Franklin Resources Inc. is known by the ticker symbol BEN and is listed in the financial services sector as an asset management company. This is my first report on Franklin Resources for my new Viital portfolio. However, I reported on BEN on November 12, 2020, and selected it May 3, 2021, for Vista, my Sixth dog of the week portfolio.

Franklin Resources provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. 

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At the end of June 2021, Franklin had $1.552 trillion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (35%), fixed-income (42%), multi-asset/balanced (10%) funds, alternatives (9%), and money market funds. 

Distribution tends to be weighted more toward retail investors (53% of AUM) investors, as opposed to institutional (45%) and high-net-worth (2%) clients. Franklin is also one of the more global firms of the U.S.-based asset managers, with more than 35% of its AUM invested in global/international strategies and just over 25% of managed assets sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States.

Franklin Resources, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in San Mateo, California with an additional office in Hyderabad, India.

Three key data points gauge dividend equities or funds like Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN):

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three basic keys best tell whether any company has made, is making, and will make money. 

BEN Price

Franklin Resources' price per share was $30.44 as of yesterday's market close. One year ago its price was $21.74 So BEN's share price increased over 40% in the past year.

If BEN's stock trades in the range of $20.00 to $40.00 this next year, its recent $30.44 price might rise by $2.04 to reach $2.56 by October 7, 2022. My estimate is $0.15 over the median of annual price upsides calculated by 10 brokerage analysts tracking the stock.

BEN Dividends

Franklin Resources' most recent regular quarterly dividend payout of  $0.28 was paid out Wednesday, September 29 to shareholders. That quarterly payout of $0.28 equates to $1.12 annually and yields 3.71% based on yesterday's $30.44 closing price. Franklin Resources Inc has paid annually increasing dividends for forty-one years. 

BEN Returns

Adding the $1.12 annual Franklin Resources forward-looking dividend to my $2.56 price upside estimate shows a $3.68 potential gross gain, per share, to be reduced by any costs to trade BEN  shares.  

At yesterday's $30.44 price per share, a little over $1000 would buy 33 shares.

A $10 broker fee (if charged) would be paid half at purchase and half at sale and might cost us  $0.30 per share.

Subtract that maybe $0.30 brokerage cost from my estimated $3.68 gross gain per share results in a net gain of $3.38 X 33 shares = $111.54 for a 11.15% net gain on a $1.004.52 investment.

So it is that Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN) shows a possible 11.15% net gain including a 3.71% forward estimated dividend yield. 

Over the next year at this time a $1000 investment in Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN) could generate $37.10 in cash dividends alone. And a single share bought at yesterday's closing price was $30.44! Thus, BEN's share price is $6.66 less than the dividend income from $1K invested. So, according to my dogcatcher ideal, now is the time to pick up BEN shares. The dividend from $1k invested is $6.66 greater than the single share price. Consider yourself alerted. It's a sign!

All of the estimates above are speculation based on the past history of Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN). Only time and money invested in this stock will determine its market value.