Franklin Resources Stock News

Dividend Aristocrats are outperforming the S&P 500 in 2025, demonstrating resilience, with NOBL up 1.78% YTD versus SPY's 4.9% decline. Top performers include Consolidated Edison (+22.98%), Brown & Brown (+20.65%), and AbbVie (+16.61%), showcasing strong double-digit gains. 29 out of 69 Dividend Aristocrats have announced dividend increases in 2025, with an average growth rate of 4.15%.

Market volatility remains high in 2025, and only seems to be picking up.

A list of 9 companies that may reach Dividend King status in the near future. These companies span various sectors and offer investors a wide range of dividend growth rates and yields. A few of these companies have abnormally high payout ratios, which may hinder their ability to achieve Dividend King status.

Four of the ten lowest-priced Dividend Aristocrats, including Franklin Resources and Realty Income, are ready to buy with annual dividends exceeding their single share prices. Analysts forecast 15.93% to 26.49% net gains for top-ten Aristocrat Dogs by March 2026, with Federal Realty and Stanley Black & Decker leading. A market correction of 65% could make all top-yield Aristocrats fair-priced, ...

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Franklin Resources, Inc. (Franklin Templeton) (NYSE: BEN) today reported preliminary month-end assets under management (AUM) of $1.58 trillion at February 28, 2025, compared to $1.58 trillion at January 31, 2025. This month's AUM reflected the impact of positive markets, partially offset by preliminary long-term net outflows of $10 billion, inclusive of $10 b...

S&P Dow Jones Indices added three new members to the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index, expanding it to 69 companies. I rank Dividend Aristocrats by quality scores, presenting undervalued and overvalued stocks with detailed metrics and fair value estimates. My quality scoring system uses six indicators, each worth 5 points, for a maximum score of 30, categorizing stocks from Exceptional to Inf...

The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat ETF kicks off 2025 on a bright note with a gain of 2.81% in January. I present 3 strategies that can theoretically beat the dividend aristocrat index in the long term. After 43 months of tracking these strategies, one strategy is generating a CAGR superior to NOBL.

Franklin Templeton filed for an exchange-traded fund on Friday that will track the spot price of Solana , reflecting the growing interest among asset managers to profit from the popularity of cryptocurrencies beyond bitcoin.