Franklin Resources, Inc. vs Las Vegas Sands Corp. — how do they compare? Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.37 (market cap $16.95B), while Las Vegas Sands Corp. trades at $45.83 (market cap $29.44B). The key difference: Las Vegas Sands Corp. is the larger of the two by market cap, and Franklin Resources, Inc. pays the higher dividend (3.96%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BEN | LVS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.95B | $29.44B |
Sector | Financials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $35.77 | $69.49 |
52-Week Low | $21.18 | $44.78 |
Enterprise Value | $29.90B | $41.33B |
Dividend Yield | 3.96% | 2.64% |
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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 →Las Vegas Sands is the world's largest operator of fully integrated resorts, featuring casino, hotel, entertainment, food and beverage, retail, and convention center operations. The company owns the Venetian Macao, Sands Macao, Londoner, Four Seasons Hotel Macao, and Parisian in Macao, and the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. Its Venetian and Palazzo Las Vegas in the U.S. asets were sold to Apollo and VICI for $6.25 billion in 2022. We expect Sands to open a fourth tower in Singapore in 2026. After the sale of its Vegas assets, the company will generate all its EBITDA from Asia, with its casino operations generating the majority of sales.
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