Franklin Resources, Inc. (Franklin) is a holding company. Franklin together with its various subsidiaries (collectively, the Company), is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments, is a global investment management organization offering investment choices under the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Bissett, Fiduciary and Darby brand names. The Company operates in two segments: investment management and related services, and banking/finance. Its investment management and related services provides services to investment funds in jurisdictions globally, which include the United States- and non-the United States-registered open-end and closed-end funds, unregistered funds, and institutional, high net-worth and separately-managed accounts (collectively, its sponsored investment products). Its banking/finance segment provides clients with select retail banking, private banking and consumer lending services through its bank subsidiaries (More on Reuters).
Here are some Fundamental Figures:
| Sales | 6.51 Bil |
| Income | 1.73 Bil |
| Net Profit Margin | 26.43% |
| Return on Equity | 21.89% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 0.26 |
| Revenue/Share | 28.98 |
| Earnings/Share | 7.7 |
| Book Value/Share | 37.93 |
| Dividend Rate | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 12.00% |
Here are some Pricing Figures:
| Price/Earnings | 17.4 |
| Price/Book | 3.5 |
| Price/Sales | 4.6 |
| Price/Cash Flow | 20.9 |
| Dividend Yield % | 0.74 |
| Forward Price/Earnings | 13.8 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.4 |
| PEG Payback (Yrs) | 8.1 |
Here are some Trading Figures:
| Last Price | 134.26 |
| 52-Wk High | 134.48 |
| 52-Wk Low | 84 |
| Volume | NA |
| Avg Daily Vol (13 Wks) | 820,494 |
| 50-Day Moving Average | 125.87 |
| 200-Day Moving Average | 120.07 |
| Volatility (beta) | 1.46 |
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