Fundamental Data for BEN

FRANKLIN R(NYSE:BEN)

Franklin Resources provides investment advisory and related services to retail mutual funds, institutional and private accounts, and other investment products globally. Related services include transfer agency, fund administration, custodial, trustee and fiduciary services. The mutual funds and other products that it advise are sold to the public under three brand names: Franklin, Templeton, and Mutual Series.

# Employees: 8800

Address: One Franklin Parkway,San Mateo,CA,USA

Phone: 650 312-2000

Fax:

Website: www.franklintempleton.com

Email:

Sector: Finance

Industry: FIN-INVEST MGMT

Executive Officers

Charles B. Johnson (Chmn.; Dir.)

Rupert H. Johnson Jr. (Vice-Chmn.; Dir.)

Samuel H. Armacost (Dir.)

Gregory E. Johnson (Presi.; C.E.O.)

Kenneth A. Lewis (Exec. V.P.; C.F.O.,)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: 10/1/2009

Annual Dividend: $0.84

Current Dividend Yield: $0.75

Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.21

Indicated Dividend: $0.22

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2009

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 1/27/2010

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $1.41

Mean EPS (Year): $5.98

Mean Estimate(Long Term): $9.80

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 18.620

Number of Estimates: 17

Shares Performance

Period	BEN	Compare to S&P
YTD	74.60 %	44.50 %
4 Weeks	-1.39 %	-2.45 %
12 Weeks	18.83 %	12.03 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 1574665

Shares Outstanding: 230M

Market Cap: $25.65B

52 Week High: $115.64

52 Week Low: $38.66

P/E Ratio: 28.630

PEG Ratio: 1.900

Split: On 1/16/1998 BEN split by factor of 2.000

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: 24.03 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: 23.08 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 15.40 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -6.25 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $3.51

Cash Flow/Share: $24.67

Change in Payout Ratio: 0.090

Price/Sales: 6.120