ES
MARKETS / NYSE / BEN
NYSE · INVESTMENT ADVICE · LARGE CAP

Franklin Resources, Inc. BEN

19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY6 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$8.8B
▲ 3.5% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
6 yrs
Raised every year since 2020
EPS · FY25
$0.91
Dividend / sh · FY25
$1.28
Payout · FY25
130%
ROE · FY25
4.3%
Net margin · FY25
6.0%
Dividend coverage
0.7×
Advertisement
AdSense · Leaderboard 728×90320×100
Result
USD 8.8B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue Net income
2.557.5108.80.52007201020132016201920222025
2.557.5108.80.52016201920222025

6 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 0.91
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
2.557.51.280.912007201020132016201920222025
2.557.51.280.912016201920222025

Earnings covered only a fraction of the dividend — the rest came from cash or borrowing.

Profitability
4.3%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
81624324.3%2007201020132016201920222025
81624324.3%2016201920222025
Operating margin6.9%
Net margin6.0%
Return on assets1.6%

Each USD of equity produced 4 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 899.9M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 683.7M
Net buybacksUSD 216.2M
Share of profit171.4%
Consecutive raises6 years

USD 683.7M in dividends and USD 216.2M in buybacks — 171% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
+9.5% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+2.0%
+9.5%
+1.0%
+2.7%
Net income
−25.9%
−8.1%
−12.7%
−6.5%
EPS, diluted
−28.9%
−10.6%
−12.1%
Dividend / share
+3.3%
+3.5%
+1.5%
Returned to shareholders
+6.8%
+4.3%
−6.2%
−3.5%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.52B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.230.522007201020132016201920222025
0.570.522016201920222025
Change, 5 years+5.2%
Change, 10 years−13.7%

The share count grew 5% in five years — the same company, cut into more, smaller slices.

Advertisement
AdSense · Leaderboard 728×90300×250
Balance sheet
USD 32.4B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 32.4B
EquityUSD 12.1B
CashUSD 3.6B
Gross debtUSD 2.4B
Net debtUSD -1.2B

The company holds more cash than debt.

History
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Revenue $B
8.8
8.5
7.8
8.3
8.4
5.6
5.7
6.2
6.4
6.6
7.9
8.5
8.0
7.1
7.1
5.9
4.2
6.0
6.2
Operating income $B
0.6
0.4
1.1
1.8
1.9
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.3
2.4
3.0
3.2
2.9
2.5
2.7
2.0
1.2
2.1
2.1
EBITDA $B
0.7
0.5
1.2
1.9
2.0
1.1
1.5
2.1
2.3
2.4
3.1
3.3
3.0
2.6
2.7
2.0
1.3
2.2
·
Income tax $B
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.4
1.5
0.8
0.7
0.9
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.6
0.7
Net income $B
0.5
0.5
0.9
1.3
1.8
0.8
1.2
0.8
1.7
1.7
2.0
2.4
2.2
1.9
1.9
1.4
0.9
1.6
1.8
EPS, diluted $
0.91
0.85
1.72
2.53
3.57
1.59
2.35
1.39
3.01
2.94
3.29
3.79
3.37
2.98
2.87
6.33
3.85
6.62
7.03
Dividend / sh $
1.28
1.24
1.20
1.16
1.12
1.08
1.04
3.92
0.80
0.72
1.10
0.48
1.39
1.03
0.33
3.88
0.84
0.80
0.60
Payout %
130
141
69
45
31
67
43
277
26
24
33
12
41
34
11
61
21
11
8
ROE %
4.3
3.8
7.5
11.4
17.2
8.0
12.1
6.8
13.8
14.5
17.4
22.0
22.3
21.8
23.7
18.8
12.2
22.0
24.2
Shares out B
0.52
0.52
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.52
0.55
0.57
0.60
0.62
0.63
0.64
0.22
0.22
0.23
0.23
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
40 of 40
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

What we don’t show

We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

P/E rationeeds a market quote — not yet licensed
Market capitalizationneeds a market quote — not yet licensed
Dividend yieldneeds a market quote — not yet licensed
Price-to-bookneeds a market quote — not yet licensed