Franklin Resources Inc has a consensus price target of $21.53 based on the ratings of 19 analysts. The high is $32 issued by TD Cowen on January 4, 2024. The low is $15 issued by Morgan Stanley on April 7, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Barclays, Goldman Sachs, and Evercore ISI Group on April 16, 2025, April 14, 2025, and April 11, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $17.67 between Barclays, Goldman Sachs, and Evercore ISI Group, there's an implied -0.80% downside for Franklin Resources Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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04/16/2025 | Buy Now | -4.55% | Barclays | Benjamin Budish76% | $22 → $17 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
04/14/2025 | Buy Now | 6.68% | Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein72% | $21.5 → $19 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
04/11/2025 | Buy Now | -4.55% | Evercore ISI Group | David Motemaden74% | $19 → $17 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
04/09/2025 | Buy Now | -1.74% | TD Cowen | Bill Katz64% | $20 → $17.5 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
04/08/2025 | Buy Now | 12.3% | Wells Fargo | Michael Brown60% | $24 → $20 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
04/07/2025 | Buy Now | -15.78% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $18 → $15 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
04/03/2025 | Buy Now | -4.55% | B of A Securities | Craig Siegenthaler74% | $20 → $17 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
02/03/2025 | Buy Now | 23.53% | Barclays | Benjamin Budish76% | $19 → $22 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
02/03/2025 | Buy Now | 17.91% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Aidan Hall40% | $19 → $21 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
02/03/2025 | Buy Now | 29.14% | UBS | Brennan Hawken71% | $19 → $23 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
02/03/2025 | Buy Now | 34.76% | Wells Fargo | Michael Brown60% | $20.5 → $24 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
02/03/2025 | Buy Now | 29.14% | BMO Capital | Etienne Ricard47% | $20 → $23 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
01/17/2025 | Buy Now | 6.68% | Barclays | Benjamin Budish76% | $21 → $19 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
01/16/2025 | Buy Now | 6.68% | JP Morgan | Kenneth Worthington60% | $21 → $19 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
01/14/2025 | Buy Now | 15.1% | Wells Fargo | Michael Brown60% | $22.5 → $20.5 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
12/20/2024 | Buy Now | 6.68% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $18 → $19 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
12/12/2024 | Buy Now | 26.33% | Wells Fargo | Michael Brown60% | $19.5 → $22.5 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
12/09/2024 | Buy Now | 17.91% | Barclays | Benjamin Budish76% | $19 → $21 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
11/05/2024 | Buy Now | 3.87% | TD Cowen | Bill Katz64% | $20 → $18.5 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
11/05/2024 | Buy Now | 9.49% | Wells Fargo | Michael Brown60% | $19 → $19.5 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
11/05/2024 | Buy Now | 6.68% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Aidan Hall40% | $20 → $19 | Reiterates | Underperform → Underperform | Get Alert |
11/05/2024 | Buy Now | 17.91% | JP Morgan | Kenneth Worthington60% | $22 → $21 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
11/05/2024 | Buy Now | 6.68% | Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell50% | $20 → $19 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
10/22/2024 | Buy Now | 17.91% | UBS | Brennan Hawken71% | $24 → $21 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
10/18/2024 | Buy Now | 6.68% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $21 → $19 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
10/14/2024 | Buy Now | 6.68% | Barclays | Benjamin Budish76% | $20 → $19 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
10/09/2024 | Buy Now | 6.68% | Wells Fargo | Michael Brown60% | $20 → $19 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
10/04/2024 | Buy Now | 6.68% | Evercore ISI Group | David Motemaden74% | $20 → $19 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
09/30/2024 | Buy Now | 19.31% | Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein72% | $23.75 → $21.25 | Maintains | Sell | Get Alert |
09/12/2024 | Buy Now | 12.3% | Wells Fargo | Michael Brown60% | → $20 | Initiates | → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
09/05/2024 | Buy Now | 12.3% | Evercore ISI Group | David Motemaden74% | $24 → $20 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
08/27/2024 | Buy Now | 12.3% | Barclays | Benjamin Budish76% | → $20 | Initiates | → Underweight | Get Alert |
08/22/2024 | Buy Now | 29.14% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Aidan Hall40% | $23 → $23 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
07/29/2024 | Buy Now | 29.14% | Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell50% | $24 → $23 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
07/29/2024 | Buy Now | 34.76% | TD Cowen | Bill Katz64% | $23 → $24 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
07/29/2024 | Buy Now | 29.14% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Aidan Hall40% | $25 → $23 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
07/29/2024 | Buy Now | 45.99% | BMO Capital | Etienne Ricard47% | $27 → $26 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
07/10/2024 | Buy Now | 34.76% | UBS | Brennan Hawken71% | $25 → $24 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
07/08/2024 | Buy Now | 29.14% | TD Cowen | Bill Katz64% | $25.5 → $23 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
04/30/2024 | Buy Now | 34.76% | Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell50% | $29 → $24 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
04/30/2024 | Buy Now | 43.18% | TD Cowen | Bill Katz64% | $29 → $25.5 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
04/30/2024 | Buy Now | 45.99% | Evercore ISI Group | David Motemaden74% | $29 → $26 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
04/30/2024 | Buy Now | 51.6% | BMO Capital | Etienne Ricard47% | $30 → $27 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
04/17/2024 | Buy Now | 40.37% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $24 → $25 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
03/12/2024 | Buy Now | 50.2% | Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein72% | $26.25 → $26.75 | Maintains | Sell | Get Alert |
01/30/2024 | Buy Now | 57.22% | Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell50% | $30 → $28 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
01/30/2024 | Buy Now | 68.44% | BMO Capital | Etienne Ricard47% | $27 → $30 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
01/19/2024 | Buy Now | 34.76% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $22 → $24 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
01/10/2024 | Buy Now | 68.44% | UBS | Brennan Hawken71% | $26 → $30 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
01/08/2024 | Buy Now | 68.44% | Wells Fargo | Finian O'Shea65% | $24 → $30 | Upgrade | Underweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
01/04/2024 | Buy Now | 79.67% | TD Cowen | Bill Kirk48% | → $32 | Initiates | → Market Perform | Get Alert |
11/02/2023 | Buy Now | 23.53% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $23 → $22 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
10/11/2023 | Buy Now | 34.76% | Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell50% | $26 → $24 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
10/06/2023 | Buy Now | 29.14% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $24 → $23 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
08/08/2023 | Buy Now | 34.76% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $23 → $24 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
08/01/2023 | Buy Now | 37.56% | Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein72% | $21.5 → $24.5 | Maintains | Sell | Get Alert |
07/31/2023 | Buy Now | 37.56% | Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein72% | $21.5 → $24.5 | Maintains | Sell | Get Alert |
07/31/2023 | Buy Now | 51.6% | BMO Capital | James Fotheringham76% | $24 → $27 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
07/25/2023 | Buy Now | 29.14% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $23 → $23 | Reiterates | Underweight → Underweight | Get Alert |
07/13/2023 | Buy Now | 45.99% | Wells Fargo | Finian O'Shea65% | $25.5 → $26 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
07/12/2023 | Buy Now | 29.14% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $23 → $23 | Reiterates | Underweight → Underweight | Get Alert |
07/10/2023 | Buy Now | 34.76% | BMO Capital | James Fotheringham76% | $20 → $24 | Assumes | Market Perform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
06/01/2023 | Buy Now | 43.18% | Wells Fargo | Finian O'Shea65% | $26 → $25.5 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
05/02/2023 | Buy Now | 31.95% | Credit Suisse | Bill Katz64% | $25 → $23.5 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
04/13/2023 | Buy Now | 34.76% | Evercore ISI Group | David Motemaden74% | $27 → $24 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
04/05/2023 | Buy Now | 34.76% | B of A Securities | Craig Siegenthaler74% | $28 → $24 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
01/31/2023 | Buy Now | 62.83% | Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell50% | $27 → $29 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
01/31/2023 | Buy Now | 51.6% | JP Morgan | Kenneth Worthington60% | $26 → $27 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
01/31/2023 | Buy Now | 51.6% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Michael Brown60% | $26 → $27 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
01/31/2023 | Buy Now | 29.14% | BMO Capital | James Fotheringham76% | $22 → $23 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
01/23/2023 | Buy Now | 45.99% | JP Morgan | Kenneth Worthington60% | $23 → $26 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
01/19/2023 | Buy Now | 29.14% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $19 → $23 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
12/15/2022 | Buy Now | 45.99% | Wells Fargo | Finian O'Shea65% | → $26 | Initiates | → Underweight | Get Alert |
11/23/2022 | Buy Now | 29.14% | Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein72% | $20 → $23 | Maintains | Sell | Get Alert |
11/15/2022 | Buy Now | 45.99% | Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell50% | $20 → $26 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
11/03/2022 | Buy Now | 23.53% | BMO Capital | James Fotheringham76% | $23 → $22 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
11/02/2022 | Buy Now | 12.3% | Credit Suisse | Bill Katz64% | $21 → $20 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
10/20/2022 | Buy Now | 6.68% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $20 → $19 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
10/19/2022 | Buy Now | 17.91% | Credit Suisse | William Katz68% | → $21 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
10/18/2022 | Buy Now | 34.76% | JP Morgan | Kenneth Worthington60% | $26 → $24 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
10/12/2022 | Buy Now | 17.91% | Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell50% | $29 → $21 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
10/03/2022 | Buy Now | 12.3% | Morgan Stanley | Michael Cyprys70% | $21 → $20 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
10/03/2022 | Buy Now | 17.91% | Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein72% | $24 → $21 | Maintains | Sell | Get Alert |
09/08/2022 | Buy Now | 40.37% | B of A Securities | Craig Siegenthaler74% | $28 → $25 | Downgrade | Neutral → Underperform | Get Alert |
08/12/2022 | Buy Now | 62.83% | Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell50% | $26 → $29 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
08/01/2022 | Buy Now | 51.6% | UBS | Brennan Hawken71% | $24 → $27 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
06/30/2022 | Buy Now | 17.91% | Morgan Stanley | Mike Cyprys56% | $27 → $21 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
06/29/2022 | Buy Now | 23.53% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Michael Brown60% | $28 → $22 | Downgrade | Market Perform → Underperform | Get Alert |
06/29/2022 | Buy Now | 29.14% | Goldman Sachs | Alexander Blostein72% | → $23 | Reinstates | → Sell | Get Alert |
06/01/2022 | Buy Now | 51.6% | BMO Capital | James Fotheringham76% | $29 → $27 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
05/19/2022 | Buy Now | 40.37% | Deutsche Bank | Brian Bedell50% | $28 → $25 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
05/05/2022 | Buy Now | 51.6% | Morgan Stanley | Mike Cyprys56% | $28 → $27 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
The latest price target for Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) was reported by Barclays on April 16, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $17.00 expecting BEN to fall to within 12 months (a possible -4.55% downside). 43 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) was provided by Barclays, and Franklin Resources maintained their underweight rating.
The last upgrade for Franklin Resources Inc happened on January 8, 2024 when Wells Fargo raised their price target to $30. Wells Fargo previously had an underweight for Franklin Resources Inc.
The last downgrade for Franklin Resources Inc happened on September 8, 2022 when B of A Securities changed their price target from $28 to $25 for Franklin Resources Inc.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Franklin Resources, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Franklin Resources was filed on April 16, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around April 16, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Franklin Resources (BEN) rating was a maintained with a price target of $22.00 to $17.00. The current price Franklin Resources (BEN) is trading at is $17.81, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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