NYSE:BEN - Franklin Resources Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $26.29
Forecasted Upside: 10.35 %
Number of Analysts: 7
Breakdown:
3 Sell Ratings
4 Hold Ratings
0 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$23.82 As of 07/5/2022 01:00 AM ET

▲ +0.24 (1.02%)

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Analyst Price Target for BEN

^$26.29

▲ +10.35% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 7 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Franklin Resources in the last 3 months. The average price target is $26.29, with a high forecast of $0.00 and a low forecast of $0.00. The average price target represents a 10.35% upside from the last price of $23.82.

Current Consensus is Hold

The current consensus among 7 contributing investment analysts is to hold stock in Franklin Resources. This rating has held steady since December 2021, when it changed from a Sell consensus rating.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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0 strong buy ratings
0 buy ratings
7 hold ratings
7 sell ratings

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1/11/2021

0 strong buy ratings
0 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
6 sell ratings

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4/11/2021

0 strong buy ratings
0 buy ratings
5 hold ratings
6 sell ratings

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7/10/2021

0 strong buy ratings
0 buy ratings
3 hold ratings
6 sell ratings

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10/8/2021

0 strong buy ratings
0 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
4 sell ratings

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1/6/2022

0 strong buy ratings
0 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
3 sell ratings

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4/6/2022

0 strong buy ratings
0 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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6/5/2022

0 strong buy ratings
0 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
3 sell ratings

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7/5/2022

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
6/30/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Underweight	$27.00 ➝ $21.00	Low
6/28/2022	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Downgrade	Market Perform ➝ Underperform	$28.00 ➝ $22.00	Low
6/28/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Initiated Coverage	Sell ➝ Sell	$23.00	Low
6/1/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Price Target		$29.00 ➝ $27.00	Medium
5/19/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target		$28.00 ➝ $25.00	Low
4/12/2022	Citigroup	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$44.50 ➝ $28.00	Low
4/12/2022	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$30.00	Medium
4/8/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Underweight	$30.00 ➝ $28.00	Medium
4/7/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target		$33.00 ➝ $27.00	Medium
2/18/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$35.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
12/16/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$38.00	High
12/16/2021	Bank of America	Initiated Coverage	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$38.00	Medium
11/3/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$26.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
11/2/2021	Citigroup	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$32.50 ➝ $43.00	High
11/2/2021	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$35.00 ➝ $45.00	High
5/5/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Price Target	Underperform	$26.00 ➝ $27.00	Medium
5/5/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$24.00 ➝ $26.00	High
5/5/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$29.00 ➝ $33.00	High
4/9/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$26.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
4/8/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$22.00 ➝ $24.00	Low
3/29/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$22.00 ➝ $36.00	High
2/4/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$21.00 ➝ $22.00	Low
2/3/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Price Target	Underperform	$24.00 ➝ $25.00	Low
1/25/2021	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$21.00 ➝ $24.00	Medium
1/11/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$19.00 ➝ $21.00	Medium
1/5/2021	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Sell	$24.00	N/A
12/18/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$21.00 ➝ $25.00	Low
11/23/2020	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$23.00	Low
11/11/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$19.00 ➝ $21.00	Medium
10/29/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$22.00 ➝ $19.00	Medium
10/29/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Underweight	$20.00 ➝ $19.00	Low
10/28/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Price Target	Underweight	$22.00 ➝ $20.00	Low
10/28/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Price Target	Underperform	$21.00 ➝ $22.00	High
10/19/2020	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$24.00 ➝ $28.00	Medium
10/9/2020	Bank of America	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Buy	$26.00	High
9/29/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$23.00	Low
9/11/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$20.00	Low
9/3/2020	Morgan Stanley	Initiated Coverage	Underweight	$20.00	Medium
7/30/2020	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$20.00 ➝ $22.75	Low
7/17/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$19.00	Low
5/15/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$19.00 ➝ $18.00	High
5/1/2020	Cfra	Lower Price Target	Hold	$29.00 ➝ $20.00	High
4/16/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$15.00	Low
4/9/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$19.00 ➝ $17.00	Medium
4/7/2020	UBS Group	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$27.00 ➝ $16.00	High
3/31/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$22.00 ➝ $19.00	Medium
3/23/2020	Bank of America	Lower Price Target	Underperform	$20.00 ➝ $16.00	High
3/18/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$24.00 ➝ $22.00	Medium
3/17/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$17.00	High
2/26/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Price Target	Underperform	$22.00 ➝ $24.00	Medium
2/25/2020	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$25.00 ➝ $28.00	Medium
2/19/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Market Perform	$20.00 ➝ $24.00	Low
2/19/2020	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$26.00 ➝ $29.00	High
2/18/2020	Cfra	Boost Price Target	Hold	$27.00 ➝ $29.00	Medium
2/2/2020	Evercore ISI	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$25.00	Low
1/30/2020	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Market Perform	$25.00 ➝ $28.00	High
1/2/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$25.00	Medium
12/23/2019	Standpoint Research	Initiated Coverage	Accumulate		Low
12/19/2019	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$29.00 ➝ $25.00	Low
11/27/2019	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$31.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
11/13/2019	Evercore ISI	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$25.00	Medium
10/9/2019	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$24.00	Low
10/8/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Underweight	$31.00 ➝ $28.00	Medium
10/7/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Initiated Coverage	Underperform	$16.00	High
9/12/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Neutral	$32.00	Medium
7/31/2019	Barclays	Set Price Target	Sell	$27.00	Low
7/12/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$33.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
7/9/2019	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$35.00 ➝ $37.00	Low
4/29/2019	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Downgrade	Market Perform ➝ Underperform	$34.00 ➝ $33.00	High
4/15/2019	Citigroup	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$28.00 ➝ $35.00	Medium
4/9/2019	Bank of America	Set Price Target	Sell	$32.00	Low
3/14/2019	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$25.00 ➝ $28.00	Medium
2/26/2019	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$33.00	Low
2/8/2019	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Sell	$28.00	Low
1/14/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$23.00	Low
1/14/2019	Citigroup	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Sell		Low
1/11/2019	Bank of America	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underperform		Low
1/10/2019	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$23.00	Low
1/9/2019	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$28.00	Low
1/9/2019	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$30.00	Low
1/8/2019	Evercore ISI	Downgrade	In-Line ➝ Underperform	$30.19	Medium
11/16/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$30.00 ➝ $29.00	Medium
11/14/2018	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Sell	$29.00	High
10/26/2018	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Price Target	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$28.00 ➝ $26.00	Low
10/11/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$32.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
10/8/2018	UBS Group	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$34.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
9/27/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$31.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
9/6/2018	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underweight	$32.00 ➝ $29.00	High
8/16/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$33.00 ➝ $32.00	Medium
8/2/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$32.00 ➝ $30.00	Medium
7/30/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$35.00 ➝ $34.00	High
7/30/2018	Barclays	Lower Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$32.00 ➝ $30.00	High
7/13/2018	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$33.00	Low
7/12/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$33.00 ➝ $32.00	High
4/23/2018	Barclays	Lower Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$40.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
4/11/2018	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$36.00	Low
4/10/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$42.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
4/9/2018	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$37.00	Low
4/6/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$37.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
4/5/2018	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Price Target	Underperform	$57.00 ➝ $34.00	Medium
3/6/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$40.00 ➝ $37.00	Low
12/22/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$47.00	Low
11/1/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$46.00	N/A
10/27/2017	UBS Group	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$46.00 ➝ $48.00	N/A
10/27/2017	Citigroup	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$45.00 ➝ $44.00	N/A
10/27/2017	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$50.00 ➝ $48.00	N/A
10/12/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$47.00	N/A
9/8/2017	Barclays	Initiated Coverage	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$40.00	Low
9/3/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$44.00	High
8/3/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$44.00	Low
7/31/2017	UBS Group	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$46.00 ➝ $45.00	Low
7/24/2017	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$50.00	Low
7/14/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$44.00	Low
7/10/2017	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Underweight	$39.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
7/6/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$47.00	Low

(Data available from 7/5/2017 forward)

News Sentiment Rating

0.65 (Buy)

Our news sentiment rating is based on the average sentiment of articles about this company published in the media in the last 30 days of headlines and can range from 2 (very positive sentiment) to -2 (very negative sentiment).

News Sentiment Over Time

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6 very positive mentions
17 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
2 very negative mentions

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12/7/2021

12 very positive mentions
10 positive mentions
1 negative mentions
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1/6/2022

9 very positive mentions
10 positive mentions
1 negative mentions
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2/5/2022

5 very positive mentions
30 positive mentions
3 negative mentions
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3/7/2022

5 very positive mentions
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4/6/2022

7 very positive mentions
21 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
2 very negative mentions

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5/6/2022

10 very positive mentions
30 positive mentions
1 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

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6/5/2022

11 very positive mentions
12 positive mentions
2 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

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7/5/2022

Current Sentiment

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Franklin Resources, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts, and partnerships. It launches equity, fixed income, balanced, and multi-asset mutual funds through its subsidiaries. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets. Franklin Resources, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in San Mateo, California with an additional office in Hyderabad, India.

Today's Range

Now: $23.82

$22.76

$23.83

50 Day Range

MA: $25.12

$23.07

$27.55

52 Week Range

Now: $23.82

$22.61

$38.27

Volume

2,150,489 shs

Average Volume

3,203,079 shs

Market Capitalization

$11.91 billion

P/E Ratio

6.40

Dividend Yield

4.92%

Beta

1.15

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Franklin Resources?: The following equities research analysts have issued research reports on Franklin Resources in the last year: Bank of America Co., BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Morgan Stanley, StockNews.com, and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc..
View the latest analyst ratings for BEN.
What is the current price target for Franklin Resources?: 0 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for Franklin Resources in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $26.29, suggesting a possible upside of 10.4%.
View the latest price targets for BEN.
What is the current consensus analyst rating for Franklin Resources?: Franklin Resources currently has 3 sell ratings and 4 hold ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Hold." A "hold" rating indicates that analysts believe investors should keep any existing positions they have in BEN, but not buy more shares or sell existing shares.
View the latest ratings for BEN.
What other companies compete with Franklin Resources?: Other companies that are similar to Franklin Resources include BlackRock, Bank of New York Mellon, T. Rowe Price Group, Ameriprise Financial, State Street, Northern Trust, Ares Capital, SEI Investments, Invesco, Affiliated Managers Group, Cohen & Steers, Main Street Capital, Prospect Capital, Golub Capital BDC and Virtus Investment Partners. Learn More about companies similar to Franklin Resources.
How do I contact Franklin Resources' investor relations team?: Franklin Resources' physical mailing address is ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO CA, 94403. The closed-end fund's listed phone number is (650) 312-2000 and its investor relations email address is [email protected] The official website for Franklin Resources is www.franklinresources.com. Learn More about contacing Franklin Resources investor relations.

NYSE:BEN - Franklin Resources Stock Price Target and Predictions

Analyst Price Target for BEN

Current Consensus is Hold

Past Monthly Recommendations

Latest Recommendations

News Sentiment Rating

0.65 (Buy)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Franklin Resources?

What is the current price target for Franklin Resources?

What is the current consensus analyst rating for Franklin Resources?

What other companies compete with Franklin Resources?

How do I contact Franklin Resources' investor relations team?