Some Investing Thoughts On Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN)

Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $20.39, with 3.62 million shares of worth about $73.86 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -24.65% during that period and on September 18, 2024 the price saw a gain of about 0.20%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 495.94M shares, out of which, 280.56M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 4.89% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -10.29%. Year-to-date (YTD), BEN shares are showing a performance of -31.55% which decreased to -21.97% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $18.94 but also hit the highest price of $30.32 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Franklin Resources, Inc. shares is 4.43 million. The stock is currently trading 1.42% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -5.76% for SMA50 and it goes to -18.02% lower than SMA200.

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Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) currently have 495.94M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 43.30% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $10.66B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.41. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 12.56, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.62 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.74 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for BEN, volatility over the week remained 2.24% while standing at 3.18% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -7.72% while it is estimated to increase by 10.75% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 4.58% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 4.38% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Wells Fargo on September 12, 2024 offering an Equal weight rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $20 to it. Coverage by Barclays stated Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN) stock as an Underweight in their note to investors on August 27, 2024, suggesting a price target of $20 for the stock. On January 08, 2024, Wells Fargo Upgrade their recommendations, while on January 04, 2024, TD Cowen Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $32. Stock get a Market perform rating from BMO Capital Markets on July 10, 2023.

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