Franklin Resources Ownership | Who Owns Franklin Resources?

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Franklin Resources Ownership Summary

Franklin Resources is owned by 12.63% institutional investors, 48.40% insiders, and 38.97% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 7.17% of BEN shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 1.89% of its assets in Franklin Resources shares.

BEN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Franklin Resources	12.63%	48.40%	38.97%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	32.19%	15.44%	52.37%
Industry	Asset Management Stocks	46.20%	8.54%	45.25%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	37.11M	7.17%	$886.55M
Blackrock	32.02M	6.18%	$715.57M
Power corp of canada	31.56M	6.12%	$729.92M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	29.71M	5.74%	$709.80M
State street	20.89M	4.05%	$489.73M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	10.88M	2.10%	$259.99M
Invesco	9.35M	1.81%	$216.36M
Royal bank of canada	8.25M	1.60%	$190.87M
Geode capital management	8.07M	1.56%	$192.77M
Proshare advisors	7.08M	1.37%	$169.22M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Power corp of canada	31.56M	100.00%	$729.92M
Kopernik global investors	2.74M	5.16%	$63.27M
Bastion asset management	321.51K	4.17%	$7.55M
Kettle hill capital management	747.43K	3.89%	$17.29M
Azora capital lp	3.24M	3.47%	$75.00M
Dupree financial group	262.92K	2.29%	$6.28M
Fire capital management	172.33K	2.05%	$4.12M
Foundation resource management	589.78K	1.89%	$14.09M
Alexander randolph advisory	86.05K	1.71%	$2.06M
Kinloch capital	161.47K	1.63%	$3.73M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	4.11M	0.01%	4.11M
Bank of new york mellon	3.74M	0.02%	2.08M
Northern trust	4.12M	0.01%	1.37M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	29.71M	0.01%	1.36M
Squarepoint ops	1.43M	0.03%	1.14M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Evergreen quality fund gp	-	-	-5.24M
Capital research global investors	-	-	-3.55M
Amundi	484.25K	0.00%	-2.87M
Holocene advisors, lp	55.19K	0.00%	-2.10M
Morgan stanley	4.31M	0.01%	-1.90M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	4.11M	0.01%	4.11M	$98.17M
Cubist systematic strategies	998.15K	0.11%	998.15K	$23.09M
Engineers gate manager lp	292.87K	0.08%	292.87K	$6.77M
Adage capital partners gp	240.51K	0.01%	240.51K	$5.56M
Magnetar financial	187.13K	0.03%	187.13K	$4.33M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Stephens consulting	-1.00
First command advisory services	-2.00
Carolinas wealth consulting	-5.00
Colonial trust advisors	-6.00
Hm payson	-8.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	250	-59.35%	65,379,418	-75.67%	12	0.47%	115	-61.79%	84	-55.08%
Sep 30, 2025	296	-48.34%	70,370,555	-73.37%	13	0.52%	132	-51.47%	92	-55.56%
Jun 30, 2025	574	-	282,725,551	1.20%	54	1.88%	268	-9.76%	212	26.19%
Mar 31, 2025	6	-98.97%	38,660,402	-85.88%	7	0.27%	3	-98.95%	1	-99.49%
Dec 31, 2024	563	-2.93%	272,890,729	3.70%	52	2.03%	276	-10.68%	189	11.18%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	9.84M	1.89%	20.52K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	9.92M	1.89%	8.30K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	7.82M	1.50%	49.19K
Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF	7.31M	1.40%	24.42K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	7.08M	1.36%	-703.00
iShares Select Dividend ETF	6.67M	1.28%	570.02K
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats	6.54M	1.26%	-
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	4.55M	0.87%	-34.86K
First Trust SMID Cp Rising Div Achv ETF	4.30M	0.82%	9.20K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	3.90M	0.75%	782.11K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 20, 2025	JOHNSON CHARLES B	-	Buy	$1.06M
Nov 18, 2025	JOHNSON CHARLES B	-	Buy	$1.07M
Apr 04, 2025	JOHNSON CHARLES B	-	Sell	$7.38K
Apr 04, 2025	JOHNSON CHARLES B	-	Buy	$7.44K
Mar 04, 2025	JOHNSON CHARLES B	-	Buy	$1.96M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	2	-
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	1	1
2025 Q1	1	-

BEN Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Franklin Resources?

Franklin Resources shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 12.63%, followed by 48.40% insiders and 38.97% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Franklin Resources's industry, Asset Management Stocks, is 46.20%, which Franklin Resources falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Franklin Resources?

Franklin Resources’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (37.11M shares, 7.17%), Blackrock (32.02M shares, 6.18%), and Power corp of canada (31.56M shares, 6.12%). Together, they hold 19.47% of Franklin Resources’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Franklin Resources?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.18% of Franklin Resources, totaling 32.02M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.02% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 715.57M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 736.04K shares, a 2.35% change.

Who is Franklin Resources’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Power corp of canada is Franklin Resources’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 100.00% of its assets in 31.56M Franklin Resources shares, valued at 729.92M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Franklin Resources shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Franklin Resources shares, with 1.89% of its total shares outstanding invested in 9.84M Franklin Resources shares.

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