Franklin Resources, Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US3546131018

SecurityBEN / Franklin Resources, Inc.
InstitutionWalleye Capital LLC
Latest Disclosed Ownership44,616 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 1,053,830
Walleye Capital LLC ownership in BEN / Franklin Resources, Inc.

On May 13, 2026 - Walleye Capital LLC filed a 13F-HR/A form disclosing ownership of 44,616 shares of Franklin Resources, Inc. (US:BEN) valued at $1,053,830 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on February 13, 2026 disclosing 4 shares of Franklin Resources, Inc.. The current value of the position is $1,397,819 USD.

Walleye Capital LLC 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 117,500 of underlying shares valued at $2,775,350 USD and put options representing 98,900 of underlying shares valued at $2,336,018 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.

Upgrade to unlock premium data and export to Excel .

Institutional Put/Call Ratios
(Premium Subscription Required)

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)
2026-05-13 2026-03-31 13F/A-1 FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 44,616 44,612 1,115,300.00 1,054 0.0044
2026-05-08 2026-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 44,616 44,612 1,054 0.0044
2026-02-13 2025-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 4 -184 -97.87 0 -100.00 0.0000
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 188 -76 -28.79 4 -33.33 0.0000
2025-08-13 2025-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 264 264 6 0.0000
2025-05-14 2025-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 0 -72,223 -100.00 0 -100.00
2025-02-13 2024-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 72,223 21,156 41.43 1,465 42.37 0.0036
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 51,067 50,468 8,425.38 1,029 7,815.38 0.0021
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 599 -849 -58.63 13 -67.50 0.0000
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 1,448 1,448 41 0.0001
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 0 -70,217 -100.00 0 -100.00
2023-05-15 2023-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 70,217 70,217 1,892 0.0283
2022-08-19 2022-06-30 13F/A-1 FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 0 -10,109 -100.00 0 -100.00
2022-08-08 2022-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 0 -10,109 0
2022-05-27 2022-03-31 13F/A-01 FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 10,109 10,109 282 0.0075
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 10,109 10,109 282 0.0057
2021-08-16 2021-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 0 -14,154 -100.00 0 -100.00
2021-05-17 2021-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM 354613101 14,154 14,154 419 0.0243
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
(%)
2026-05-13 2026-03-31 13F/A FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 117,500 103.99 2,775 101.67 n/a n/a n/a
2026-05-08 2026-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 117,500 2,775 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-13 2025-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 57,600 844.26 1,376 875.89 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 6,100 -24.69 141 -26.94 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-13 2025-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 8,100 -88.90 193 -86.26 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-14 2025-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 73,000 -33.82 1,405 -37.19 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-13 2024-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 110,300 75.08 2,238 76.28 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 63,000 416.39 1,269 366.54 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 12,200 -55.31 273 -64.54 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 27,300 99.27 767 87.99 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 13,700 251.28 408 329.47 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-21 2023-09-30 13F/A FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 3,900 -63.21 96 -66.43 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 3,900 96 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Call 10,600 283 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Call 24,100 696 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
(%)
2026-05-13 2026-03-31 13F/A FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 98,900 115.00 2,336 112.75 n/a n/a n/a
2026-05-08 2026-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 98,900 2,336 n/a n/a n/a
2026-02-13 2025-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 46,000 198.70 1,099 208.43 n/a n/a n/a
2025-11-14 2025-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 15,400 144.44 356 137.33 n/a n/a n/a
2025-08-13 2025-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 6,300 -54.35 150 -43.40 n/a n/a n/a
2025-05-14 2025-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 13,800 -92.56 266 -92.95 n/a n/a n/a
2025-02-13 2024-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 185,400 1,811.34 3,762 1,828.72 n/a n/a n/a
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 9,700 195 n/a n/a n/a
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2024-05-15 2024-03-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 46,100 38.02 1,296 30.28 n/a n/a n/a
2024-02-14 2023-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 33,400 102.42 995 145.43 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-21 2023-09-30 13F/A FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 16,500 -47.62 406 -51.84 n/a n/a n/a
2023-11-14 2023-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 16,500 406 n/a n/a n/a
2023-08-14 2023-06-30 13F FRANKLIN RESOURCES COM Put 31,500 841 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F FRANKLIN RES COM Put 1,200 35 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.