NYSE: BEN · Asset Management
Over the past week, Franklin Resources (BEN) racked up about 462 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Hold. The crowd averages 57% bullish but is at odds: News runs 81% bullish while Reddit sits at just 40%. Wall Street is more cautious, with 3 of 11 analysts rating BEN a buy.
There is steady buzz around BEN this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Hold.
Wall Street’s 27% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from Reddit at 40% to News at 81%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
11 analysts have weighed in: a Hold consensus: 3 buy calls against 2 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $35.42.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits above the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 3 sources disagree sharply, so the read is Hold rather than a clear buy or sell.
The crowd runs 30 points hotter than the 27% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: News reads 81% bullish while Reddit sits at 40%, a 41-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Over the 30-day window, Franklin Resources (BEN) buzz held subdued around 39.0 while the price drifted down 0.6% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 3M shares. Over the last 7 trading days, BEN gained 1.9%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 40.4 and was highly volatile, swinging between 19.1 and 64.9. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 15 of the 20 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Hold |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Hold (3 / 6 / 2) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 57% |
| Avg price target | $35.42 |
| Most bullish source | News, 81% |
| Most bearish source | Reddit, 40% |
| Sentiment spread | 41 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 462 |
| Market cap | $17.1B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 23.2 · 10.8 |
| EPS · Beta | $1.45 · 1.6 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $9.32B · 9% margin |
| Industry | Asset Management |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Franklin Resources (BEN) currently carries an Adanos hold signal with 58/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 57% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 462 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Franklin Resources (BEN) is fairly quiet with 5 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 9 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 40% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is stable, suggesting steady attention.
The crowd reads bullish on Franklin Resources (BEN), averaging 57% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are News at 81% bullish and Reddit at 40%, a 41-point spread. On the professional side, 3 of 11 analysts rate BEN a buy.
Of the 11 analysts covering Franklin Resources (BEN), 3 rate it a buy, 6 a hold and 2 a sell, for a hold consensus. The average price target is $35.42. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 57%.
Franklin Resources (BEN)'s cross-source average is bullish at 57% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. X reads 49% bullish, News reads 81% bullish and reddit coverage is the most negative at 40% bullish. The combined signal points to broad mixed pressure with 58/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bullish for Franklin Resources (BEN) at 57% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. The most bearish reading is reddit at 40% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling across X and News. The hold signal carries 58/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 441 mentions (95% of total volume). News contributes 16 mentions and Reddit contributes 5 mentions. The cross-source average is bullish at 57% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. BEN's hold signal at 58/100 conviction reflects a bullish cross-source average at 57% bullish. Source readings are split: 1 source leans bullish and 2 sources lean bearish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The BEN sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Hold signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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