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Company snapshot — Franklin Resources Inc

BEN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Franklin Templeton runs mutual funds and other investment vehicles for individuals, institutions, pension schemes and trusts, spanning equity, fixed income, balanced and multi-asset strategies. It also invests directly in public equity, bonds and alternative assets on behalf of clients. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices spread across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Where it sits in the stack
Franklin holds no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the diary's asset-management sleeve within financial services, outside the semiconductor and data-centre stack we track under Rubin.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not assigned Franklin a peer group; the comparison the market usually draws is with other diversified asset managers such as T. Rowe Price.
Why Closelook tracks it
Franklin is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no seat in our Rubin index and no Closelook score yet; the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
Whether net flows into its funds stabilise, since the chart shows the stock running seven sessions lower and sitting below both its 50-day and its 52-week high.

Franklin Resources Inc (BEN) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for BEN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Asset Management · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Asset Management · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against BEN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.96%, quarterly · last 0.33 USD on 2026-06-29

Dividends and capital return

What BEN pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.31 USD per share · a 3.96% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +3.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.27 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.33 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-29
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.30 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.56 USD · 2025: 1.29 USD · 2026: 0.66 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Franklin Resources Inc (BEN)?

Franklin Resources Inc trades as BEN on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is BEN in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Franklin Resources Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does BEN trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.8% vs the 50-day and +14.8% vs the 200-day average, 8.8% below the 52-week high and +61.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Franklin Resources Inc do?

Franklin Templeton runs mutual funds and other investment vehicles for individuals, institutions, pension schemes and trusts, spanning equity, fixed income, balanced and multi-asset strategies. It also invests directly in public equity, bonds and alternative assets on behalf of clients. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices spread across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Closelook has not assigned Franklin a peer group; the comparison the market usually draws is with other diversified asset managers such as T. Rowe Price.

Where does Franklin Resources Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Franklin holds no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the diary's asset-management sleeve within financial services, outside the semiconductor and data-centre stack we track under Rubin. Franklin is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no seat in our Rubin index and no Closelook score yet; the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

Does Franklin Resources Inc pay a dividend?

Franklin Resources Inc has paid 1.31 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.96% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.33 USD on 2026-06-29. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BEN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Asset Management. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.