Franklin Resources, Inc. vs VanEck Gold Miners ETF — how do they compare? Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.24 (market cap $17.22B), while VanEck Gold Miners ETF trades at $75.2. The key difference: Franklin Resources, Inc. pays a 3.98% dividend while VanEck Gold Miners ETF pays none, and Franklin Resources, Inc. is trading nearer its 52-week high, VanEck Gold Miners ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BEN | GDX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.22B | — |
Sector | Financials | — |
52-Week High | $34.44 | $115.84 |
52-Week Low | $21.18 | $51.15 |
Enterprise Value | $29.05B | — |
Dividend Yield | 3.98% | — |
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GDX, the VanEck Gold Miners ETF, trades at $73.37, down 2.86% in the last 24 hours amid a bearish technical signal from moving averages. The fund's valuation metrics are not available, but recent news highlights competition from lower-fee gold ETFs and a recent addition of Aya Gold & Silver to its holdings. Technical indicators show neutral oscillators with key support at $71 and resistance at $74.
The outlook for GDX is cautious due to underperformance versus physical gold and higher volatility. Investment opportunities lie in potential gold price rebounds and record-high free cash flow yields, but risks include fee disadvantages and sector-specific volatility. Analyst sentiment is mixed, with some seeing a buying opportunity amid low valuations.
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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 →The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks and depositary receipts of companies involved in the gold mining industry. The index is a modified market-capitalization weighted index primarily comprised of publicly traded companies involved in the mining for gold and silver. The fund is non-diversified.
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