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BEN vs VRTS
Side-by-side comparison of Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN) and Virtus Investment Partners Inc. (VRTS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both BEN and VRTS operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
- BEN is the larger of the two at $16.17B, about 8.6x VRTS ($1.88B).
- Over the past year, BEN is up 42.0% and VRTS is down 16.8% - BEN leads by 58.8 points.
- VRTS has been more active in the news (26 items in the past 4 weeks vs 11 for BEN).
- BEN has more recent analyst coverage (24 ratings vs 10 for VRTS).
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.
Virtus Investment Partners Inc.
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to individual and institutional clients. It launches separate client focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm launches equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, and real estate markets. The firm also invests in exchange traded funds. It employs a multi manager approach for its products. The firm employs quantitative analysis to make its investments. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolios against the S&P 500 Index. The firm conducts in-house research to make its investments. Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut.
Latest BEN
- Franklin Resources, Inc. Announces Preliminary Month-End Assets Under Management
- Amendment: SEC Form 40-6B/A filed by Franklin Resources Inc.
- Franklin Templeton and MoonPay Partner to Expand Institutional Access to Tokenized Money Market Funds
- Franklin Templeton Canada Announces ETF Cash Distributions
- Franklin Resources, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend
- Franklin Templeton Canada Announces Final Valuations for Terminated ETF Series
- Clarion Partners Executes $1 Billion in Strategic Healthcare Real Estate Transactions Across Multiple High-Growth Markets
- SEC Form 13F-HR filed by Franklin Resources Inc.
- Franklin BSP Capital Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2026 Dividend
- Payward and Franklin Templeton Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Tokenized Assets and Institutional Digital Finance
Latest VRTS
- Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II Announces Quarterly Distribution: 5.500% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares
- Virtus Convertible & Income Fund Announces Quarterly Distribution: 5.625% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares
- Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income Fund Announces Distributions
- Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund Announces Distribution and Discloses Sources of Distribution – Section 19(a) Notice
- Virtus Convertible & Income Fund and Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II Announce Monthly Distributions
- Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund Announces Distributions
- Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund Announces Distributions
- Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. Announces Increase to Monthly Distributions
- Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund Announces Increase to Quarterly Distribution and Discloses Sources of Distribution – Section 19(a) Notice
- Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund Announces Increase to Monthly Distributions