Franklin Resources Inc

BEN Financial Asset Management

Franklin Resources Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $8.8 billion, up 3.45% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 14.3%, EPS grew 106.7%, free cash flow fell 55.7% and total debt rose 28.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

30.98 0.40 −1.27%
Market cap
$15.9B
P/E
21.1×
Fwd P/E
18.2×
Dividend yield
4.26%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
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Dividend safety
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Franklin Resources Inc (BEN) Operating margin

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Franklin Resources Inc's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.71%, up 2.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.89%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.81% (fiscal 2024) to 38.1% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Asset Management industry median of 33.4% and above the Financial sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 6.89% 2.08
FY2024 4.81% (9.23)
FY2023 14.0% (7.40)
FY2022 21.4% (0.81)
FY2021 22.3% 3.41
FY2020 18.8% (7.03)
FY2019 25.9% (6.82)
FY2018 32.7% (2.73)
FY2017 35.4% (0.33)
FY2016 35.8% (2.34)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 9.15% (4.94)
Mar 2026 14.1% 2.01
Dec 2025 12.1% 8.44
Sep 2025 3.64% (3.83)
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Against its own ten years

Low 4.81% High 38.1%
Ten-year median 22.3%
Current reading's percentile 19

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
ARCC Ares Capital Corporation compare 75.8%
CG Carlyle Group Inc. compare 39.6%
SEIC SEI Investments Company compare 28.9%
OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc. compare 16.9%
TPG TPG Inc. compare 15.5%
BEN Franklin Resources Inc 9.71%
CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. compare 8.01%
EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc. compare −3.62%
IVZ Invesco Ltd. compare −7.10%
Asset Management industry median 33.4%
Financial sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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