Franklin Resources Ownership | Who Owns Franklin Resources?

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Franklin Resources Ownership Summary

Franklin Resources is owned by 53.13% institutional investors, 48.56% insiders. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 7.17% of BEN shares. Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest is the top mutual fund, with 1.96% of its assets in Franklin Resources shares.

BEN Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Franklin Resources	53.13%	48.56%	-1.68%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	493.55%	13.79%	-407.34%
Industry	Asset Management Stocks	47.59%	11.88%	40.53%

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
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	28.91M	5.59%	$961.85M
Power corp of canada	25.34M	4.90%	$843.06M
Vanguard capital management	20.14M	3.89%	$669.91M
State street	19.73M	3.81%	$662.93M
Invesco	12.09M	2.34%	$402.28M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	10.22M	1.98%	$340.18M
Geode capital management	7.91M	1.53%	$262.70M
Goldman sachs group	7.26M	1.40%	$241.42M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Power corp of canada	25.34M	100.00%	$843.06M
Azora capital lp	6.91M	9.68%	$229.85M
Del-sette capital management	212.29K	4.12%	$7.06M
Kopernik global investors	1.32M	2.69%	$43.94M
Fire capital management	172.33K	2.33%	$5.73M
Foundation resource management	583.13K	2.26%	$19.40M
Kinloch capital	172.43K	2.10%	$5.74M
Alexander randolph advisory	62.76K	1.72%	$2.09M
Artemis investment management llp	5.31M	1.57%	$176.70M
Gallagher fiduciary advisors	1.38M	1.51%	$45.90M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Sixth street partners management company	3.24M	0.01%	3.24M
Norges bank	2.96M	0.01%	2.96M
Fil	1.87M	0.04%	1.81M
Azora capital lp	6.91M	9.68%	1.81M
Woodline partners lp	1.75M	0.18%	1.75M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Citadel advisors	910.40K	0.00%	-10.41M
Power corp of canada	25.34M	100.00%	-6.22M
Evergreen quality fund gp	-	-	-5.24M
Capital research global investors	-	-	-3.55M
Jupiter asset management	9.13K	0.00%	-2.66M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Sixth street partners management company	3.24M	0.01%	3.24M	$107.86M
Norges bank	2.96M	0.01%	2.96M	$98.36M
Woodline partners lp	1.75M	0.18%	1.75M	$58.18M
Cubist systematic strategies	998.15K	0.11%	998.15K	$23.09M
Argent capital management	363.13K	0.38%	363.13K	$12.08M

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 %
Jun 30, 2026	679	8.81%	274,928,086	-4.56%	53	1.71%	350	14.38%	223	8.78%
Mar 31, 2026	350	-41.08%	95,464,795	-65.39%	18	0.65%	157	-47.32%	113	-39.89%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest	9.93M	1.96%	27.75K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	9.91M	1.91%	-34.35K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	9.91M	1.91%	-34.35K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	9.92M	1.89%	8.30K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	8.05M	1.58%	84.79K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	7.16M	1.41%	12.47K
iShares Select Dividend ETF	6.36M	1.25%	-
Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF	5.98M	1.18%	-10.24K
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats	5.90M	1.16%	4.29K
Artemis Global Income I Acc	4.69M	0.92%	106.79K

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 Q3	-	-
2026 Q2	-	-
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	2	-
2025 Q3	-	-

BEN Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Franklin Resources?

Franklin Resources shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 53.13%, followed by 48.56% insiders and -1.69% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Franklin Resources's industry, Asset Management Stocks, is 47.59%, which Franklin Resources exceeds.

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 Blackrock funding, inc. /de (28.91M shares, 5.59%). Together, they hold 18.93% 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 25.34M Franklin Resources shares, valued at 843.06M$.

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

Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest is the top mutual fund holder of Franklin Resources shares, with 1.96% of its total shares outstanding invested in 9.93M Franklin Resources shares.

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