Franklin Resources, Inc. vs Novo Nordisk A/S — how do they compare? Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.37 (market cap $17.03B), while Novo Nordisk A/S trades at $45.86 (market cap $207.31B). The key difference: Novo Nordisk A/S is far larger — about 12.2× Franklin Resources, Inc.'s market cap, and Franklin Resources, Inc. pays the higher dividend (3.94%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BEN | NVO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.03B | $207.31B |
Sector | Financials | Health |
52-Week High | $35.77 | $63.98 |
52-Week Low | $21.18 | $35.29 |
Enterprise Value | $29.98B | $222.02B |
Dividend Yield | 3.94% | 3.76% |
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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 →With almost 50% market share by volume of the global insulin market, Novo Nordisk is the leading provider of diabetes-care products in the world. Based in Denmark, the company manufactures and markets a variety of human and modern insulins, injectable diabetes treatments, and oral antidiabetic agents. Novo also has a biopharmaceutical segment (constituting roughly 15% of revenue) that specializes in protein therapies for hemophilia and other disorders.
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