BEN Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own BEN shares is 809, representing 45.85% of the company's common stock.

PROSHARE ADVISORS LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in BEN by -9.24% restricting it's holding to 6.42 million shares of worth nearly $180.43M. CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS also lessened -9.85% of the BEN shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 24.03 million shares of worth $675.41M. AMUNDI also shunned BEN shares holding by -18.92% last quarter which brought its holding to 2.88 million shares worth $79.89M.

As per its latest 13F filing, INVESCO LTD. increased its stake in BEN by 5.81% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 7.4 million shares having worth more than $207.97M. STATE STREET CORP also added 1.15% more shares of BEN to its portfolio, raising its holding to 21.76 million shares of worth $618.14M. POWER CORP OF CANADA also increased its BEN shares holding by 18,265.95% which brought its holding to 31.56 million shares worth $887.07M.

The insider with the most stakes in BEN is N/A , N/A at the company. Additionally, BEN stock is highly held by N/A N/A and N/A N/A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 46.86% percent of Franklin Resources, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which BEN insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SETHI ALOK, BYERWALTER MARIANN H, and JOHNSON JENNIFER M.

There have been 4 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Franklin Resources, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 231600 shares

Around 181.37M Franklin Resources, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 46.86% of BEN stock.

BEN N/A, N/A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. BEN shares owned by N/A total nearly -.

PROSHARE ADVISORS LLC is the largest institutional owner in BEN which holds 6.42 million shares worth $180.43M or 1.32% of the total BEN shares outstanding followed by INVESCO LTD. with ownership of 7.4 million shares representing 1.52% of the BEN ownership. STATE STREET CORP is the third largest stakeholder with 21.76 million shares or 4.47% of the ownership worth more than $618.14M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the BEN is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of BEN shares short is 32.50M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 523.60M shares of BEN are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, BEN has 308.97M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for BEN is 7.41.