Franklin Templeton vs Price T Rowe
BEN and TROW 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 BEN and TROW compare
Price T Rowe is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as Franklin Templeton ($22.2B against $16.1B).
On earnings, Price T Rowe is cheaper: it trades at 10.5× trailing earnings, against 21.5× for Franklin Templeton.
Franklin Templeton grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.9% versus 6.9% for Price T Rowe).
Price T Rowe keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.4% compared with 8.7% at Franklin Templeton.
Both pay dividends: Franklin Templeton yields 4.2% and Price T Rowe 5.0%.
Price T Rowe scores higher on the StockData Score (23 against 9 for Franklin Templeton), 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 | BEN | TROW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $16.1B | $22.2B |
| Share price | $31.64 | $103.90 |
| Change, 1 year | 37.9% | 0.38% |
| Change, 5 years | −11.8% | −53.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.17 | 1.38 |
| Employees | 9,800 | 7,773 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 23 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.5× | 10.5× (better) |
| P/S | 1.7× (better) | 2.9× |
| P/B | 1.4× (better) | 1.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.1× | 7.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 13.9× |
| PEG | – | 0.93 |
| FCF yield | – | 7.2% |
| Fair value | $27.33 | $149.15 |
| Margin of safety | −15.8% | 30.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.9% (better) | 6.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.5% (better) | 3.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 152% (better) | 5.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 183% (better) | 7.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −10.6% | −1.5% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 32.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 28.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 20.7% |
| Return on equity | 6.8% | 19.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 8.3% | 25.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | 10.2× | – |
| Altman Z-score | 1.23 | 4.74 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.2% | 5.0% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 85.4% | 52.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | 6 | 9 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 3.5% | 7.1% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 3.2% (better) | 2.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 7.4% | 7.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 53.6% | 89.3% |
| Held by insiders | 21.0% | 0.80% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $2.1M (better) | −$1.9M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.6% | 12.7% |
Go deeper
- BEN stock overview
- BEN income statement
- BEN valuation and score
- TROW stock overview
- TROW income statement
- TROW valuation and score
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