---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000038777-23-000143"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BEN"
cik: "0000038777"
company_name: "FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC"
filed_at: "2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T05:05:35.440808+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Franklin Resources Q4 net income $295.5M ($0.58), adjusted EPS $0.84; AUM $1.374T

## Summary
- Revenue $1.986B, up 2% YoY; operating income $338.3M, margin 17.0%.
- Long-term net outflows $6.9B in Q4, improved from $20.4B outflows in prior year quarter.
- Alternative AUM reached $255B (+13% YoY); Alcentra closed, Putnam acquisition on track.
- Repurchased 7.0M shares for $187.6M in Q4; cash & investments $6.9B.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.84 vs $0.78 prior year Q4; full-year adjusted EPS $2.60 vs $3.63.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000038777-23-000143
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BEN
- cik: 0000038777
- company_name: FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
- filed_at: 2023-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877723000143/0000038777-23-000143-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877723000143/ben-20231031.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038777-23-000143
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038777-23-000143.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC reported the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2023 results: net income $295.5 million or $0.58 per diluted share, EPS $0.58 per diluted share.
  - Period: the fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2023
  - Net income: $295.5 million or $0.58 per diluted share
  - EPS: $0.58 per diluted share
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: Franklin Resources, Inc. (the "Company") [NYSE: BEN] today announced preliminary net income 1 of $295.5 million or $0.58 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $227.5 million or $0.44 per diluted share for the previous quarter, and $232.7 million or $0.46 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. Preliminary net income 1 for the year ended September 30, 2023 was $882.8 million or $1.72 per diluted share, as compared to $1,291.9 million or $2.53 per diluted share for the prior year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877723000143/0000038777-23-000143-index.htm

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