Franklin Resources Inc
XMUN:FRK

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Price: 29.11 EUR -0.03% Market Closed
Market Cap: €15.3B

Franklin Resources Inc
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Franklin Resources, better known as Franklin Templeton, is an investment management company. It builds and manages mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, retirement products, and separate accounts that invest in stocks, bonds, and other assets. Its customers are mainly individual investors, financial advisers, retirement plans, and large institutions that want professional money management. The company makes money by charging fees for managing assets and, in some cases, for advisory and distribution services tied to its funds. Clients pay Franklin to select investments, run portfolios, and handle day-to-day fund operations. That means its business depends on the amount of money clients entrust to it and the mix of products they choose. What sets Franklin apart is its role as a packaged-investments provider rather than a bank or broker. It sells access to active portfolio management through its own fund families and investment teams, and it reaches investors through advisers, retirement platforms, and institutional channels. In simple terms, it sits between the people who want their money invested and the markets where that money is put to work.

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Last Earnings Call
Fiscal Period
Q3 2026
Call Date
Jul 31, 2026
AI Summary
Q3 2026

Flows: Franklin Templeton delivered another quarter of positive long-term net inflows, with $18.4 billion in the quarter and positive flows across every asset class and geography.

Scale: Assets under management hit a record $1.8 trillion, while long-term inflows reached a record $122 billion, showing broad momentum across the platform.

Private markets: Alternatives fundraising stayed very strong at $11.8 billion in the quarter and $33 billion year to date, already above the full-year target with one quarter left.

Margins: Adjusted operating income rose to $508.9 million, and management said the company is ahead of its long-term margin plan, with fiscal 2026 margins expected to be in the mid-27% range.

AI and digital: The company highlighted measurable benefits from AI in distribution and continued investment in digital assets, including tokenized funds, crypto ETFs and new partnerships with MoonPay and Kraken's parent.

Capital return: Franklin returned $521.5 million to shareholders in the quarter, including $348.1 million of share repurchases, and said buybacks, dividends and strategic flexibility remain priorities.

Key Financials
Long-term net inflows
$18.4 billion
Fiscal year-to-date long-term net inflows
$63.3 billion
Long-term inflows
$122 billion
Assets under management
$1.8 trillion
Institutional pipeline
$28.6 billion
Equity net flows
$2 billion
Fixed income net inflows
$2.6 billion
Fixed income net flows excluding Western Asset
$3.5 billion
Multi-asset net flows
$4.7 billion
Alternatives AUM
$294 billion
Alternatives fundraising
$11.8 billion
Private markets fundraising
$10.3 billion
Evergreen AUM
$8.9 billion
ETF AUM
$75.6 billion
ETF net inflows
$7.1 billion
Retail SMA AUM
$187.6 billion
Retail SMA net inflows
$4.4 billion
Canvas AUM
$30.3 billion
Canvas net inflows
$3.7 billion
International AUM
approximately $525 billion
Digital asset AUM
$3.2 billion
Adjusted operating income
$508.9 million
Shareholder returns
$521.5 million
Share repurchases
$348.1 million
Catch-up fees
$14 million
Effective fee rate
mid- to high 37s
Compensation expense
$850 million
IS&T expense
$165 million
Occupancy expense
$70 million
G&A expense
$200 million
Tax rate
25% to 27%
Full-year expenses
3% to 3.5% above full year 2025
Full-year margin
mid-27s
Fourth-quarter margin
very close to 30%, if not at 30%
2027 margin
29% to 30%
EFR
37.7 to 37.8
Private markets fee-generating assets
about 80%
Private markets blended fee rate
about 65 basis points
AI sales uplift
a little over 11%
AI client contacts uplift
25%
Earnings Call Recording
Other Earnings Calls

Management

Mr. Rupert Harris Johnson Jr.
Vice Chairman
No Bio Available
Mr. Terrence James Murphy
Executive VP & Head of Public Markets
No Bio Available
Mr. Avinash Deepak Satwalekar CFA
President of India
No Bio Available
Ms. Lindsey Harumi Oshita
Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer
No Bio Available
Ms. Selene Oh
Head of Investor Relations
No Bio Available
Ms. Adele Taylor
Senior VP and Lead of Corporate Strategy & Corporate Development
No Bio Available
Mr. Sandeep Singh
Regional Head of Central Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa and Senior Director
No Bio Available
Mr. Marc Weidner
Managing Director
No Bio Available
Mr. David Zahn C.A.I.A., C.F.A., F.R.M.
Senior VP, Head of European Fixed Income & Head of Sustainable Fixed Income
No Bio Available
Mr. Yaqub Ahmed
Head of Investment-Only Division of U.S. & Senior VP
No Bio Available

Contacts

Address
CALIFORNIA
San Mateo
One Franklin Parkway, Building 920/2
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