Franklin Resources, Inc. vs Nasdaq Inc — how do they compare? Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.37 (market cap $16.95B), while Nasdaq Inc trades at $94.78 (market cap $53.11B). The key difference: Nasdaq Inc is far larger — about 3.1× Franklin Resources, Inc.'s market cap, and Franklin Resources, Inc. pays the higher dividend (3.96%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BEN | NDAQ | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.95B | $53.11B |
Sector | Financials | Financials |
52-Week High | $35.77 | $100.98 |
52-Week Low | $21.18 | $76.85 |
Enterprise Value | $29.90B | $59.57B |
Dividend Yield | 3.96% | 1.22% |
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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 →Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its market-services business (about 35% of sales), the company sells and distributes market data as well as offers Nasdaq-branded indexes to asset managers and investors through its information-services segment (30%). Nasdaq's corporate-services business (20%) offers listing services and related investor relations products to publicly traded companies and through the company's market technology group (15%), Nasdaq facilitates the exchange operations of other exchanges throughout the world and provides financial compliance services.
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