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

Franklin Resources (BEN) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with -$255.1 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 17.56% to -$255.1 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $873.5 million through Dec 2025, up 2.93% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $911.6 million for FY2025, 14.78% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit -$255.1 million in Q4 2025 for Franklin Resources, down from -$51.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $1.3 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of -$283.7 million in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $257.3 million across 5 years, with a median of $164.3 million in 2021.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Free Cash Flow was 350.92% in 2022; the steepest drop was 289.51% in 2022.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $149.7 million in 2021, then tumbled by 289.51% to -$283.7 million in 2022, then increased by 4.34% to -$271.4 million in 2023, then rose by 20.04% to -$217.0 million in 2024, then decreased by 17.56% to -$255.1 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for BEN at -$255.1 million in Q4 2025, -$51.9 million in Q3 2025, and $1.3 billion in Q2 2025.