Franklin Resources, Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Franklin Resources, Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 519 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 45.73% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 224.30M shares of Franklin Resources, Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number grew by 2.68% or 5.86M shares more. As for the holding position changes, 42.58% (221) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 30.64% (159) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 16.38% (85) closed the holdings completely. 54 hedge funds are new holders of Franklin Resources, Inc. stock in Q2 2022, it is 10.4% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Franklin Resources (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q3 2017 546
Q4 2017 599
Q1 2018 567
Q2 2018 557
Q3 2018 537
Q4 2018 544
Q1 2019 541
Q2 2019 551
Q3 2019 514
Q4 2019 500
Q1 2020 462
Q2 2020 468
Q3 2020 470
Q4 2020 499
Q1 2021 532
Q2 2021 562
Q3 2021 522
Q4 2021 561
Q1 2022 555
Q2 2022 519

Hedge funds changes in Franklin Resources positions (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Changes in positions
Q3 2017 391772245155
Q4 2017 991692234464
Q1 2018 591782218326
Q2 2018 551832255836
Q3 2018 481832136429
Q4 2018 77159233678
Q1 2019 641981816434
Q2 2019 691871935250
Q3 2019 501642048610
Q4 2019 601572046514
Q1 2020 5818015290-18
Q2 2020 571641745221
Q3 2020 581651655329
Q4 2020 831581875318
Q1 2021 831641914846
Q2 2021 732071874253
Q3 2021 372001886631
Q4 2021 862001864247
Q1 2022 792161707614
Q2 2022 54221159850

Hedge funds changes in Franklin Resources stock options (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q3 2017 113,081,000 80,020,550
Q4 2017 109,001,000 86,517,000
Q1 2018 13,858,000 19,693,000
Q2 2018 12,280,000 15,000,020,697,000
Q3 2018 16,044,000 25,560,000
Q4 2018 34,895,000 31,568,000
Q1 2019 41,876,000 8,326,861
Q2 2019 31,145,000 34,652,000
Q3 2019 28,938,000 39,729,000
Q4 2019 16,266,000 29,649,000
Q1 2020 7,281,000 14,340,000
Q2 2020 15,502,000 23,261,000
Q3 2020 8,621,000 16,327,000
Q4 2020 12,864,000 18,047,000
Q1 2021 150,000,021,903,000 6,000,018,349,000
Q2 2021 211,000,038,484,000 591,000,021,605,000
Q3 2021 64,229,000 25,039,000
Q4 2021 51,369,000 53,992,000
Q1 2022 41,746,000 42,612,000
Q2 2022 21,916,000 41,551,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
STATE STREET CORP 761.18M 34.90M 0.048%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 697.41M 32.40M 0.021%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 635.50M 29.53M 0.022%
CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS 299.37M 13.91M 0.098%
CLARKSTON CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 148.55M 6.90M 2.920%
PROSHARE ADVISORS LLC 136.88M 6.36M 0.525%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 132.45M 6.16M 0.020%
INVESCO LTD. 129.22M 6.00M 0.042%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 120.69M 5.60M 0.043%
MORGAN STANLEY 80.93M 3.76M 0.011%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 78.89M 3.66M 0.019%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 65.94M 3.06M 0.015%
AMUNDI 61.19M 2.82M 0.036%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 59.16M 2.74M 0.023%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 54.61M 2.53M 0.013%
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 51.84M 2.40M 0.067%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 47.23M 2.19M 0.018%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 45.54M 2.11M 0.014%
GALLAGHER FIDUCIARY ADVISORS, LLC 37.86M 1.75M 3.892%
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 33.57M 1.56M 0.039%
ALLIANZ ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH 32.96M 1.53M 0.067%
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 31.47M 1.46M 0.005%
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. Dmitry Balyasny 27.25M 1.26M 0.084%
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC 25.55M 1.18M 0.014%
WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 25.41M 1.18M 0.430%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 23.60M 1.09M 0.019%
GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC 23.49M 1.09M 0.136%
FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LTD/ CAN Prem Watsa 21.52M 1M 0.551%
ALPS ADVISORS INC 20.12M 935.25K 0.190%
GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 19.63M 912.24K 0.124%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 18.84M 875.72K 0.010%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 18.54M 861.77K 0.007%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 18.01M 836.93K 0.011%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 17.99M 836.34K 0.018%
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC 17.76M 824.91K 0.048%
CWM, LLC 17.26M 802.46K 0.137%
UBS GROUP AG 16.64M 773.40K 0.007%
BARCLAYS PLC 15.27M 709.68K 0.017%
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Cliff Asness 15.2M 706.32K 0.037%
EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT 15.18M 705.48K 0.022%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 15.07M 700.38K 0.002%
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 14.98M 696.34K 0.014%
APG ASSET MANAGEMENT N.V. 14.28M 650.23K 0.037%
GREENWICH WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC 12.92M 600.49K 1.378%
NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 12.82M 596.08K 0.069%
SANDLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 12.49M 580.5K 1.743%
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 12.05M 560.30K 0.018%
FOUNDATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INC 11.50M 534.47K 2.187%
NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD 11.11M 516.69K 0.071%
CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 11.08M 514.95K 0.019%