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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Franklin Resources (BEN)

Franklin Resources Q2 net income rises 77% to $268.2 million, or $0.49 per share

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Franklin Resources reported second-quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2026, with net income attributable to the company of $268.2 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, up from $151.4 million, or $0.26, a year earlier. Operating revenues were $2,294.9 million, down 1% from the prior quarter but up 9% from a year earlier, and the company reported $16.9 billion in long-term net inflows.

Key points

  • Net income attributable to Franklin Resources was $268.2 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, versus $255.5 million, or $0.46, in the prior quarter and $151.4 million, or $0.26, a year earlier.
  • Operating revenues were $2,294.9 million, down 1% from $2,327.1 million in the prior quarter and up 9% from $2,111.4 million a year earlier.
  • Adjusted diluted earnings per share, a non-GAAP measure, were $0.71, compared with $0.70 in the prior quarter and $0.47 a year earlier.
  • Ending assets under management were $1,682.1 billion at March 31, 2026, and the company repurchased 2.3 million shares for $57.1 million during the quarter.

The filing

CompanyFranklin Resources (BEN)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 28, 2026, 8:34 AM ET
Accession number0000038777-26-000100

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 28, 2026.

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