Franklin Resources Inc Stock Price, News & Analysis

Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN) reported preliminary month-end AUM of $1.6745 trillion as of November 30, 2025, down from $1.6848 trillion at October 31, 2025.

Key drivers include flat long-term flows with $1 billion of long-term net outflows at Western Asset Management and an offsetting $1 billion of long-term net inflows excluding Western Asset Management, plus the effect of positive markets. Cash management AUM fell to $75.9 billion from $88.2 billion, reflecting $12 billion of cash management net outflows tied to withdrawals from a recent large inflow. Western Asset AUM was $217 billion versus $230 billion at October 31, 2025.

Franklin Templeton (BEN) launched the Franklin Solana ETF (NYSE Arca: SOEZ) on December 3, 2025, an exchange traded product that seeks to track the price of Solana (SOL) and capture staking rewards.

The Fund can stake up to 100% of its Solana, receives rewards in SOL that may be treated as income, values SOL using the CME CF Solana‑Dollar Reference Rate (New York Variant), and is listed on NYSE Arca. Coinbase Custody serves as custodian; BNY acts as administrator, transfer agent, and cash custodian.

Franklin Templeton (BEN) announced on December 2, 2025 that the Franklin Crypto Index ETF (Cboe: EZPZ) expanded its holdings after the CF Institutional Digital Asset Index reconstitution. EZPZ now holds Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Dogecoin, Cardano, Stellar Lumens, and Chainlink.

The ETF seeks to track a free float‑adjusted, market‑capitalization weighted index and holds each digital asset approximately in line with its index weight, aiming to provide broader market‑level representation of established and emerging blockchain networks. Franklin Templeton highlighted investor demand for exposure beyond first‑generation digital assets.

Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (NYSE: WIW) announced estimated sources for its November 28, 2025 monthly distribution and fiscal year-to-date allocations through October 31, 2025.

The November distribution is $0.0625 per share, with an estimated 54.24% net investment income and 45.76% return of capital. Fiscal year-to-date distributions total $0.6815 per share, split approximately 48.99% net investment income and 51.01% return of capital. Annualized distribution rate is 7.68% and 5-year average annual NAV return is 1.85%.

Amounts are estimates for tax reporting; actual allocation may change and shareholders will receive Form 1099-DIV.

Franklin Templeton launched the Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) on November 24, 2025, listed on NYSE Arca to provide investors regulated exposure to the price movements of XRP.

XRPZ is structured as a grantor trust that holds XRP and seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of XRP as measured by the CME CF XRP-Dollar Reference Rate, New York Variant. Coinbase Custody Trust Company serves as custodian; Bank of New York Mellon is administrator, transfer agent, and cash custodian; and CSC Delaware Trust Company is trustee. XRPZ joins Franklin Templeton’s U.S. digital asset lineup alongside Franklin Bitcoin ETF (EZBC), Franklin Ethereum ETF (EZET), and Franklin Crypto Index ETF (EZPZ).

Franklin Templeton (NYSE:BEN) announced monthly distributions for certain closed-end funds under their managed distribution policy for December 2025, January 2026 and February 2026.

Key dates: Record/Ex-dividend dates of 12/23/2025, 1/23/2026 and 2/20/2026 with payable dates 12/31/2025, 1/30/2026 and 2/27/2026. Announced cash amounts: WIA $0.05200 per month; WIW $0.06250 per month.

Estimated fiscal year-to-date distribution sources through 2/28/2026: WIA 79.42% income / 20.58% return of capital; WIW 37.28% income / 62.72% return of capital.

Franklin Templeton Institute (BEN) released its Global Investment Outlook: 2026 and Beyond on November 18, 2025, highlighting three cyclical themes: Broadening growth, Steepening yield curves, and a Weakening U.S. dollar.

The Institute expects non-U.S. equities, U.S. small-cap and cyclical sectors to benefit if global monetary easing and Fed rate cuts reduce debt servicing costs. Rising long-term rates tied to infrastructure and AI investment should steepen curves and shift flows into duration, credit, and equities. A softer dollar is seen as supportive for emerging-market debt and non-U.S. equities. Longer-term secular themes include AI-driven capital demand, mainstreaming of private markets, and higher structural borrowing costs from fiscal policy.

Franklin Templeton (NYSE:BEN) announced on November 12, 2025 that its Benji Technology Platform has been integrated onto the Canton Network, giving institutional clients access to tokenized investment products via Canton's Global Collateral Network.

Benji is Franklin Templeton's proprietary blockchain-integrated stack that powers its tokenized mutual funds and on-chain products. The integration aims to enhance collateral mobility, deepen liquidity options for participants such as QCP, and support regulated, privacy-compliant institutional use cases across traditional finance and digital asset markets.

Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN) reported preliminary results for the quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. For Q4 2025, net income was $117.6 million and diluted EPS was $0.21; fiscal 2025 net income was $524.9 million and diluted EPS was $0.91. Q4 operating revenues were $2,343.7 million and adjusted net income was $357.5 million (adjusted diluted EPS $0.67).

Total AUM was $1,661.2 billion at Sept 30, 2025. Q4 long-term inflows were $84.6 billion and long-term net outflows were $11.9 billion. Cash and investments, including CIPs, were $6.7 billion. The company returned $930 million to shareholders in FY2025 and repurchased 2.6 million shares for $67.1 million in the quarter.