secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC (BEN)
CIK:        0000038777
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000038777-25-000016
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Franklin Resources Q1 net income $163.6M ($0.29 EPS), down 35% YoY; AUM $1.58T, long-term outflows $50B
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- Net income $163.6M ($0.29 diluted EPS) vs $251.3M ($0.50) YoY; adjusted EPS $0.59 vs $0.65 YoY.
- Operating revenues $2.25B, up 13% YoY; operating income $219M, up 6% YoY.
- AUM $1.58T, down 6% QoQ; long-term net outflows $50B, driven by $67.9B outflows at Western Asset Management.
- Excluding Western, long-term net inflows $18B; equity, multi-asset, alternatives combined positive $17B.
- Dividend increased to $0.32/share from $0.31; shares repurchased $5.8M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877725000016/0000038777-25-000016-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/38777/000003877725000016/ben-20250131.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000038777-25-000016

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