Franklin Resources, Inc. vs Intuitive Surgical, Inc. — how do they compare? Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.37 (market cap $16.95B), while Intuitive Surgical, Inc. trades at $404.86 (market cap $141.75B). The key difference: Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is far larger — about 8.4× Franklin Resources, Inc.'s market cap, and Franklin Resources, Inc. pays a 3.96% dividend while Intuitive Surgical, Inc. pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BEN | ISRG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.95B | $141.75B |
Sector | Financials | Health |
52-Week High | $35.77 | $592.85 |
52-Week Low | $21.18 | $332.02 |
Enterprise Value | $29.90B | $136.53B |
Dividend Yield | 3.96% | — |
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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 →Intuitive Surgical develops, produces, and markets a robotic system for assisting minimally invasive surgery. It also provides the instrumentation, disposable accessories, and warranty services for the system. The company has placed nearly 7,000 da Vinci systems in hospitals worldwide, with more than 4,000 installations in the United States and a growing number in emerging markets.
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