BEN Stock Analysis: Resources | NYSE
Asset Management | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 17.725m USD | 12M Return: 46.3% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 148M
EPS Trend: -60.0%
Qual. Beats: 3
Rev. Trend: 96.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) is a publicly traded global investment management organization founded in 1947 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. Operating since its 1986 IPO, the firm serves a diverse client base that includes individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts, and partnerships, offering equity, fixed income, balanced, and multi-asset mutual funds. It invests across public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets, and maintains a broad international footprint with offices in cities including Calgary, Dubai, Edinburgh, London, Shanghai, Singapore, and Stamford. As a large-cap constituent of the GICS Financials sector, the company operates in the asset management and custody banking industry, where firms typically generate revenue through management and performance fees tied to assets under management (AUM).
- Equity market correction pressures AUM and fee revenue
- Western Asset fixed income outflows weigh on results
- Private credit and alternatives expansion lifts fee margins
| Net Income: 812.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.64 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 52.09% < 20% (prev 42.91%; Δ 9.19% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.03 > 3% & CFO 970.4m > Net Income 812.0m |
| Net Debt (12.8b) to EBITDA (1.77b): 7.25 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 17.14 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (518.3m) vs 12m ago 0.02% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 73.80% > 18% (prev 80.09%; Δ -6.29% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 27.32% > 50% (prev 27.19%; Δ 0.13% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 15.19 > 6 (EBIT TTM 1.39b / Interest Expense TTM 91.3m) |
| A: 0.14 (Total Current Assets 5.00b - Total Current Liabilities 291.4m) / Total Assets 34.1b |
| B: 0.34 (Retained Earnings 11.6b / Total Assets 34.1b) |
| C: 0.04 (EBIT TTM 1.39b / Avg Total Assets 33.0b) |
| D: 0.62 (Book Value of Equity 12.1b / Total Liabilities 19.5b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.94 = A |
| DSRI: 0.95 (Receivables 1.43b/1.45b, Revenue 9.03b/8.70b) |
| GMI: 1.09 (GM 80.09% / 73.80%) |
| AQI: 1.02 (AQ_t 0.80 / AQ_t-1 0.79) |
| SGI: 1.04 (Revenue 9.03b / 8.70b) |
| TATA: -0.00 (NI 812.0m - CFO 970.4m) / TA 34.1b) |
| Beneish M = -2.95 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 07, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 34.11 with a total of 4,063,500 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +5.52%, over one month by +9.97%, over three months by +47.23% and over the past year by +46.34%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 31.50 (which is 7.7% or 2.7 ATR below the current price).
Resources has received a consensus analysts rating of 2.45. Therefore, it is recommended to sell BEN.
- StrongBuy: 0
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 7
- Sell: 2
- StrongSell: 2
| Analysts Target Price | 32.4 | -5.1% |
P/E Trailing = 26.0382
P/E Forward = 11.4025
P/S = 1.9629
P/B = 1.462
P/EG = 0.4148
Revenue TTM = 9.03b USD
EBIT TTM = 1.39b USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.77b USD
Long Term Debt = 14.4b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 291.4m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 16.4b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 987.7m
Net Debt = 12.8b USD (calculated: Debt 16.4b - CCE 3.57b)
Enterprise Value = 30.5b USD (17.7b + Debt 16.4b - CCE 3.57b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 15.19 (Ebit TTM 1.39b / Interest Expense TTM 91.3m)
EV/FCF = 19.54x (Enterprise Value 30.5b / FCF TTM 1.56b)
FCF Yield = 5.12% (FCF TTM 1.56b / Enterprise Value 30.5b)
FCF Margin = 17.31% (FCF TTM 1.56b / Revenue TTM 9.03b)
Net Margin = 8.99% (Net Income TTM 812.0m / Revenue TTM 9.03b)
Gross Margin = 73.80% ((Revenue TTM 9.03b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.37b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 52.83% (prev 81.59%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.90 (Enterprise Value 30.5b / Total Assets 34.1b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.56% (Interest Expense 91.3m / Debt 16.4b)
Taxrate = 24.83% (329.8m / 1.33b)
NOPAT = 1.04b (EBIT 1.39b * (1 - 24.83%))
Current Ratio = 3.17 (Total Current Assets 5.00b / Total Current Liabilities 1.58b)
Debt / Equity = 1.35 (Debt 16.4b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 12.1b)
Debt / EBITDA = 7.25 (Net Debt 12.8b / EBITDA 1.77b)
Debt / FCF = 8.20 (Net Debt 12.8b / FCF TTM 1.56b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 12.1b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 2.46% (Net Income 812.0m / Total Assets 34.1b)
RoE = 6.69% (Net Income TTM 812.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 12.1b)
RoCE = 5.23% (EBIT 1.39b / Capital Employed (Equity 12.1b + L.T.Debt 14.4b))
RoIC = 3.10% (NOPAT 1.04b / Invested Capital 33.7b)
WACC = 5.31% (E(17.7b)/V(34.1b) * Re(9.84%) + D(16.4b)/V(34.1b) * Rd(0.56%) * (1-Tc(0.25)))
Discount Rate = 9.84% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 26.26 | Cagr: 2.69%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈1.31b ; Y1≈1.51b ; Y5≈2.22b
[DCF] Fair Price = 39.55 (EV 33.4b - Net Debt 12.8b = Equity 20.6b / Shares 519.6m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -60.03 | EPS CAGR: -5.27% | SUE: 2.83 | # QB: 3
Revenue Correlation: 96.52 | Revenue CAGR: 5.68% | SUE: 0.34 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.65 | Chg30d=+1.76% | Revisions=+12% | Analysts=8
EPS current Year (2026-09-30): EPS=2.78 | Chg30d=+1.27% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+25.3% | GrowthRev=+5.4%
EPS next Year (2027-09-30): EPS=3.04 | Chg30d=+2.64% | Revisions=+57% | GrowthEPS=+9.3% | GrowthRev=+2.1%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +53% (up=10, down=2)