TTM
9.3%
YoY change
+2.08pp
Trough year (2024)
4.8%
Peak year (1985)
158.8%
Latest annual
6.9%
Operating Margin history chart for Franklin Resources (BEN) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 6.9%
Operating Margin change chart for Franklin Resources (BEN) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +2.08pp
Operating Margin history table for Franklin Resources (BEN) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 6.9% | +2.08pp | ||
| 2024 | 4.8% | -9.24pp | ||
| 2023 | 14.0% | -7.39pp | ||
| 2022 | 21.4% | -0.82pp | ||
| 2021 | 22.3% | +3.41pp | ||
| 2020 | 18.8% | -7.03pp | ||
| 2019 | 25.9% | -6.82pp | ||
| 2018 | 32.7% | -2.73pp | ||
| 2017 | 35.4% | -0.32pp | ||
| 2016 | 35.7% | -2.34pp | ||
| 2015 | 38.1% | +0.15pp | ||
| 2014 | 37.9% | +1.35pp | ||
| 2013 | 36.6% | +1.16pp | ||
| 2012 | 35.4% | -1.83pp | ||
| 2011 | 37.3% | +3.79pp | ||
| 2010 | 33.5% | +4.79pp | ||
| 2009 | 28.7% | -6.12pp | ||
| 2008 | 34.8% | +1.48pp | ||
| 2007 | 33.3% | +0.98pp | ||
| 2006 | 32.3% | +2.45pp | ||
| 2005 | 29.9% | +2.82pp | ||
| 2004 | 27.1% | +2.45pp | ||
| 2003 | 24.6% | +1.41pp | ||
| 2002 | 23.2% | +1.47pp | ||
| 2001 | 21.7% | -6.61pp | ||
| 2000 | 28.4% | +4.52pp | ||
| 1999 | 23.8% | -1.09pp | ||
| 1998 | 24.9% | -2.43pp | ||
| 1997 | 27.3% | -0.11pp | ||
| 1996 | 27.5% | -1.82pp | ||
| 1995 | 29.3% | -15.85pp | ||
| 1994 | 45.1% | +0.66pp | ||
| 1993 | 44.5% | -67.70pp | ||
| 1992 | 112.2% | +57.41pp | ||
| 1991 | 54.7% | +0.38pp | ||
| 1990 | 54.4% | -89.90pp | ||
| 1989 | 144.3% | -1.60pp | ||
| 1988 | 145.9% | +1.05pp | ||
| 1987 | 144.8% | -8.59pp | ||
| 1986 | 153.4% | -5.38pp | ||
| 1985 | 158.8% | — |
- 20256.9%+2.08pp
- 20244.8%-9.24pp
- 202314.0%-7.39pp
- 202221.4%-0.82pp
- 202122.3%+3.41pp
- 202018.8%-7.03pp
- 201925.9%-6.82pp
- 201832.7%-2.73pp
- 201735.4%-0.32pp
- 201635.7%-2.34pp
- 201538.1%+0.15pp
- 201437.9%+1.35pp
- 201336.6%+1.16pp
- 201235.4%-1.83pp
- 201137.3%+3.79pp
- 201033.5%+4.79pp
- 200928.7%-6.12pp
- 200834.8%+1.48pp
- 200733.3%+0.98pp
- 200632.3%+2.45pp
- 200529.9%+2.82pp
- 200427.1%+2.45pp
- 200324.6%+1.41pp
- 200223.2%+1.47pp
- 200121.7%-6.61pp
- 200028.4%+4.52pp
- 199923.8%-1.09pp
- 199824.9%-2.43pp
- 199727.3%-0.11pp
- 199627.5%-1.82pp
- 199529.3%-15.85pp
- 199445.1%+0.66pp
- 199344.5%-67.70pp
- 1992112.2%+57.41pp
- 199154.7%+0.38pp
- 199054.4%-89.90pp
- 1989144.3%-1.60pp
- 1988145.9%+1.05pp
- 1987144.8%-8.59pp
- 1986153.4%-5.38pp
- 1985158.8%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Franklin Resources's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Franklin Resources (BEN)
According to Franklin Resources's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 9.3%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Franklin Resources (BEN) operating margin is 6.89% – expanded 2.1 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 158.77% in 1985 and its low of 4.81% in 2024.
Franklin Resources Operating Margin by Year
Franklin Resources Operating Margin 2025: 6.9%
2025's operating margin for Franklin Resources came in at 6.89%, expanded 2.1 percentage points from 2024.
Franklin Resources Operating Margin 2024: 4.8%
Franklin Resources posted operating margin of 4.81% in 2024, contracted 9.2 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Franklin Resources Operating Margin 2023: 14.0%
In 2023, Franklin Resources reported operating margin of 14.04%, contracted 7.4 percentage points from 2022.
Franklin Resources Operating Margin 2022: 21.4%
Franklin Resources operating margin in 2022 was 21.44%, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2021.
Franklin Resources Operating Margin 2021: 22.3%
Franklin Resources operating margin in 2021 was 22.25%.
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