A share price of Franklin Resources, Inc [BEN] is currently trading at $24.19, down -1.63%. 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 3.07% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 11.58%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Franklin Resources, Inc [NYSE: BEN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 03, 2025, when BMO Capital Markets initiated its Outperform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $26. Previously, Goldman upgraded its rating to Buy on June 27, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $29. On May 14, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $27 on the stock. Goldman upgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $22 on January 06, 2025. Wells Fargo initiated its recommendation with a Equal Weight and recommended $20 as its price target on September 12, 2024. Barclays started tracking with a Underweight rating for this stock on August 27, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $20. In a note dated January 08, 2024, Wells Fargo upgraded an Equal Weight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $24 to $30.
Franklin Resources, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $16.25 and $26.08. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $22 within the next 12 months. Franklin Resources, Inc [NYSE: BEN] shares were valued at $24.19 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -9.05% based on the average BEN price forecast.
Analyzing the BEN fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Franklin Resources, Inc [NYSE:BEN] were 8.73B which represents 4.28% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.49% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.04 and Total Capital is 0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.1.
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 24.03 points at the first support level, and at 23.86 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 24.46, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 24.73.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Franklin Resources, Inc [NYSE:BEN] is 1.20. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.20, while the Cash Ratio stands at 1.9. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.44, the price to book ratio is 1.04 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.56.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC, Affiliate of Investment Adv., that happened on Dec 04 ’25 when 1.76 million shares were sold. 10% Owner, JOHNSON CHARLES B completed a deal on Nov 20 ’25 to buy 50000.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner JOHNSON CHARLES B bought 50000.0 shares on Nov 18 ’25.
