Franklin Resources, Inc. vs Fortinet Inc — how do they compare? Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.24 (market cap $17.06B), while Fortinet Inc trades at $167.01 (market cap $117.68B). The key difference: Fortinet Inc is far larger — about 6.9× Franklin Resources, Inc.'s market cap, and Franklin Resources, Inc. pays a 4.02% dividend while Fortinet Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BEN | FTNT | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.06B | $117.68B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $34.44 | $166.83 |
52-Week Low | $21.18 | $74.39 |
Enterprise Value | $28.88B | $114.88B |
Dividend Yield | 4.02% | — |
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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 →Fortinet is a cybersecurity vendor that sells products, support, and services to small and midsize businesses, enterprises, and government entities. Its products include unified threat management appliances, firewalls, network security, and its security platform, Security Fabric. Services revenue is primarily from FortiGuard security subscriptions and FortiCare technical support. At the end of 2021, products were 38% of revenue and services were 62% of sales. The California-based company sells products worldwide.
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