Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN)

Franklin Resources Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 11 analysts that cover Franklin Resources stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $23.23, which forecasts a -9.40% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $17.5 and the highest is $29.

Price Target: $23.23 (-9.40%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$17.5	$23.23	$23	$29
Change	-31.75%	-9.40%	-10.30%	+13.10%

* Price targets were last updated on Dec 12, 2025.

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	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	0	0	1	1	1	1
Hold	6	6	5	4	4	4
Sell	5	5	5	5	5	5
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	12	12	12	11	11	11

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Benjamin Budish Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $20 → $22	Sell	Maintains	$20 → $22	-14.20%	Dec 12, 2025
Kenneth Worthington JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $26 → $25	Hold	Maintains	$26 → $25	-2.50%	Nov 10, 2025
Benjamin Budish Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $23 → $20	Sell	Maintains	$23 → $20	-22.00%	Oct 21, 2025
David Motemaden Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Sell Maintains $25 → $23	Sell	Maintains	$25 → $23	-10.30%	Oct 9, 2025
Brennan Hawken BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Buy Initiates $26	Buy	Initiates	$26	+1.40%	Oct 3, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

6.98B

Decreased by -20.43%

from 8.77B

Revenue Next Year

7.37B

Increased by 5.60%

from 6.98B

EPS This Year

2.53

Increased by 177.98%

from 0.91

EPS Next Year

2.81

Increased by 11.03%

from 2.53

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Sep 30, 2021	Sep 30, 2022	Sep 30, 2023	Sep 30, 2024	Sep 30, 2025	Sep 30, 2026	Sep 30, 2027
Revenue	8.43B	8.28B	7.85B	8.48B	8.77B	6.98B	7.37B
Revenue Growth	51.36%	-1.78%	-5.15%	8.01%	3.45%	-20.43%	5.60%
EPS	3.57	2.53	1.72	0.85	0.91	2.53	2.81
EPS Growth	124.53%	-29.13%	-32.02%	-50.68%	7.28%	177.98%	11.03%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	10.14	9.13
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	12	11

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	7.3B	7.8B
Avg	7.0B	7.4B
Low	6.7B	7.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	-16.9%	12.4%
Avg	-20.4%	5.6%
Low	-23.3%	0.9%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	2.85	3.13
Avg	2.53	2.81
Low	2.31	2.50

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	212.7%	23.7%
Avg	178.0%	11.0%
Low	154.2%	-1.2%

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.