Franklin Resources, Inc (BEN) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $24.52, with 4.25 million shares of worth about $104.1 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 26.33% during that period and on July 17, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.70%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 525.40M shares, out of which, 281.47M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -2.47% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 7.64%. Year-to-date (YTD), BEN shares are showing a performance of 5.55% which increased to 20.85% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $16.25 but also hit the highest price of $25.36 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Franklin Resources, Inc shares is 4.67 million. The stock is currently trading 1.81% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 8.10% for SMA50 and it goes to 17.74% higher than SMA200.
Franklin Resources, Inc (NYSE: BEN) currently have 525.40M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 48.23% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $12.89B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.49. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 35.51, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.69 in the same period. Its PEG reads 6.08 and has Quick Ratio of 1.95 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07. 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 1.97% while standing at 1.83% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -12.80% while it is estimated to increase by 17.48% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 5.84% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -18.46% 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 Goldman on June 27, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $29 to it. Coverage by TD Cowen stated Franklin Resources, Inc (BEN) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on May 14, 2025, suggesting a price target of $27 for the stock. On January 06, 2025, Goldman Upgrade their recommendations, while on September 12, 2024, Wells Fargo Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $20. Stock get an Underweight rating from Barclays on August 27, 2024.
