US Equities Analysis

BEN — Franklin Resources

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 17.24%
Profit Margins 8.12%
Return on Equity 6.7%
Return on Assets 2.6%
Free Float 0.3B
Dividend Yield 4.04%
Short Int % Utilisation 4.71%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 8.7%
Free Cash Flow -0.24B
EBITDA 10.93 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 19.53B
EV/Revenue 2.16
EV/EBITDA 10.93

Revenue growth of 8.7% indicates steady, moderate expansion.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* 46.85%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 28.13%
1-Year Price Return* 40.80%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, US Eastern time):

Metric Value
Last Price $33.86
52-Week Range $21.11 – $36.28
Observation Count 251 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year series and annualise daily moments using 252 trading days. The last price is the latest regular-market price reported for the stated date. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.

2.5 Valuation & Cash Flow

Data status: a sector-specific method is required. The post does not publish a mechanical UFCF/WACC conclusion for this issuer.

Available valuation input Value
Last market price $34.19
Market capitalisation $17.37B
Reported free cash flow $911.60M
FCF yield 5.25%
Net debt / EBITDA 6.88x

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks not rated — model suitability or data-integrity condition not met
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks not rated — model suitability or data-integrity condition not met

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-17 23:28:06.915057 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-09-30 00:00:00. A screen result is an evidence flag, not a buy or sell instruction.

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