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Franklin Resources (BEN) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Franklin Resources' Free Cash Flow history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$255.1 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 17.56% year-over-year to -$255.1 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $873.5 million, up 2.93%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $911.6 million, 14.78% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was -$255.1 million at Franklin Resources, down from -$51.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $1.3 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$283.7 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $164.3 million (2021), against an average of $257.3 million.
  • The largest YoY upside for Free Cash Flow was 350.92% in 2022 against a maximum downside of 289.51% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $149.7 million in 2021, then plummeted by 289.51% to -$283.7 million in 2022, then grew by 4.34% to -$271.4 million in 2023, then increased by 20.04% to -$217.0 million in 2024, then dropped by 17.56% to -$255.1 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for BEN's Free Cash Flow are -$255.1 million (Q4 2025), -$51.9 million (Q3 2025), and $1.3 billion (Q2 2025).