BEN vs. STT, NTRS, TROW, ARCC, SEIC, IVZ, AMG, MAIN, GBDC, and CNS
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), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), and Cohen & Steers (CNS). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Franklin Resources vs. Its Competitors
Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) and State Street (NYSE:STT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
47.6% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of State Street shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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 pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Resources has raised its dividend for 45 consecutive years and State Street has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Franklin Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend 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.
Franklin Resources presently has a consensus price target of $20.25, suggesting a potential downside of 10.36%. State Street has a consensus price target of $102.54, suggesting a potential upside of 5.14%. Given State Street's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe State Street is more favorable than Franklin Resources.
In the previous week, State Street had 11 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for State Street and 10 mentions for Franklin Resources. Franklin Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat State Street's score of 0.88 indicating that Franklin Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
State Street received 240 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.97% of users gave State Street an outperform vote while only 39.25% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.
State Street has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Franklin Resources' net margin of 4.32%. State Street's return on equity of 12.60% beat Franklin Resources' return on equity.
Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, State Street has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
State Street beats Franklin Resources on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BEN) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
