Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 13.50x compared to its average ratio. BEN has 36-month beta value of 1.45. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 4 as “sell.”
The public float for BEN is 284.30M, and currently, short sellers hold a 6.48% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of BEN on July 23, 2024 was 3.90M shares.
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BEN) stock’s latest price update
The stock of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) has increased by 0.21 when compared to last closing price of 23.49.Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 1.33% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2024-07-22 that Lower volatility in the fixed-income market is likely to have hurt Franklin’s (BEN) third-quarter performance. However, decent equity market returns might have offered some support.
BEN’s Market Performance
Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN) has seen a 1.33% rise in stock performance for the week, with a 4.16% gain in the past month and a -6.40% plunge in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.50%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.89% for BEN. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 3.16% for BEN’s stock, with a -6.96% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of BEN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for BEN stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for BEN by listing it as a “Equal Weight.” The predicted price for BEN in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $30 based on the research report published on January 08, 2024 of the current year 2024.
TD Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see BEN reach a price target of $32. The rating they have provided for BEN stocks is “Market Perform” according to the report published on January 04th, 2024.
BMO Capital Markets gave a rating of “Market Perform” to BEN, setting the target price at $24 in the report published on July 10th of the previous year.
BEN Trading at 1.93% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought BEN to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -22.36% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.89%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.50%, as shares surge +3.11% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +0.26% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, BEN rose by +1.33%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +0.81% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $22.85. In addition, Franklin Resources, Inc. saw -20.98% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at BEN starting from JOHNSON CHARLES B, who purchase 200,000 shares at the price of $22.80 back on Jun 21 ’24. After this action, JOHNSON CHARLES B now owns 88,703,192 shares of Franklin Resources, Inc., valued at $4,559,040 using the latest closing price.
JOHNSON CHARLES B, the 10% Owner of Franklin Resources, Inc., purchase 100,000 shares at $22.29 during a trade that took place back on Jun 18 ’24, which means that JOHNSON CHARLES B is holding 88,503,192 shares at $2,229,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for BEN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.13 for the present operating margin
- 0.56 for the gross margin
The net margin for Franklin Resources, Inc. stands at 0.11. The total capital return value is set at 0.03. Equity return is now at value 6.97, with 2.78 for asset returns.
Based on Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN), the company’s capital structure generated 0.49 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.11. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.95. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -680.88.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.44 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 6.99. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.65. The receivables turnover for the company is 5.57for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.25.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
