BEN vs DEFT vs VRSK Stock Comparison

Franklin Templeton, Defi Technologies and Verisk Analytics Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BEN Franklin Templeton Inc
$31.73 -2.9% 1M +36.1% 1Y
Market cap
$16.10B
P/E
20.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.32B
Div. yield
4.16%
Asset Management Financial Services
8 wins
DEFT Defi Technologies, Inc.
$0.40 -18.4% 1M -80.1% 1Y
Market cap
$154.33M
P/E
4.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$60.57M
Div. yield
–
Asset Management Financial Services
2 wins
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
$189.80 +13.1% 1M -18.2% 1Y
Market cap
$24.70B
P/E
28.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.14B
Div. yield
1.03%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Franklin Templeton leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Franklin Templeton 8, Verisk Analytics 2, Defi Technologies 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBENDEFTVRSKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.10B $154.33M $24.70B VRSK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.1x 4.1x 28.0x DEFT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.6x — 23.8x BEN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.9% — +5.0% BEN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.7% 55.3% 28.2% DEFT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.4% — 31.9% VRSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.2x — 2.3x BEN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.16% — 1.03% BEN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.1% -80.1% -18.2% BEN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.2%/yr -30.3%/yr -2.0%/yr BEN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.5% 104.3% 37.5% BEN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 41/100 56/100 BEN

Percentile Scorecard

BENDEFTVRSK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBENDEFTVRSK
Valuation 85 #28 of 181 62 #69 of 181 32 #645 of 941
Growth 46 #60 of 111 – 48 #333 of 636
Profitability 53 #61 of 129 48 #67 of 129 97 #21 of 612
Financial Health 64 #59 of 164 49 #85 of 164 33 #467 of 693
Shareholder Returns 35 #50 of 76 5 #72 of 76 71 #206 of 706
Overall 57 41 56
  • BEN ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • DEFT ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • VRSK ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBENDEFTVRSKSPY
1 month -2.9%-18.4%+13.1% +0.9%
3 months -2.1%+2.6%-11.0% +5.9%
6 months +7.7%-46.9%+0.9% +8.5%
Year to date +32.8%-47.0%-15.2% +13.3%
1 year +36.1%-80.1%-18.2% +12.4%
3 years +41.3%+344.4%-15.2% +88.1%
3 years, per year +12.2%+64.5%-5.4% +23.5%
5 years +0.8%-83.5%-9.7% +68.2%
5 years, per year +0.2%-30.3%-2.0% +11.0%
10 years -7.2%+474.7%+133.3% +263.4%
10 years, per year -0.7%+19.1%+8.8% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBENDEFTVRSKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.5%104.3%37.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.2%103.9%39.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.204.11-0.48 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.31-0.77-0.49 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.8%-98.4%-51.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.3%-80.1%-18.2% -0.9%
52-week high $35.76$2.01$232.13 $779.14
52-week low $21.18$0.39$156.84 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBENDEFTVRSK
P/E now vs peer median 20.1xmedian 32.9x 4.1xmedian 32.9x 28.0xmedian 12.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 4.9x 2.5xmedian 4.9x 7.9xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 11.8x 3.7xmedian 11.8x 16.6xmedian 7.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 65.3xmedian 13.3x -1.9xmedian 13.3x 20.0xmedian 10.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 1.9x 1.1xmedian 1.9x -20.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median -10.56median 0.93 —median 0.93 1.12median 0.87

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBENDEFTVRSK
Revenue $9.32B $60.57M $3.14B
Gross profit – – $2.20B
Operating income $905.50M $19.23M $1.38B
Net income $1.09B $23.57M $885.50M
Free cash flow $246.60M -$81.53M $1.24B
EPS (diluted) $1.58 $0.09 $6.77
Cash & equivalents $2.67B $60.31M $551.40M
Total debt $2.40B – $11.77B
Shares (diluted) 516.00M 377.53M 130.85M
Enterprise value $6.58B -$223.40M $19.34B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBENDEFTVRSK
P/E 20.1x 4.1x 28.0x
P/FCF 65.3x -1.9x 20.0x
P/Operating cash flow 58.0x -1.9x 16.4x
P/S 1.7x 2.5x 7.9x
P/B 1.2x 1.1x -20.8x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 0.9x -16.4x
EV/EBITDA 11.7x 3.7x 16.6x
EV/EBIT 17.5x 3.9x 20.8x
EV/Revenue 1.7x 1.2x 9.1x
EV/FCF 64.2x -0.9x 23.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 57.0x -0.9x 19.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -10.56 – 1.12

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBENDEFTVRSK
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.9% – 5.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.1% – 6.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 8.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 146.1% – 4.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -6.6% – 6.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 145.3% – -3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.8% – 20.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 152.2% -2.0% 3.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -1.9% – 25.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -83.1% – 21.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -38.4% – 11.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -83.0% – 21.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -38.0% – 14.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBENDEFTVRSK
Gross margin – – 70.2%
EBITDA margin 14.5% 33.3% 55.0%
Operating margin 9.7% 31.8% 43.9%
Pretax margin 16.3% 8.4% 37.0%
Net margin 8.7% 55.3% 28.2%
FCF margin 2.6% -134.6% 39.4%
Operating cash flow margin 3.0% -134.6% 47.9%
Return on equity 8.7% 15.8% –
Return on assets 3.2% 3.9% 19.5%
Return on invested capital 4.4% – 31.9%
Return on capital employed – 11.1% 40.1%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.1x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.3x -3.5x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 2.1% 12.6% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBENDEFTVRSK
Debt / assets 6.6% – 99.5%
Debt / equity 0.2x – -3.8x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.2x – 2.3x
Debt / FCF 9.7x – 3.6x
Liabilities / assets 64.4% 75.1% 126.4%
Equity / assets 35.6% 24.9% -26.4%
Interest coverage 10.2x 4.0x 7.0x
Current ratio – 1.1x 1.0x
Quick ratio – 0.2x 0.9x
Cash ratio – 0.2x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 0.30 6.85

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBENDEFTVRSK
Dividend yield 4.2% – 1.0%
Net buyback yield 3.1% -66.4% 7.6%
Shareholder yield 7.3% -66.4% 8.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) 63.6% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 281.4% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.9% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBENDEFTVRSK
Forward P/E 11.6xFY2026 – 23.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.74FY2026 $-0.04FY2026 $7.97FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +23.4%FY2026 -123.5%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.9% – +5.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.06BFY2026 $38.25MFY2026 $3.33BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.4%FY2026 -61.8%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.7% +14.0% +6.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBENDEFTVRSK
Held by institutions 52.8% – 97.6%
Institutions holding 665 – 953
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.6% – -0.4%
Institutions buying 346 – 487
Institutions selling 223 – 349
Buyers to sellers 1.55 – 1.40

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BENDEFTVRSK
BEN 1.00 0.31 -0.08
DEFT 0.31 1.00 -0.05
VRSK -0.08 -0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BEN, DEFT and VRSK?

Verisk Analytics (VRSK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Franklin Templeton (BEN) $16.10B, Defi Technologies (DEFT) $154.33M, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $24.70B.

Which stock is cheaper, BEN, DEFT and VRSK?

Defi Technologies (DEFT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Franklin Templeton (BEN) 20.1x, Defi Technologies (DEFT) 4.1x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Franklin Templeton (BEN) is cheapest (Franklin Templeton (BEN) 11.6x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 23.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Franklin Templeton (BEN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Franklin Templeton (BEN) +7.9%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) +5.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Defi Technologies (DEFT) has the highest net margin (Franklin Templeton (BEN) 8.7%, Defi Technologies (DEFT) 55.3%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.2%). On return on invested capital, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) leads (Franklin Templeton (BEN) 4.4%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 31.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Franklin Templeton (BEN) returned the most: Franklin Templeton (BEN) +36.1%, Defi Technologies (DEFT) -80.1%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -18.2%. Over five years, Franklin Templeton (BEN) compounded fastest (Franklin Templeton (BEN) +0.2%/yr, Defi Technologies (DEFT) -30.3%/yr, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -2.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Franklin Templeton (BEN) has the highest dividend yield: Franklin Templeton (BEN) 4.16%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 1.03%. Defi Technologies (DEFT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Franklin Templeton (BEN) has been the steadiest (Franklin Templeton (BEN) 27.5%, Defi Technologies (DEFT) 104.3%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 37.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BEN, DEFT and VRSK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Franklin Templeton (BEN) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.