Franklin Resources (BEN) 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, community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is STT or BEN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
State Street	12.14%	12.60%	0.83%
Franklin Resources	4.32%	9.45%	3.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STT or BEN?

State Street received 238 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.94% of users gave State Street an outperform vote while only 39.25% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
State Street	Outperform Votes 687 55.94%	Underperform Votes 541 44.06%
Franklin Resources	Outperform Votes 449 39.25%	Underperform Votes 695 60.75%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of STT or BEN?

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

Is STT or BEN a better dividend stock?

State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Franklin Resources has raised 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, STT or BEN?

State Street has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate STT or BEN?

State Street currently has a consensus target price of $102.15, suggesting a potential upside of 4.53%. Franklin Resources has a consensus target price of $20.25, suggesting a potential downside of 8.62%. Given State Street's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Franklin Resources	5 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.77

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, STT or BEN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
State Street	$13.07B	2.13	$2.69B	$8.91	10.97
Franklin Resources	$8.70B	1.34	$464.80M	$0.68	32.59

Does the media refer more to STT or BEN?

In the previous week, State Street had 13 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for State Street and 18 mentions for Franklin Resources. Franklin Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat State Street's score of 1.03 indicating that Franklin Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
State Street	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Franklin Resources	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

State Street beats Franklin Resources on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.