Franklin Resources (BEN) Competitors

Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) and State Street (NYSE:STT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BEN or STT?

47.6% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.1% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of State Street shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BEN or STT?

State Street received 225 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.14% of users gave State Street an outperform vote while only 39.95% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Franklin Resources	Outperform Votes 447 39.95%	Underperform Votes 672 60.05%
State Street	Outperform Votes 672 56.14%	Underperform Votes 525 43.86%

Is BEN or STT a better dividend stock?

Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Franklin Resources pays out 144.2% 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 pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. State Street has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, BEN or STT?

Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, State Street has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BEN or STT more profitable?

State Street has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Franklin Resources' net margin of 5.48%. State Street's return on equity of 12.02% beat Franklin Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Franklin Resources	5.48%	9.62%	3.97%
State Street	9.87%	12.02%	0.82%

Does the media favor BEN or STT?

In the previous week, State Street had 11 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for State Street and 17 mentions for Franklin Resources. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Franklin Resources' score of 0.24 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Franklin Resources	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
State Street	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate BEN or STT?

Franklin Resources currently has a consensus price target of $20.20, suggesting a potential downside of 6.63%. State Street has a consensus price target of $92.11, suggesting a potential downside of 3.35%. Given State Street's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe State Street is more favorable than Franklin Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Franklin Resources	5 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.55
State Street	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BEN or STT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Resources	$8.48B	1.34	$464.80M	$0.86	25.16
State Street	$18.37B	1.52	$1.94B	$6.33	15.06

Summary

State Street beats Franklin Resources on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.