Franklin Resources, Inc. vs British American Tobacco PLC — how do they compare? Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.37 (market cap $16.95B), while British American Tobacco PLC trades at $57 (market cap $122.36B). The key difference: British American Tobacco PLC is far larger — about 7.2× Franklin Resources, Inc.'s market cap, and British American Tobacco PLC pays the higher dividend (5.88%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BEN | BTI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.95B | $122.36B |
Sector | Financials | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $35.77 | $66.70 |
52-Week Low | $21.18 | $50.39 |
Enterprise Value | $29.90B | $166.31B |
Dividend Yield | 3.96% | 5.88% |
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Franklin Resources provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. At the end of August 2022, Franklin had $1.388 trillion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (32%), fixed-income (38%), multi-asset/balanced (10%) funds, alternatives (16%), and money market funds (4%). Distribution tends to be weighted more toward retail investors (49% of AUM) investors, as opposed to institutional (49%) and high-net-worth (2%) clients. Franklin is also one of the more global firms of the U.S.-based asset managers with more than 35% of its AUM invested in global/international strategies and 25% of managed assets sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States.
Read more on BEN →Following the acquisition of Reynolds American, British American Tobacco is neck-and-neck with Philip Morris International to be the largest listed global tobacco company--slightly larger than PMI on net revenue, but slightly smaller on total tobacco volume. British American's Global Drive Brands are Dunhill, Kent, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, and Rothmans, and it also owns Newport and Camel in the U.S. The firm also sells vapor e-cigarettes, including its Vype brand, heated tobacco, with Glo, as well as roll- your-own and smokeless tobacco products. The company holds 31% of ITC Limited, the leading Indian cigarette-maker.
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