Franklin Resources, Inc. vs KKR & Co Inc — how do they compare? Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.24 (market cap $17.06B), while KKR & Co Inc trades at $97.21 (market cap $87.01B). The key difference: KKR & Co Inc is far larger — about 5.1× Franklin Resources, Inc.'s market cap, and Franklin Resources, Inc. pays the higher dividend (4.02%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BEN | KKR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.06B | $87.01B |
Sector | Financials | Financials |
52-Week High | $34.44 | $152.16 |
52-Week Low | $21.18 | $83.88 |
Enterprise Value | $28.88B | $12.54B |
Dividend Yield | 4.02% | 0.77% |
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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 →KKR is one of the world's largest alternative asset managers, with $490.7 billion in total assets under management, including $384.5 billion in fee-earning AUM, at the end of June 2022. The company has two core segments: asset management (which includes private markets--private equity, credit, infrastructure, energy and real estate--and public markets--primarily credit and hedge/investment fund platforms) and insurance (following the February 2021 purchase of a 61.5% economic stake in Global Atlantic Financial Group, which is engaged in retirement/annuity and life insurance lines as well as reinsurance). On the asset management side, private markets account for 50% of fee-earning AUM and 70% of base management fees, while public markets account for 50% and 30%, respectively.
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