Franklin Resources, Inc. vs SYSCO Corporation — how do they compare? Franklin Resources, Inc. trades at $33.37 (market cap $16.95B), while SYSCO Corporation trades at $84.1 (market cap $40.32B). The key difference: SYSCO Corporation is far larger — about 2.4× 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 | SYY | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $16.95B | $40.32B |
Sector | Financials | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $35.77 | $91.16 |
52-Week Low | $21.18 | $69.30 |
Enterprise Value | $29.90B | $53.50B |
Dividend Yield | 3.96% | 2.61% |
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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 →Sysco is the largest U.S. food-service distributor, boasting 17% market share of the highly fragmented food-service distribution industry. Sysco distributes over 400,000 food and nonfood products to restaurants (63% of revenue), healthcare facilities (8%), education and government buildings (8%), travel and leisure (7%), and other locations (14%) where individuals consume away-from-home meals. In fiscal 2022, 82% of the firm's revenue was U.S.-based, with 7% from Canada, 4% from the U.K., 2% from France, and 4% other.
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