FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC BEN
Franklin Resources, Inc. ("Franklin") is a holding company with subsidiaries operating under our Franklin Templeton® and/or subsidiary brand names. Franklin's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the ticker symbol "BEN" and is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. In this Annual Report, Franklin and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the "Company," and words such as "we," "us," "our" and similar terms refer to the Company. We have one operating segment, investment management and related services.
We offer our services and products under our various distinct brand names, including, but not limited to, Alcentra®, Apera®, Benefit Street Partners®, Brandywine Global Investment Management®, Canvas®, Clarion Partners®, ClearBridge Investments®, Fiduciary Trust International™, Franklin®, Franklin Mutual Series®, K2®, Legg Mason®, Lexington Partners®, O'Shaughnessy®, Putnam®, Royce®, Templeton® and Western Asset Management Company®. Unless otherwise indicated, our "funds" means the funds offered under our various brand names, which may include co-branded funds.
Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close
Annual financial statements
Income statement
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.77B | $8.48B | $7.85B | $8.28B | $8.43B | $5.57B | $5.67B | $6.20B | $6.39B | $6.62B |
| SG&A | $774.5M | $703.3M | $565.0M | $564.9M | $537.2M | $450.3M | $391.4M | $371.7M | $322.2M | $340.1M |
| Total operating expenses | $8.17B | $8.07B | $6.75B | $6.50B | $6.55B | $4.52B | $4.20B | $4.18B | $4.13B | $4.25B |
| Operating income | $604.1M | $407.6M | $1.10B | $1.77B | $1.88B | $1.05B | $1.47B | $2.03B | $2.26B | $2.37B |
| Interest expense | $94.9M | $97.2M | $123.7M | $98.2M | $85.4M | $33.4M | $22.4M | $46.3M | $51.5M | $49.9M |
| Pre-tax income | $786.8M | $823.2M | $1.34B | $1.73B | $2.44B | $1.02B | $1.65B | $2.22B | $2.55B | $2.50B |
| Income tax | $237.9M | $215.3M | $312.3M | $396.2M | $349.6M | $230.8M | $442.3M | $1.47B | $759.4M | $742.1M |
| Net income | $524.9M | $464.8M | $882.8M | $1.29B | $1.83B | $798.9M | $1.20B | $764.4M | $1.70B | $1.73B |
| EPS, basic | 0.91 | 0.85 | 1.72 | 2.53 | 3.58 | 1.59 | 2.35 | 1.39 | 3.01 | 2.94 |
| EPS, diluted | 0.91 | 0.85 | 1.72 | 2.53 | 3.57 | 1.59 | 2.35 | 1.39 | 3.01 | 2.94 |
| Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) | 517.4M | 510.3M | 490.8M | 489.3M | 490.6M | 492.4M | 504.3M | 538.0M | 559.1M | 583.8M |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $3.57B | $4.41B | $4.40B | $4.78B | $4.65B | $3.99B | $6.21B | $6.91B | $8.75B | $8.48B |
| Property, plant and equipment | $949.1M | $946.4M | $800.1M | $743.3M | $770.0M | $813.8M | $683.7M | $535.0M | $517.2M | $523.2M |
| Goodwill | $6.21B | $6.21B | $6.00B | $5.78B | $4.46B | $4.50B | $2.13B | $1.79B | $1.69B | $1.66B |
| Other intangibles | $4.17B | $4.80B | $4.90B | $5.08B | $4.71B | $4.91B | $864.2M | $7.9M | $6.5M | $19.2M |
| Total assets | $32.37B | $32.46B | $30.12B | $28.06B | $24.17B | $21.68B | $14.53B | $14.38B | $17.53B | $16.10B |
| Long-term debt | $2.36B | $2.78B | $3.05B | $3.38B | $3.40B | $2.00B | $696.9M | $695.9M | $1.04B | $1.40B |
| Total liabilities | $18.18B | $17.90B | $16.55B | $14.24B | $11.42B | $10.27B | $3.16B | $3.13B | $2.66B | $3.51B |
| Retained earnings | $11.52B | $11.93B | $12.38B | $12.05B | $11.55B | $10.47B | $10.29B | $10.22B | $12.85B | $12.23B |
| Total equity | $12.08B | $12.51B | $12.55B | $12.30B | $11.81B | $10.87B | $10.54B | $10.21B | $12.94B | $12.53B |
Cash flow
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.07B | $971.3M | $1.09B | $1.96B | $1.25B | $1.08B | $268.5M | $2.23B | $1.14B | $1.73B |
| Depreciation and amortisation | $125.3M | $116.5M | $104.3M | $95.8M | $78.6M | $74.5M | $78.7M | $74.6M | $81.5M | $81.0M |
| Stock-based compensation | $214.8M | $246.1M | $182.6M | $208.2M | $171.9M | $122.3M | $111.5M | $117.8M | $123.4M | $131.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $154.5M | $177.1M | $148.8M | $90.3M | $79.3M | $103.7M | $233.7M | $106.5M | $74.9M | $97.6M |
| Investing cash flow | -$2.34B | -$2.42B | -$3.61B | -$3.33B | -$2.62B | -$4.06B | -$1.28B | -$290.4M | $52.0M | $192.2M |
| Financing cash flow | $452.4M | $1.42B | $2.11B | $1.58B | $2.03B | $734.4M | $339.9M | -$3.76B | -$956.0M | -$1.80B |
| Dividends paid | $683.7M | $656.4M | $607.3M | $583.1M | $559.7M | $533.2M | $518.6M | $2.12B | $441.2M | $408.7M |
| Buybacks | $240.3M | $274.4M | $256.3M | $180.8M | $208.2M | $218.2M | $754.5M | $1.42B | $765.3M | $1.31B |
Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0000038777-25-000238.
Plot the figures US dollars
- Revenue
- Gross profit
- Net income
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.62B | $6.39B | $6.20B | $5.67B | $5.57B | $8.43B | $8.28B | $7.85B | $8.48B | $8.77B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | $1.73B | $1.70B | $764.4M | $1.20B | $798.9M | $1.83B | $1.29B | $882.8M | $464.8M | $524.9M |
Recent filings and events
- New debt or obligation The company has taken on debt or a comparable obligation. Item 2.03
- Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
- Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
- Charter or fiscal year changed A change to the company's governing documents, or to when its year ends. Item 5.03
- Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
- Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01
- Material agreement terminated An agreement that mattered has ended. Often the other half of a deal that fell through. Item 1.02
- New debt or obligation Item 2.03
- Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
- Other event Item 8.01
- Results announced Item 2.02
- Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.
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