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 1.3 times as much as Franklin Templeton ($23.6B against $18.4B).
On earnings, Price T Rowe is cheaper: it trades at 11.2× trailing earnings, against 18.4× for Franklin Templeton.
Franklin Templeton grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.3% 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 11.4% at Franklin Templeton.
Both pay dividends: Franklin Templeton yields 3.6% and Price T Rowe 4.7%.
Price T Rowe scores higher on the StockData Score (23 against 12 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 | $18.4B | $23.6B |
| Share price | $36.30 | $110.69 |
| Change, 1 year | 61.2% | 7.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 4.7% | −47.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.15 | 1.36 |
| Employees | 9,900 | 7,773 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 23 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.4× | 11.2× (better) |
| P/S | 2.0× (better) | 3.1× |
| P/B | 1.6× (better) | 2.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.0× | 8.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 22.6× | 14.8× (better) |
| PEG | 3.98 | 0.99 (better) |
| FCF yield | 4.4% | 6.8% (better) |
| Fair value | $34.18 | $153.87 |
| Margin of safety | −6.2% | 28.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.3% (better) | 6.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.2% | 3.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 105% (better) | 5.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 116% (better) | 7.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −11.2% | −1.5% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 12.5% | 32.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 28.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 8.7% | 20.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 9.0% | 19.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 11.6% | 25.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | 12.4× | – |
| Altman Z-score | 1.23 | 4.99 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.6% | 4.7% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 64.9% | 52.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 | 9 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 3.3% | 7.1% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 2.8% (better) | 2.7% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.4% | 7.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 53.6% | 89.3% |
| Held by insiders | 21.1% | 0.81% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $0 (better) | −$1.9M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.2% | 12.9% |
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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