$110.23 -0.76 (-0.68%)
11/6/2009 4:00 PM

Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

An investment management Company, which provides investment management and related services to its retail mutual funds, and to institutional, high net-worth and separately managed accounts and other investment products.

Current Price $110.23 Mkt Cap $25.39B
Open $109.70 P/E Ratio 28.53
Prev. Close $110.99 Div. (Yield) 0.84 (0.80%)
Daily Range $109.52 - $111.55 Volume 916,874
52-Wk Range $37.11 - $116.39 Avg. Daily Vol. 1,649,000

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238 Outperform
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All-Star Members

79 Outperform
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Wall Street

12 Outperform
0 Underperform
 

Top BEN Bull/Bear Pitches

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boiseidfool (80.29)
Submitted May 27, 2008

This company is one of 62 listed on the BetterInvesting Growth Screen in January 2008. It met 4 criteria: it is projected by Value Line to double earnings in the next five years, has actually doubled earnings in the past 5 years, is selling at… More

DarthMaul09 (97.81)
Submitted October 12, 2009

Contrarian bet based on the generally good mood of the market driving financial stocks higher than they may be worth. If we see a significant market correction in the next six months, the drop in the stock price might also overshoot to the down side.… More

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Member Avatar DarthMaul09 (97.81) Submitted: 10/11/2009 10:57:25 PM : Underperform Start Price: $106.94 BEN Score: -3.66

Contrarian bet based on the generally good mood of the market driving financial stocks higher than they may be worth. If we see a significant market correction in the next six months, the drop in the stock price might also overshoot to the down side. I thinks it is likely that we will see such a correction, which is the basis for this bet.

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Member Avatar AmyMacRaePhD1988 (< 20) Submitted: 10/8/2009 9:11:36 PM : Outperform Start Price: $103.43 BEN Score: +6.12

outperform

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Member Avatar Ewok82 (30.48) Submitted: 7/30/2009 10:28:04 PM : Underperform Start Price: $87.15 BEN Score: -17.37

Time for some profit taking after the run up. Index funds and individual stock purchases will cut into actively managed mutual funds' profits.

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rmihai (48.73) Score: +101.98

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Member Name Member
Rating
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Start
Price
Stock
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TheBarnacle 81.00 3/18/2009 Outperform 1Y $46.46 +137.27% +40.12% +97.15 1 Comment
toweringthunderb 48.13 11/21/2008 Outperform 3Y $45.88 +140.26% +44.96% +95.30
DustinCody 99.17 10/24/2008 Outperform NS $52.94 +108.21% +26.75% +81.45
lftnote 37.81 3/24/2009 Outperform 1Y $51.97 +112.11% +33.24% +78.86
bryan3star 96.79 12/3/2008 Outperform NS $52.60 +109.58% +31.79% +77.79
threepaweddog 49.85 1/22/2009 Outperform 5Y $52.83 +108.64% +30.92% +77.73
greattrader1011 32.31 2/6/2009 Outperform 5Y $55.36 +99.12% +25.63% +73.49
MViscio1 99.21 10/28/2008 Outperform 5Y $55.69 +97.94% +25.17% +72.78 1 Comment
KMKMKMKM 99.23 10/27/2008 Outperform NS $56.26 +95.93% +23.92% +72.00
StillSmokin 99.31 10/28/2008 Outperform NS $56.15 +96.30% +25.70% +70.61

Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating
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Date
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TrackBarclaysCap 86.02 10/1/2009 Outperform NS $99.02 +11.32% +2.61% +8.72
TrackKBW 60.72 9/3/2009 Outperform NS $92.81 +18.77% +7.21% +11.56
TrackJPMorgan 78.71 7/6/2009 Outperform NS $70.40 +56.57% +21.03% +35.54
TrackDeutscheSec 89.50 6/4/2009 Outperform NS $71.98 +53.15% +15.16% +37.99
TrackWachovia 35.10 5/28/2009 Outperform NS $62.69 +75.83% +19.67% +56.16
TrackCitigroup 21.22 3/5/2009 Underperform NS $42.20 +70.07% +33.86% -36.21 6/3/2009 @ $71.77
TrackWinters 89.74 2/24/2009 Outperform 1Y $46.10 +139.10% +44.81% +94.29 3 Comments
TrackKBW 60.72 10/27/2008 Outperform NS $55.25 +0.06% -4.64% +4.70 4/8/2009 @ $55.28
TrackStifel 94.70 8/15/2008 Outperform NS $103.59 +6.41% -14.93% +21.34
TrackKBW 60.72 6/12/2008 Outperform NS $100.55 +4.96% -8.22% +13.18 9/22/2008 @ $105.54
TrackJPMorgan 78.71 4/18/2008 Underperform NS $101.03 -30.17% -35.53% -5.36 7/6/2009 @ $70.55
TrackSwensen 34.63 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $114.21 -12.43% -3.51% -8.92 5/30/2008 @ $100.01 1 Comment
TrackSOP < 20 11/29/2007 Outperform NS $119.15 -7.49% -23.58% +16.10
TrackTobinSmith < 20 11/2/2007 Outperform 1Y $121.74 -9.45% -25.77% +16.32
TrackJohnRogers < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $124.80 -11.67% -26.44% +14.76 6 Comments
TrackDodgeCox 86.63 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $126.88 -17.80% -10.50% -7.30 6/13/2008 @ $104.30 1 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 91.16 6/27/2007 Outperform NS $130.81 -44.37% -31.94% -12.43 10/14/2008 @ $72.77
TrackJPMorgan 78.71 6/5/2007 Underperform NS $136.17 -7.53% -3.06% +4.46 11/14/2007 @ $125.92
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 10/11/2006 Outperform NS $103.61 +33.48% +12.61% +20.87 10/26/2007 @ $138.30
TrackAGEdwards 89.12 10/2/2006 Outperform NS $103.04 +6.98% -14.83% +21.81
TrackJimCramer < 20 9/22/2006 Outperform 3W $101.18 +8.94% -13.43% +22.37
TrackUBS 86.41 8/23/2006 Outperform NS $98.23 +38.35% +16.22% +22.14 5/17/2007 @ $135.90

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