Franklin Resources (BEN) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, STT or BEN?

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
State Street	$12.55B	2.29	$1.94B	$6.33	15.51
Franklin Resources	$8.48B	1.27	$464.80M	$0.86	23.83

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of STT or BEN?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of Franklin Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is STT or BEN a better dividend stock?

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 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Resources pays out 148.8% 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STT or BEN?

State Street received 229 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.19% of users gave State Street an outperform vote while only 39.84% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
State Street	Outperform Votes 676 56.19%	Underperform Votes 527 43.81%
Franklin Resources	Outperform Votes 447 39.84%	Underperform Votes 675 60.16%

Is STT or BEN 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
State Street	9.87%	12.02%	0.82%
Franklin Resources	5.48%	9.62%	3.97%

Do analysts recommend STT or BEN?

State Street currently has a consensus price target of $98.36, suggesting a potential upside of 0.16%. Franklin Resources has a consensus price target of $20.66, suggesting a potential upside of 0.83%. Given Franklin Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Resources is more favorable than State Street.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
State Street	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Franklin Resources	5 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.55

Does the media refer more to STT or BEN?

In the previous week, State Street had 23 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for State Street and 12 mentions for Franklin Resources. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Franklin Resources' score of 0.58 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
State Street	10 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Franklin Resources	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, STT or BEN?

State Street has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

State Street beats Franklin Resources on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.