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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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.

State Street received 236 more outperform votes than Franklin Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.98% of users gave State Street an outperform vote while only 39.52% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
State StreetOutperform Votes
683
55.98%
Underperform Votes
537
44.02%
Franklin ResourcesOutperform Votes
447
39.52%
Underperform Votes
684
60.48%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
State Street$12.92B2.00$2.69B$8.2410.88
Franklin Resources$8.74B1.16$464.80M$0.6529.65

State Street pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. 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.

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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

State Street has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

State Street currently has a consensus price target of $101.53, suggesting a potential upside of 13.29%. Franklin Resources has a consensus price target of $20.86, suggesting a potential upside of 8.24%. Given State Street's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe State Street is more favorable than Franklin Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
State Street
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Franklin Resources
4 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.64

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
State Street12.14% 12.60% 0.83%
Franklin Resources 4.32%9.45%3.87%

In the previous week, State Street had 24 more articles in the media than Franklin Resources. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for State Street and 14 mentions for Franklin Resources. Franklin Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat State Street's score of 1.18 indicating that Franklin Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
State Street
28 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Franklin Resources
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

State Street beats Franklin Resources on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BEN vs. The Competition

MetricFranklin ResourcesInvestment advice IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.13B$10.70B$11.31B$19.49B
Dividend Yield6.45%24.30%5.39%3.76%
P/E Ratio29.6537.5122.6032.94
Price / Sales1.167.4425.5826.17
Price / Cash5.9917.7117.6117.55
Price / Book0.763.532.674.54
Net Income$464.80M$411.75M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.01%-3.51%-1.00%-2.69%
1 Month Performance-4.98%-8.07%495.24%-4.12%
1 Year Performance-31.43%2.56%536.16%2.32%

Franklin Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEN
Franklin Resources
4.1167 of 5 stars
$19.28
0.0%
$20.86
+8.2%
-31.4%$10.13B$8.74B29.6510,200Positive News
Gap Down
STT
State Street
4.9576 of 5 stars
$92.93
+2.6%
$101.87
+9.6%
+15.9%$26.78B$12.92B11.2642,200Positive News
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.7147 of 5 stars
$95.93
+3.3%
$114.09
+18.9%
-24.6%$21.31B$7.09B10.457,870Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
NTRS
Northern Trust
4.1787 of 5 stars
$101.03
+2.3%
$112.85
+11.7%
+10.9%$19.77B$8.29B10.3323,600Positive News
ARCC
Ares Capital
2.2486 of 5 stars
$22.01
+1.1%
$22.94
+4.2%
+6.4%$15.00B$1.71B8.982,550Positive News
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.7049 of 5 stars
$77.34
+2.0%
$90.00
+16.4%
+8.0%$9.82B$2.13B17.504,840Short Interest ↑
Positive News
IVZ
Invesco
4.9936 of 5 stars
$15.85
+3.4%
$19.94
+25.9%
-8.5%$7.09B$6.07B13.428,610Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MAIN
Main Street Capital
1.4299 of 5 stars
$58.57
+1.8%
$52.25
-10.8%
+19.4%$5.19B$601.25M10.6190
AMG
Affiliated Managers Group
4.4004 of 5 stars
$171.87
+2.2%
$198.40
+15.4%
+0.3%$5.03B$2.04B11.393,950
CNS
Cohen & Steers
3.8372 of 5 stars
$80.97
+2.6%
$106.50
+31.5%
+4.6%$4.12B$536.76M27.22390
GBDC
Golub Capital BDC
1.5535 of 5 stars
$15.18
+0.4%
$16.38
+7.9%
-9.0%$4.03B$309.01M10.99N/APositive News
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This page (NYSE:BEN) was last updated on 4/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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