At the time of writing, Franklin Resources, Inc [BEN] stock is trading at $22.68, up 2.12%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The BEN shares have gain 4.81% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 8.88%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Franklin Resources, Inc [NYSE: BEN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 12, 2024, when Wells Fargo initiated its Equal Weight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $20. Previously, Barclays started tracking the stock with Underweight rating on August 27, 2024, and set its price target to $20. On January 08, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Equal Weight and revised its price target to $30 on the stock. TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and suggested a price target of $32 on January 04, 2024. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Underweight rating for this stock on December 15, 2022, and assigned it a price target of $26. In a note dated October 19, 2022, Credit Suisse initiated an Neutral rating and provided a target price of $21 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Franklin Resources, Inc fluctuated between $18.94 and $30.32. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $26.89 within the next 12 months. Franklin Resources, Inc [NYSE: BEN] shares were valued at $22.68 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 18.56% based on the average BEN price forecast.
Analyzing the BEN fundamentals
According to Franklin Resources, Inc [NYSE:BEN], the company’s sales were 8.54B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 14.68% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.67% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.03. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.97.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 22.49 points at the first support level, and at 22.30 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 22.80, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 22.92.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.42, the price to book ratio is 0.95 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.33.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC, Affiliate of Investment Adv, that happened on Oct 16 ’24 when 8467.0 shares were sold. Affiliate of Investment Adv, FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC completed a deal on Oct 18 ’24 to sell 7900.0 shares. Meanwhile, Affiliate of Investment Adv FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC sold 6600.0 shares on Oct 17 ’24.
