Another Gold High? Here's the Move Wall Street Is Missing ...
Gold just surged past $4,200, up 45% in a year - but Sean Brodrick says $6,900 could be next. History shows when gold booms, one hidden play has delivered far bigger gains - 21x, 49x, even 1,386x. The same strategy once handed 26,000% profits. And Sean says it's back on the table now.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 520,950,000 |
| Shares Float | 275,200,000 |
| Shares Short | 23,570,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 4836% |
| Institution Holdings | 47.01% |
About Franklin Resources, Inc
Franklin Resources, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts, and partnerships. It launches equity, fixed income, balanced, and multi-asset mutual funds through its subsidiaries. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets. Franklin Resources, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in San Mateo, California with an additional office in Calgary, Canada; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Fort Lauderdale, United States; Hyderabad, India; London, United Kingdom; Rancho Cordova, United states; Shanghai, China; Singapore; Stamford, United States; and Vienna, Austria.
General
| Name | Franklin Resources, Inc |
| Ticker | BEN |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial |
| Industry | Asset Management |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | September |
| Full Time Employees | 9,800 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 24.36 |
| Market Cap | 11,549,900,000 |
| PE Ratio | 24.34 |
| PEG Ratio | 0.34 |
| EBITDA | 1,701,299,968 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 2.12 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.62 |
| Profit Margin | 5.40% |
| Operating Margin | 12.78 |
| Return on Assets | 0.02 |
| Return on Equity | 0.04 |
| Revenue | 8.7B |
| Earnings Per Share | 0.91 |
| Revenue Per Share | 16.97 |
| Gross Profit | 3,280,399,872 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.06 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 24.36 |
| Forward PE | 9.05 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 1.32 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 0.96 |
Dividend
Franklin Resources, Inc pays out a dividend of $1.38 per share, with a dividend yield of 6.21%.
BEN's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on October 10, 2025.
They pay out 140.40% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Oct 10, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Jul 11, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Apr 11, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Oct 11, 2024 | $0.31 |
| Jul 12, 2024 | $0.31 |
| Apr 12, 2024 | $0.31 |
| Jan 12, 2024 | $0.31 |
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