Franklin Resources Inc (BEN) vs Corebridge Financial, Inc. (CRBG)

Franklin Resources Inc and Corebridge Financial, Inc. are both Asset Management companies. Franklin Resources Inc and Corebridge Financial, Inc. are of similar size ($16.4B and $15.0B). Corebridge Financial, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.3× against 22.0×. Corebridge Financial, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.9% against 7.94%. Corebridge Financial, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.5% vs 8.14%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.4% vs 2.27%). Both pay a dividend; Franklin Resources Inc yields more (4.07% vs 2.90%). Across the 21 metrics below, Corebridge Financial, Inc. leads on 12 and Franklin Resources Inc on 9.

Valuation

Metric BEN CRBG Asset Management median
P/E 22.04 7.30 13.38
P/S 1.79 0.73 2.99
P/B 1.29 2.20 0.91
Price to free cash flow 72.07 6.26 7.79
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.54% 13.69% 4.67%
Free cash flow yield 1.39% 15.97% 4.85%

Profitability

Metric BEN CRBG Asset Management median
Gross margin 100.00% 38.87% 100.00%
Operating margin 9.71% 19.09% 27.27%
Net margin 8.14% 10.50% 11.89%
Free cash flow margin 2.48% 11.69% 5.96%
Return on equity 5.84% 20.56% 4.57%
Return on assets 2.21% 0.54% 1.40%
Return on invested capital 2.27% 13.38% 2.12%

Growth

Metric BEN CRBG Asset Management median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.94% 13.86% 7.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 7.06% (118.28%) (5.64%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.52% 4.18% 11.84%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.65%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BEN CRBG Asset Management median
Debt to equity 1.22 1.56 0.40
Current ratio 1.48 0.09 1.23
Net debt to EBITDA 7.18 18.45 1.06

Dividend

Metric BEN CRBG Asset Management median
Dividend yield 4.07% 2.90% 6.43%
Payout ratio 0.90 0.21 0.91

Size

Metric BEN CRBG Asset Management median
Market cap 16.37b 15.01b 692.54m

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