profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Franklin Resources
$35.86-1.21% today
+55.6% in 1 year
1-year low $21.181-year high $36.30
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $35.01 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Franklin Resources sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $8.28 billion in 2022 to $8.77 billion in 2025, with $525 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Franklin Resources handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$684M
Free cash flow 2025$912M
Bought back its own shares$240M
Paid as dividends$684M
Cash vs. debt$3.6B vs. $13.3B
Franklin Resources vs. similar companies
Franklin Resources grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Resources | 35.0× · Expensive | ||
 BlackRock | 33.8× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 48.5× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 71.1× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Franklin Resources's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,567 | 8,426 | 8,275 | 7,849 | 8,478 | 8,771 | |
| – | – | 6,849 | 6,350 | 6,791 | 7,047 | |
| – | – | 1,945 | 1,437 | 1,158 | 1,100 | |
| 1,180 | 2,840 | 2,205 | 1,907 | 1,375 | 1,414 | |
| 799 | 1,831 | 1,292 | 883 | 465 | 525 | |
| 1.59 | 3.57 | 2.53 | 1.72 | 0.85 | 0.91 | |
| – | – | 82.8% | 80.9% | 80.1% | 80.3% | |
| – | – | 23.5% | 18.3% | 13.7% | 12.5% | |
| 14.4% | 21.7% | 15.6% | 11.2% | 5.5% | 6.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 21,685 | 24,168 | 28,061 | 30,121 | 32,465 | 32,368 |
| Cash | 3,990 | 4,647 | 4,783 | 4,402 | 4,409 | 3,574 |
| Total debt | – | – | 9,363 | 11,752 | 13,087 | 13,300 |
| Total liabilities | 10,274 | 11,425 | 14,236 | 16,547 | 17,900 | 18,180 |
| 10,115 | 11,223 | 11,475 | 11,917 | 12,508 | 12,078 | |
| 492 | 491 | 489 | 491 | 510 | 517 | |
| 8.2% | 17.8% | 6.9% | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2.7% | |
| 7.9% | 16.3% | 11.3% | 7.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,083 | 1,245 | 1,957 | 1,089 | 971 | 1,066 | |
| 104 | 79 | 90 | 149 | 177 | 155 | |
| 980 | 1,166 | 1,866 | 940 | 794 | 912 | |
| Dividends paid | 533 | 560 | 583 | 607 | 656 | 684 |
| 218 | 208 | 181 | 256 | 274 | 240 | |
| 122 | 172 | 208 | 183 | 246 | 215 |
Valuation
- 35.0×
- 13.2×
- –
- 1.4×
- 2.1×
- 20.2×
- 19.9×
- 5.0%
- 2.9%
- 4.1%
Profitability
- 80.3%
- 12.5%
- 6.0%
- 19.6%
- 1.9%
- 4.7%
- 6.7%
- 2.4%
- 2.5%
- –
Growth
- +9.5%
- −10.6%
- +14.8%
- +3.4%
- +1.2%
Financial health
- 6.7×
- 1.27
- 45.1%
- 9.2×
- 17.14
- 17.14
- 0.26
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 37%of 827
Bottom 28%of 709
Bottom 13%of 876
Top 45%of 879
Bottom 44%of 926
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $28.75
- Range
- $22.00 – $34.00
- 5 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 0.71 | 0.55 | +29.1% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 0.70 | 0.55 | +27.3% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | 0.67 | 0.58 | +16.1% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 0.49 | 0.48 | +1.5% |
| May 2, 2025 | 0.47 | 0.47 | −0.8% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 0.59 | 0.56 | +5.4% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 0.59 | 0.60 | −2.0% |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 0.60 | 0.57 | +5.3% |
4.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$41a year at today's yield, before tax
+3.4%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.63 in 2015 → $1.29 in 2025
How safe it looks
130.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 75.0%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
43No pass
Benjamin Graham
60Pass
Philip Fisher
39No pass
Peter Lynch
24No pass
Joel Greenblatt
4No pass
Charlie Munger
31No pass
Terry Smith
40No pass
Questions about Franklin Resources
Is Franklin Resources a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Franklin Resources AI analysis
What does Franklin Resources do?
Franklin Resources, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts, and partnerships. It is in Asset Management, based in San Mateo, CA, United States, with 10,000 employees.
Does Franklin Resources pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.1% a year, about 130% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $684 million in dividends.
Is Franklin Resources stock halal?
No. Franklin Resources does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 72% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Franklin Resources stock done over the past year?
Up 55.6% over the past twelve months, to $35.86. It traded between $21.18 and $36.30, close to its high.
Who are Franklin Resources's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Franklin Resources's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.