Franklin Resources Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 11 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Franklin Resources stock have an average target of 20.8, with a low estimate of 18.5 and a high estimate of 24. The average target predicts an increase of 1.32% from the current stock price of 20.53.

Analyst Consensus: Sell

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$18.5	$20.8	$21	$24
Change	-9.89%	+1.32%	+2.29%	+16.90%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Franklin Resources stock from 11 stock analysts is "Sell". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to lead to lower returns than market as a whole.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	7	7	8	8	6	6
Sell	4	4	4	4	4	4
Strong Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	12	12	13	13	11	11

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Benjamin Budish Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $19 → $22	Sell	Maintains	$19 → $22	+7.16%	Feb 3, 2025
Aidan Hall Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Sell Maintains $19 → $21	Sell	Maintains	$19 → $21	+2.29%	Feb 3, 2025
Brennan Hawken UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $19 → $23	Hold	Maintains	$19 → $23	+12.03%	Feb 3, 2025
Michael Brown Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $21 → $24	Hold	Maintains	$21 → $24	+16.90%	Feb 3, 2025
Etienne Ricard BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold Maintains $20 → $23	Hold	Maintains	$20 → $23	+12.03%	Feb 3, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

6.83B

from 8.48B

-19.46%

from 8.48B

Revenue Next Year

6.77B

from 6.83B

-0.86%

from 6.83B

EPS This Year

2.17

from 0.85

155.78%

from 0.85

EPS Next Year

2.47

from 2.17

14.02%

from 2.17

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	6.83B	6.77B	7.13B
Revenue Growth	-1.82%	51.36%	-1.78%	-5.15%	8.01%	-19.46%	-0.86%	5.36%
EPS	1.59	3.57	2.53	1.72	0.85	2.17	2.47	2.85
EPS Growth	-32.34%	124.53%	-29.13%	-32.02%	-50.68%	155.78%	14.02%	15.13%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.46	8.30	7.21
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	9

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	8.9B	7.2B	7.7B
Avg	6.8B	6.8B	7.1B
Low	6.3B	6.4B	6.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	4.8%	6.0%	13.5%
Avg	-19.5%	-0.9%	5.4%
Low	-25.1%	-6.7%	-3.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	2.36	2.70	3.15
Avg	2.17	2.47	2.85
Low	2.00	2.23	2.54

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	178.5%	24.4%	27.3%
Avg	155.8%	14.0%	15.1%
Low	135.7%	3.0%	2.6%

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.