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BEN vs CAF
Side-by-side comparison of Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN) and Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund Inc. (CAF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both BEN and CAF operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- BEN is the larger of the two at $16.88B, about 40.9x CAF ($412.7M).
- Over the past year, BEN is up 30.9% and CAF is up 38.1% - CAF leads by 7.2 points.
- BEN has been more active in the news (15 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for CAF).
- BEN has more recent analyst coverage (24 ratings vs 0 for CAF).
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.
Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund Inc.
Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. It is co-managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company. The fund invests in the public equity markets of China. It seeks to invest in the stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund invests in the growth stocks of companies. It employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Morgan Stanley Capital International China A Share Index. Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. was formed on July 6, 2006 and is domiciled in the United States.
Latest BEN
- Franklin Templeton Canada Announces ETF Cash Distributions
- Co-President, Public Markets Murphy Terrence was granted 229,850 shares, increasing direct ownership by 123% to 416,009 units (SEC Form 4)
- Co-President, CFO & COO Nicholls Matthew was granted 229,850 shares, increasing direct ownership by 42% to 778,797 units (SEC Form 4)
- Co-President, Chief Commercial Gamba Daniel was granted 229,850 shares, increasing direct ownership by 52% to 672,720 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer Johnson Jennifer M was granted 229,850 shares, increasing direct ownership by 7% to 3,554,034 units (SEC Form 4)
- Franklin Resources Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Affiliate of Investment Adv. Franklin Resources Inc sold $19,000,000 worth of shares (1,682,905 units at $11.29) (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 6B ORDR filed by Franklin Resources Inc.
- Sue Wilchusky Joins Fiduciary Trust International as Chief Administrative Officer
- Franklin Resources, Inc. Announces Preliminary Month-End Assets Under Management
Latest CAF
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund Inc.
- SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G filed by Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund Inc.
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Kirchner James F
- Amendment: SEC Form SC TO-I/A filed by Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund Inc.
- Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. Announces Final Results of Tender Offer
- Amendment: SEC Form SC TO-I/A filed by Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund Inc.
- Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. Announces Preliminary Results of Tender Offer
- SEC Form N-CEN filed by Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund Inc.
- SEC Form SC TO-I filed by Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund Inc.
- SEC Form N-CSR filed by Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund Inc.