Ares Management vs Franklin Templeton
ARES and BEN side by side, both in services allied with the exchange of securities. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ARES and BEN compare
Ares Management is the larger company, worth 2.6 times as much as Franklin Templeton ($48.5B against $18.3B).
Ares Management grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (21.9% versus 7.3% for Franklin Templeton).
Franklin Templeton keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.4% compared with 8.0% at Ares Management.
Both pay dividends: Ares Management yields 3.8% and Franklin Templeton 3.7%.
Franklin Templeton scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 11 for Ares Management), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ARES | BEN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $48.5B | $18.3B |
| Share price | $134.61 | $36.02 |
| Change, 1 year | −12.4% | 56.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 52.4% | 3.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.59 | 1.15 |
| Employees | 4,250 | 9,900 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 18.3× |
| P/S | 9.0× | 1.9× (better) |
| P/B | 12.7× | 1.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 11.9× |
| P/FCF | – | 22.4× |
| PEG | – | 3.95 |
| FCF yield | – | 4.5% |
| Fair value | $66.27 | $34.14 |
| Margin of safety | −103% | −5.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 21.9% (better) | 7.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 22.1% (better) | 2.2% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −33.5% | 105% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 116% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −11.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | – | 12.5% |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 11.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 10.4% (better) | 9.0% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 11.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | – | 12.4× |
| Altman Z-score | 1.44 (better) | 1.23 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.8% (better) | 3.7% |
| Payout ratio | 22.2% | 64.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 7 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 3.3% |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.8% | 6.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 61.0% | 53.6% |
| Held by insiders | 61.8% | 21.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$8.3M | −$5.8M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 11.0% | 4.2% |
Go deeper
- ARES stock overview
- ARES income statement
- ARES valuation and score
- BEN stock overview
- BEN income statement
- BEN valuation and score
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