BEN vs. STT, TROW, NTRS, ARCC, SEIC, IVZ, MAIN, AMG, CNS, and GBDC
Should you be buying Franklin Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Franklin Resources include State Street (STT), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ares Capital (ARCC), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Cohen & Steers (CNS), and Golub Capital BDC (GBDC). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Franklin Resources vs.
State Street (NYSE:STT) and Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
87.4% of State Street shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of Franklin Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of State Street shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Franklin Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
State Street received 233 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.97% of users gave State Street an outperform vote while only 39.52% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.
State Street has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Resources. State Street is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
State Street has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
State Street has a net margin of 12.14% compared to Franklin Resources' net margin of 4.32%. State Street's return on equity of 12.60% beat Franklin Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, State Street had 32 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for State Street and 9 mentions for Franklin Resources. Franklin Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat State Street's score of 0.90 indicating that Franklin Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. State Street pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Resources pays out 196.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. State Street has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Franklin Resources has raised its dividend for 45 consecutive years. Franklin Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
State Street presently has a consensus target price of $100.73, suggesting a potential upside of 2.02%. Franklin Resources has a consensus target price of $20.86, suggesting a potential upside of 1.80%. Given State Street's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe State Street is more favorable than Franklin Resources.
Summary
State Street beats Franklin Resources on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BEN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
