Franklin Templeton Inc. (BEN)
Financials · NYQ · US
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 01:17 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Franklin Templeton Inc. trades at $32.12, which is 76% below the $56.60 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a valuation model is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 54 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 22.0 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
BEN dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.660 | 2 |
| 2025 | $1.29 | 4 |
| 2024 | $1.56 | 5 |
| 2023 | $0.900 | 3 |
| 2022 | $1.17 | 4 |
| 2021 | $1.13 | 4 |
| 2020 | $1.09 | 4 |
| 2019 | $1.05 | 4 |
| 2018 | $3.95 | 4 |
| 2017 | $0.830 | 4 |
| 2016 | $0.740 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
BEN earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 12 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Franklin Templeton Inc.
Franklin Templeton Inc. is a publicly owned asset investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts, and partnerships. It launches equity, fixed income, balanced, and multi-asset mutual funds through its subsidiaries. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets. Franklin Resources, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in San Mateo, California with an additional office in Calgary, Alberta; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Edinburgh, Midlothian; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Hyderabad, India; London, Greater London; Rancho Cordova, California; Shanghai, Shanghai Province; Singapore; Stamford, Connecticut; and Vienna.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
BEN passes 5 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
12 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$70.96M · 0.0% of book
- Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$49.23M · 0.0% of book
- Steve Cohen, Point72 Asset Management, L.P.$44.68M · 0.1% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$30.29M · 0.0% of book
- Ruffer LLP, Ruffer LLP$4.26M · 0.1% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in BEN
We hold 6 disclosed trades in BEN by members of Congress and executive-branch officials. The latest 5:
- Alan Armstrong · SenateBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 27 Mar 2026 · disclosed 21 Jul 2026
- Dean Phillips · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 13 May 2020 · disclosed 15 Jun 2020
- Gilbert Cisneros · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 29 Apr 2020 · disclosed 13 May 2020
- Gilbert Cisneros · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 18 Mar 2020 · disclosed 16 Apr 2020
- Dean Phillips · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 4 Jan 2019 · disclosed 18 Feb 2019
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
BEN peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Asset Management), then in the same sector.
- KKR KKR & Co. Inc.
- APO Apollo Global Management, Inc.
- ARES Ares Management Corporation
- CG The Carlyle Group Inc.
- BAMGF Brookfield Corporation
- OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc.
- PS Pershing Square Inc.
- CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc.
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Common questions
Is Franklin Templeton Inc. (BEN) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $56.60, BEN at $32.12 is 76% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own BEN?
12 of the institutions we track reported a position in BEN in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is BEN's P/E ratio?
BEN trades at 22.0 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Franklin Templeton Inc. (BEN) pay a dividend?
Yes. Franklin Templeton Inc. yields 4.04% at the current share price. It has paid $0.990 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 41 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
When does BEN report earnings next?
Franklin Templeton Inc. is scheduled to report on 6 Nov 2026. Companies move earnings dates, so read it as scheduled rather than certain.
Where does SteadyShares get its BEN data?
Fundamentals for BEN come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 01:17 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 100/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.