Franklin Resources (BEN) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Franklin Resources has disclosed Research & Development across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $157.6 million for Q1 2026.

• Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $157.6 million, down 0.69% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $643.5 million (down 0.8% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $643.6 million, up 3.79% from the prior year.
• Research & Development came in at $157.6 million for Q1 2026 at Franklin Resources, roughly flat from $157.0 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $177.4 million in Q3 2024 to a low of $121.4 million in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $155.1 million (2024), against an average of $144.7 million.
• Across the five-year window, Research & Development surged 38.27% in 2024 and retreated 6.31% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Franklin Resources' Research & Development stood at $121.4 million in 2022, then gained by 7.91% to $131.0 million in 2023, then grew by 19.08% to $156.0 million in 2024, then rose by 0.64% to $157.0 million in 2025, then increased by 0.38% to $157.6 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $157.6 million (Q1 2026), $157.0 million (Q4 2025), and $166.2 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.