Franklin Resources, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US3546131018

SecurityBEN / Franklin Resources, Inc.
InstitutionCitigroup Inc
Latest Disclosed Ownership490,688 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 11,590,051
Citigroup Inc ownership in BEN / Franklin Resources, Inc.

On May 11, 2026 - Citigroup Inc filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 490,688 shares of Franklin Resources, Inc. (US:BEN) valued at $11,590,051 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 13, 2026 disclosing 305,549 shares of Franklin Resources, Inc.. This represents a change in shares of 60.59% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $14,902,195 USD.

Citigroup Inc has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (BEN) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD and put options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

BEN / Franklin Resources, Inc. Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-11 2026-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 490,688 185,139 60.59 11,590 58.79 0.0025
2026-02-13 2025-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 305,549 -212,832 -41.06 7,300 -39.12 0.0032
2025-11-10 2025-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 518,381 123,159 31.16 11,990 27.20 0.0053
2025-08-11 2025-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 395,222 -91,584 -18.81 9,426 0.59 0.0046
2025-05-12 2025-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 486,806 88,727 22.29 9,371 16.02 0.0048
2025-02-12 2024-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 398,079 -217,846 -35.37 8,077 -34.92 0.0048
2024-11-12 2024-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 615,925 122,300 24.78 12,411 12.49 0.0072
2024-08-12 2024-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 493,625 15,764 3.30 11,033 -17.87 0.0071
2024-05-10 2024-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 477,861 145,856 43.93 13,433 35.81 0.0088
2024-02-09 2023-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 332,005 12,297 3.85 9,890 25.86 0.0070
2023-12-06 2023-09-30 13F/A-1 FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 319,708 -60,668 -15.95 7,858 -22.65 0.0059
2023-11-09 2023-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 319,708 -60,668 7,858 0.0059
2023-08-10 2023-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 380,376 53,563 16.39 10,160 15.39 0.0067
2023-05-11 2023-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 326,813 -44,168 -11.91 8,804 -10.03 0.0062
2023-02-09 2022-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 370,981 2,922 0.79 9,786 23.55 0.0078
2022-11-10 2022-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 368,059 37,980 11.51 7,921 2.94 0.0057
2022-08-10 2022-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 330,079 -108,737 -24.78 7,695 -37.19 0.0057
2022-05-12 2022-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 438,816 11,945 2.80 12,251 -14.30 0.0074
2022-02-10 2021-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 426,871 94,601 28.47 14,296 44.77 0.0077
2021-11-10 2021-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 332,270 -72,520 -17.92 9,875 -23.74 0.0058
2021-08-10 2021-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 404,790 -128,139 -24.04 12,949 -17.91 0.0078
2021-05-13 2021-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 532,929 45,036 9.23 15,775 29.39 0.0102
2021-02-11 2020-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 487,893 -18,587 -3.67 12,192 18.30 0.0072
2020-11-12 2020-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 506,480 25,225 5.24 10,306 2.12 0.0067
2020-08-12 2020-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 481,255 202,766 72.81 10,092 117.13 0.0079
2020-05-12 2020-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 278,489 -2,486 -0.88 4,648 -36.32 0.0042
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 280,975 -20,648 -6.85 7,299 -16.14 0.0053
2019-11-08 2019-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 301,623 124,000 69.81 8,704 40.80 0.0069
2019-08-12 2019-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 177,623 -115,041 -39.31 6,182 -36.26 0.0050
2019-05-13 2019-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 292,664 234,848 406.20 9,699 465.21 0.0093
2019-02-12 2018-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 57,816 -109,874 -65.52 1,716 -66.35 0.0017
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 167,690 69,957 71.58 5,099 62.75 0.0045
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 97,733 -600,803 -86.01 3,133 -87.07 0.0029
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 698,536 297,160 74.04 24,227 39.30 0.0200
2018-02-12 2017-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 401,376 -101,498 -20.18 17,392 -22.30 0.0139
2017-11-13 2017-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 502,874 82,169 19.53 22,383 18.78 0.0183
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 420,705 -512,910 -54.94 18,844 -52.10 0.0170
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 933,615 381,340 69.05 39,342 79.98 0.0351
2017-02-10 2016-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 552,275 423,826 329.96 21,859 378.42 0.0197
2016-11-10 2016-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 128,449 -31,122 -19.50 4,569 -14.18 0.0043
2016-08-12 2016-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 159,571 27,146 20.50 5,324 2.96 0.0054
2016-05-13 2016-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 132,425 17,076 14.80 5,171 21.73 0.0058
2016-02-12 2015-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 115,349 -25,155 -17.90 4,248 -18.85 0.0042
2015-11-13 2015-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 140,504 -54,002 -27.76 5,235 -45.11 0.0049
2015-08-13 2015-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 194,506 29,725 18.04 9,538 12.80 0.0085
2015-05-14 2015-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 164,781 61,776 59.97 8,456 48.27 0.0082
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 103,005 -4,580 -4.26 5,703 -2.94 0.0051
2014-11-14 2014-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 107,585 -130,471 -54.81 5,876 -57.32 0.0051
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 238,056 12,825 5.69 13,769 12.83 0.0132
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 225,231 -41,643 -15.60 12,203 -20.80 0.0125
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 266,874 -128,982 -32.58 15,407 -23.00 0.0140
2013-11-14 2013-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 395,856 269,941 214.38 20,010 16.83 0.0187
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM 354613101 125,915 125,915 17,127 0.0169
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2021-05-13 2021-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-11 2020-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 2,300 -89.59 57 -87.33 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-12 2020-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 22,100 -39.12 450 -40.87 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-12 2020-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 36,300 114.79 761 169.86 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-12 2020-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 16,900 35.20 282 -13.23 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 12,500 -49.60 325 -54.61 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-08 2019-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 24,800 127.52 716 88.92 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-12 2019-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 10,900 -56.57 379 -54.45 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-13 2019-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 25,100 991.30 832 1,123.53 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-12 2018-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 2,300 15.00 68 11.48 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 2,000 -84.50 61 -85.23 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 12,900 -37.98 413 -42.72 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 20,800 -92.72 721 -94.18 n/a n/a n/a
2018-02-12 2017-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 285,800 10.05 12,384 7.13 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-13 2017-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 259,700 -41.08 11,560 -41.45 n/a n/a n/a
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 440,800 -57.94 19,743 -55.30 n/a n/a n/a
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 1,048,100 177.06 44,167 194.98 n/a n/a n/a
2017-02-10 2016-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 378,300 916.94 14,973 1,031.75 n/a n/a n/a
2016-11-10 2016-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 37,200 16.25 1,323 23.88 n/a n/a n/a
2016-08-12 2016-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 32,000 18.08 1,068 0.95 n/a n/a n/a
2016-05-13 2016-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 27,100 -29.79 1,058 -25.55 n/a n/a n/a
2016-02-12 2015-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 38,600 10.60 1,421 9.31 n/a n/a n/a
2015-11-13 2015-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 34,900 -12.09 1,300 -33.20 n/a n/a n/a
2015-08-13 2015-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 39,700 28.90 1,946 23.09 n/a n/a n/a
2015-05-14 2015-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 30,800 -51.11 1,581 -54.67 n/a n/a n/a
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 63,000 45.83 3,488 47.86 n/a n/a n/a
2014-11-14 2014-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 43,200 -3.79 2,359 -9.16 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 44,900 41.64 2,597 51.16 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 31,700 -64.42 1,718 -66.60 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 89,100 -49.06 5,144 -41.82 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-14 2013-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 174,900 186.72 8,841 6.56 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 61,000 8,297 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2021-05-13 2021-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2021-02-11 2020-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 3,500 -87.76 87 -85.05 n/a n/a n/a
2020-11-12 2020-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 28,600 5.54 582 2.46 n/a n/a n/a
2020-08-12 2020-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 27,100 -16.87 568 4.41 n/a n/a n/a
2020-05-12 2020-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 32,600 111.69 544 36.00 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-12 2019-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 15,400 569.57 400 506.06 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-08 2019-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 2,300 -64.62 66 -70.80 n/a n/a n/a
2019-08-12 2019-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 6,500 -61.76 226 -59.86 n/a n/a n/a
2019-05-13 2019-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 17,000 -6.08 563 4.84 n/a n/a n/a
2019-02-12 2018-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 18,100 -76.46 537 -77.04 n/a n/a n/a
2018-11-13 2018-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 76,900 65.38 2,339 56.98 n/a n/a n/a
2018-08-10 2018-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 46,500 82.35 1,490 68.55 n/a n/a n/a
2018-05-11 2018-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 25,500 -88.63 884 -90.90 n/a n/a n/a
2018-02-12 2017-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 224,200 2.56 9,715 -0.15 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-13 2017-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 218,600 -18.07 9,730 -18.58 n/a n/a n/a
2017-08-11 2017-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 266,800 -59.34 11,950 -56.78 n/a n/a n/a
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 656,100 191.47 27,648 210.34 n/a n/a n/a
2017-02-10 2016-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 225,100 4.26 8,909 16.00 n/a n/a n/a
2016-11-10 2016-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 215,900 16.58 7,680 24.27 n/a n/a n/a
2016-08-12 2016-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 185,200 -39.95 6,180 -48.68 n/a n/a n/a
2016-05-13 2016-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 308,400 123.64 12,043 137.21 n/a n/a n/a
2016-02-12 2015-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 137,900 85.85 5,077 83.62 n/a n/a n/a
2015-11-13 2015-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 74,200 29.49 2,765 -1.57 n/a n/a n/a
2015-08-13 2015-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 57,300 131.98 2,809 121.53 n/a n/a n/a
2015-05-14 2015-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 24,700 46.15 1,268 35.47 n/a n/a n/a
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 16,900 0.00 936 1.41 n/a n/a n/a
2014-11-14 2014-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 16,900 -70.09 923 -71.76 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 56,500 114.02 3,268 128.53 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 26,400 -82.59 1,430 -83.66 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 151,600 -4.17 8,751 9.43 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-14 2013-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 158,200 55.25 7,997 -42.30 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 101,900 13,860 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.