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Franklin Templeton Inc. (BEN)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Franklin Templeton Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Franklin Templeton Inc.

Franklin Resources Inc, operating under the Franklin Templeton brand and others, is a global investment management company with over $1.6 trillion in assets under management. It provides investment management and related services to retail, institutional, and high-net-worth investors worldwide through a variety of products including mutual funds, ETFs, separate accounts, and alternative investments. The company offers expertise across multiple asset classes such as equity, fixed income, alternatives, and multi-asset solutions through its specialist investment managers.

Snapshot

Revenue
$8.77B
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.5%
Net income
$524.9M
Diluted EPS
$0.91
Gross margin
—
Operating margin
6.9%
Net margin
6.0%
FCF margin
10.4%
ROE
—
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
21.6×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$16.16B
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended September 30, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Franklin Templeton

  • Revenue grew 3.5% to $8.8B in FY2025, slower than the 8.0% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 6.9% in FY2025, -15.4 pp against 22.3% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $2.4B, up 14.3% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $912M in FY2025, 10.4% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 12.9% to $525M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Franklin Templeton’s fundamentals sit among the 424 Financials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin6.9%
41st percentile of 141
Net margin6.0%
27th percentile of 372
FCF margin10.4%
33rd percentile of 266
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.5%
26th percentile of 419
P/E21.6×
78th percentile of 307
Short interest4.13d
58th percentile of 419

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
1 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
4
4 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$203.6M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$71.0M2.1MAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$49.2M1.5MAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$44.7M1.3MAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$30.3M910.4KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$3.9M117.0KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$2.0M60.9KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.7M50.3KReduced
Polen Capital ManagementQ2 2026$457,79513.8KNew
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$393,95011.8KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
18.4M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+11.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.13
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
4.5M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-3018.4M+11.2%4.13
2026-09-1516.6M+1.8%5.20
2026-08-3116.3M+6.6%5.48
2026-08-1415.3M-25.4%3.88
2026-07-3120.5M+0.1%4.17
2026-07-1520.5M-1.1%4.44
2026-06-3020.7M-3.2%3.96
2026-06-1521.4M+13.9%4.99

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$8.77B$8.48B$7.85B$8.28B$8.43B
Gross profit—————
Operating income$604.1M$407.6M$1.10B$1.77B$1.88B
Net income$524.9M$464.8M$882.8M$1.29B$1.83B
Diluted EPS$0.91$0.85$1.72$2.53$3.57

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$3.57B$4.41B$4.40B$4.78B$4.65B
Current assets—————
Total assets$32.37B$32.46B$30.12B$28.06B$24.17B
Current liabilities—————
Long-term debt$2.36B$2.78B$3.05B$3.38B$3.40B
Total liabilities$18.18B$17.90B$16.55B$14.24B$11.42B
Total equity$13.01B$13.24B$12.55B$12.30B$11.81B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$1.07B$971.3M$1.09B$1.96B$1.25B
Capital expenditure$154.5M$177.1M$148.8M$90.3M$79.3M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$2.36B14.3%$171.5M$0.31
Q2 FY2026$2.29B8.7%$268.2M$0.49
Q1 FY2026$2.33B3.4%$255.5M$0.46
Q4 FY20256.0%
Q3 FY2025$2.06B-2.8%$92.3M$0.15
Q2 FY2025$2.11B-1.9%$151.4M$0.26
Q1 FY2025$2.25B13.1%$163.6M$0.29
Q4 FY202411.3%

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorFinancials
SIC industryInvestment Advice
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended September 30, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2020
SEC CIK38777

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-31
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10-Q2026-04-28
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8-K2026-08-10
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8-K2026-07-31
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8-K2026-07-30
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8-K2026-07-23
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.