Franklin Templeton (BEN) Q2 FY2026 earnings: revenue $2.3 billion, up 8.7% on the year
Franklin Templeton Inc. (BEN) reported revenue of $2.3 billion for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 31 March 2026, up 8.7% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $268 million, up 77.1% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.49. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 28 April 2026.
Revenue
$2.3 billion
+8.7% on the year · -1.4% on the quarter
Q3 FY2024Q2 FY2026
Operating margin
14.1%
6.9% a year earlier
Q3 FY2024Q2 FY2026
Net income
$268 million
+77.1% on the year · +5.0% on the quarter
Q3 FY2024Q2 FY2026
Diluted EPS
$0.49
+88.5% on the year · +6.5% on the quarter
Q3 FY2024Q2 FY2026
this quarterthe same quarter a year earlierHover a bar for its figure.
What management said
Net income and diluted EPS rose: Net income attributable to Franklin Resources was $268.2 million, or $0.49 diluted EPS, up from $255.5 million or $0.46 last quarter and $151.4 million or $0.26 a year earlier.
Adjusted EPS reached $0.71: Adjusted diluted EPS was $0.71, against $0.70 last quarter and $0.47 a year earlier. Adjusted net income was $384.5 million.
Ending AUM slipped $1.9 billion: Ending AUM was $1,682.1 billion. Net market change, distributions and other reduced AUM by $30.2 billion, against $28.3 billion of total net flows.
$ million except per share. Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.
Cash flow
$ million
Q2 FY2026
Q1 FY2026
Q2 FY2025
On the quarter
On the year
Last 8 quarters
Operating cash flow
-27.6
-255
-50.1
Capital expenditure
n/a
n/a
37.5
Free cash flow
n/a
n/a
-87.6
Free cash flow margin
n/a
n/a
-4.1%
Cash from investing
-1,359
-317
-364
Cash from financing
1,491
487
292
+205.9%
+410.0%
Depreciation and amortisation
29.4
28.8
30.5
+2.1%
-3.6%
Share-based compensation
52.8
75.6
46.7
-30.2%
+13.1%
Buybacks
57.1
41.9
10.0
+36.3%
+471.0%
Dividends paid
176
170
173
+3.6%
+1.8%
Dividend per share
$0.33
$0.33
$0.32
0.0%
+3.1%
Diluted shares, weighted
518m
518m
520m
-0.0%
-0.3%
Shares outstanding at period end
520m
520m
525m
-0.1%
-1.1%
Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.
Balance sheet
$ million
Q2 FY2026
Q1 FY2026
Q2 FY2025
On the quarter
On the year
Last 8 quarters
Shareholders' equity
12,124
12,135
12,346
-0.1%
-1.8%
Non-controlling interest
1,013
966
815
+4.9%
+24.2%
Redeemable equity
1,479
1,292
2,017
+14.5%
-26.7%
Debt
2,253
2,357
2,671
-4.4%
-15.6%
Other liabilities
17,241
15,799
14,140
+9.1%
+21.9%
Total liabilities and equity
34,110
32,549
31,990
+4.8%
+6.6%
Fixed assets
904
930
988
-2.8%
-8.5%
Goodwill
6,296
6,291
6,198
+0.1%
+1.6%
Intangible assets
4,091
4,155
4,544
-1.5%
-10.0%
Cash and equivalents
3,569
3,485
3,539
+2.4%
+0.8%
Other assets
19,250
17,688
16,721
+8.8%
+15.1%
Total assets
34,110
32,549
31,990
+4.8%
+6.6%
Questions
What was Franklin Templeton's revenue in Q2 FY2026?
Franklin Templeton (BEN) reported revenue of $2.3 billion for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 31 March 2026, up 8.7% on the same quarter a year earlier.
How much did Franklin Templeton earn in Q2 FY2026?
Net income for Q2 FY2026 was $268 million, up 77.1% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.49.
When did Franklin Templeton report Q2 FY2026 results?
Franklin Templeton filed its 10-Q for the quarter ended 31 March 2026 with the SEC on 28 April 2026.
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing. Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. A quarter marked † is shown as the company last restated it in a later filing, so it compares with the quarters around it on one basis; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.
10-Q for the period ended 31 March 2026, filed 28 April 2026: the filing.