Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN)

Franklin Resources Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 12 analysts that cover Franklin Resources stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $21.04, which forecasts a -14.94% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $17 and the highest is $29.

Price Target: $21.04 (-14.94%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$17	$21.04	$21	$29
Change	-31.27%	-14.94%	-15.10%	+17.24%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Franklin Resources stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	1	1
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	6	6	7	7	6	6
Sell	4	4	5	5	5	5
Strong Sell	1	1	0	0	0	0
Total	11	11	12	12	12	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Michael Brown Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $22 → $26	Hold	Maintains	$22 → $26	+5.11%	Jul 11, 2025
Kenneth Worthington JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $18 → $22	Hold	Maintains	$18 → $22	-11.06%	Jul 10, 2025
Michael Cyprys Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Sell Maintains $14 → $19	Sell	Maintains	$14 → $19	-23.19%	Jul 2, 2025
Alexander Blostein Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $29	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$29	+17.24%	Jun 27, 2025
Alexander Blostein Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Hold Maintains $19 → $22	Hold	Maintains	$19 → $22	-13.08%	May 5, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

6.55B

Decreased by -22.75%

from 8.48B

Revenue Next Year

6.68B

Increased by 2.05%

from 6.55B

EPS This Year

2.09

Increased by 146.58%

from 0.85

EPS Next Year

2.42

Increased by 15.49%

from 2.09

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Sep 30, 2020	Sep 30, 2021	Sep 30, 2022	Sep 30, 2023	Sep 30, 2024	Sep 30, 2025	Sep 30, 2026	Sep 30, 2027
Revenue	5.57B	8.43B	8.28B	7.85B	8.48B	6.55B	6.68B	6.98B
Revenue Growth	-1.82%	51.36%	-1.78%	-5.15%	8.01%	-22.75%	2.05%	4.38%
EPS	1.59	3.57	2.53	1.72	0.85	2.09	2.42	2.78
EPS Growth	-32.34%	124.53%	-29.13%	-32.02%	-50.68%	146.58%	15.49%	14.92%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	11.83	10.24	8.91
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	8

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	6.9B	7.1B	7.6B
Avg	6.5B	6.7B	7.0B
Low	6.2B	6.0B	6.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	-18.7%	9.1%	13.3%
Avg	-22.8%	2.0%	4.4%
Low	-26.8%	-7.9%	-6.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	2.23	2.70	3.01
Avg	2.09	2.42	2.78
Low	1.99	2.22	2.47

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	162.4%	29.0%	24.7%
Avg	146.6%	15.5%	14.9%
Low	134.5%	6.4%	2.2%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.