Franklin Resources is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the investment management and related services. Co. provides its investment management and related services to retail, institutional and investors in jurisdictions worldwide. Co. deliver its investment capabilities through a variety of products and vehicles and multiple points of access, including directly to investors and through financial intermediaries. Co.'s investment products include its sponsored funds, as well as institutional and separate accounts, retail separately managed account programs, sub-advised products, and other investment vehicles. We show 56 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our BEN shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute BEN market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing Franklin Resources market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing Franklin Resources's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of Franklin Resources versus a peer is one thing; comparing
Franklin Resources market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like Franklin Resources can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching Franklin Resources by allowing them to research the Franklin Resources market cap history. |
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