.1%
-13.3%$20.72B$7.11B10.668,158Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.3414 of 5 stars
$21.48
-0.1%
$22.00
+2.4%
+6.8%$14.91B$1.49B10.482,550Positive News
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.9023 of 5 stars
$84.76
+1.8%
$88.00
+3.8%
+41.8%$10.55B$2.13B18.435,098Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
IVZ
Invesco
4.7483 of 5 stars
$14.92
+0.7%
$17.38
+16.5%
+11.3%$6.68B$6.07B11.948,500Analyst Forecast
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.0006 of 5 stars
$183.57
-0.5%
$192.40
+4.8%
+28.5%$5.22B$2.04B13.954,100
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.0273 of 5 stars
$57.99
-0.2%
$52.80
-8.9%
+17.6%$5.16B$541.03M9.8590Dividend Cut
CNS
Cohen & Steers
2.6236 of 5 stars
$75.99
+1.5%
$90.00
+18.4%
+8.2%$3.87B$517.42M24.83390
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
2.3016 of 5 stars
$14.29
-2.2%
$15.50
+8.5%
-6.9%$3.81B$724.68M12.64N/ANews Coverage
Positive News

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