BEN vs. STT, TROW, NTRS, ARCC, SEIC, IVZ, AMG, MAIN, 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), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Main Street Capital (MAIN), 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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 received 232 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.12% of users gave State Street an outperform vote while only 39.70% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.
87.4% of State Street shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of State Street shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.9% of Franklin Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
State Street presently has a consensus target price of $100.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.90%. Franklin Resources has a consensus target price of $20.18, suggesting a potential upside of 3.20%. Given Franklin Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Resources is more favorable than State Street.
State Street has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 6.5%. 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.
In the previous week, State Street had 22 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for State Street and 19 mentions for Franklin Resources. State Street's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Franklin Resources' score of 0.10 indicating that State Street is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
State Street beats Franklin Resources on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BEN) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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