Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN) - Stock Analysis

Last updated: Jul 26, 2026

Research Idea

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Robust 2025 earnings with record inflows ($118.6B), expanding assets under management ($1.68T), strategic diversification into alternatives and AI-driven initiatives, accompanied by a strong +8.6% price rise over 21 days and positive momentum signaling near-term upside potential.

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Idea window: 2/2/2026 – 2/9/2026Sector: Financial Services

AI Analyst Overview

Last Price
$33.33
Market Cap
$16.39B
1D Return
+0.33%
YTD Return
+42.92%

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Valuation Metrics

P/E
20.1
P/B
1.4
P/S
1.8
EV/EBITDA
17.4
Div Yield
4.12%

Price Behavior

4.0

Key Price Behavior Insights: • Lower highs • Support holding • Weak momentum Support Level: $32.20-$32.30 Resistance Level: $33.60-$34.40 Over the last month, BEN has slipped from the mid-$34s into the low $32s, with buyers defending $32.2-$32.3 but momentum weakening under repeated resistance in the mid-$33s to low-$34s.

bearish
cautious

Sentiment & News

6.0

Key News Insights: • AUM Growth • Dividend Appeal • Mixed Earnings Franklin Resources showed steady AUM growth and strong income/value appeal, but its near-term earnings setup remains mixed despite ongoing market interest and an upcoming July 31 results release.

FranklinResources
AssetGrowth
AI

AI Summary

6.0
Neutral

BEN is increasingly a repositioning story rather than a pure active-manager name: stabilizing AUM, improving long-term inflows, and early private-market/tokenization traction support the case for earnings durability, but the stock still needs sustained flow momentum and disciplined cost control to overcome fee-compression and execution risk.

Repositioning
ExecutionRisk
PrivateMarkets
AI summary updated 2 days ago

Description

Franklin Resources, Inc. is a publicly traded asset management holding company that provides investment services to individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts and partnerships through its subsidiaries. Those subsidiaries manage mutual funds and other pooled vehicles across public equity, fixed income, multi-asset and alternative strategies. Founded in 1947, the firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an additional office in Hyderabad, India.

Idea History

DateCloseTickerCompanySummaryStatusP/L
Feb 2Feb 9BENFranklin Resources, Inc.
Robust 2025 earnings with record inflows ($118.6B), expanding assets under management ($1.68T), strategic diversification into alternatives and AI-driven initiatives, accompanied by a strong +8.6% price rise over 21 days and positive momentum signaling near-term upside potential.
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