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BEN vs KF

Side-by-side comparison of Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN) and Korea Fund Inc. New (KF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BEN and KF operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • BEN is the larger of the two at $16.28B, about 104.7x KF ($155.5M).
  • BEN has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for KF).
  • BEN has more recent analyst coverage (24 ratings vs 0 for KF).
MetricBENKF
Company
Franklin Resources Inc.
Korea Fund Inc. New
Price
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Market cap
$16.28B
$155.5M
1M return
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1Y return
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Industry
Investment Managers
Investment Managers
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
10
1
Recent ratings
24
0
BEN

Franklin Resources Inc.

Franklin Resources, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, institutions, pension plans, trusts, and partnerships. It launches equity, fixed income, balanced, and multi-asset mutual funds through its subsidiaries. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets. Franklin Resources, Inc. was founded in 1947 and is based in San Mateo, California with an additional office in Hyderabad, India.

KF

Korea Fund Inc. New

The Korea Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Korea. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in growth stocks of companies. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach, focusing on such factors as price-to-earnings ratios, dividend yields, and earnings-per-share growth to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index. It uses 'Grassroots Research' to make its investments. The Korea Fund, Inc. was formed on August 29, 1984 and is domiciled in the United States.