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Updated 2026-11-05 08:10 UTC · Public disclosure record

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Franklin Templeton Inc.

BULLISH stock

Congress has disclosed 20 buys and 19 sells of BEN (Franklin Templeton Inc.) in official financial disclosures, each linked to its original filing. A transparency record — not investment advice.

Activity Congressional Activity

20
Buy
19
Sell
+1
Net
11
Active politicians

Round-trip watch Still on the books

Members who disclosed buying BEN and have not disclosed selling, versus their own entry (the most recent disclosed buy). "Open" means no disclosed sale — never "still holds" — and the % is unrealised, on paper. Not investment advice.

MemberEntry (last buy)Entry priceNowvs entryStatus
Alan Armstrong 2026-03-27 $21.98 $31.64 +44.0% in profit

Price as of 2026-10-30. Counted open while disclosed buys outnumber disclosed sells; tracks the price, not exact position size (amounts are ranges).

Price & congressional trades
Buy Sell

Fundamentals · FY2026 Valuation

Standard valuation multiples from SEC-reported GAAP financials (trailing twelve months), each compared to the median for Finance. We use reported GAAP, not forward or adjusted earnings, so our figures can sit higher than sites that do — especially for companies with falling profit. Relative context — not a target price or investment advice.

P/E
19.78
▲ pricier than Finance (median 17.2)
how it's calculated
P/E = price ÷ earnings per share
$31.64 ÷ $1.60 = 19.78
Based on GAAP trailing-twelve-month financials (SEC filings) and the latest close. Other sites may show a different multiple when they use forward (projected) or non-GAAP adjusted figures instead of reported GAAP — for a company with volatile profit those can differ in either direction from the GAAP figure shown here.
P/B
1.37
▼ cheaper than Finance (median 1.8)
how it's calculated
P/B = price ÷ book value per share
$31.64 ÷ $23.10 = 1.37
Based on GAAP trailing-twelve-month financials (SEC filings) and the latest close. Other sites may show a different multiple when they use forward (projected) or non-GAAP adjusted figures instead of reported GAAP — for a company with volatile profit those can differ in either direction from the GAAP figure shown here.
EV/EBITDA
17.93
≈ in line with Finance (median 16.3)
how it's calculated
EV/EBITDA = (market cap + net debt) ÷ EBITDA
($16.1B + $2.4B net debt) ÷ $1.0B = $18.5B ÷ $1.0B = 17.93
Based on GAAP trailing-twelve-month financials (SEC filings) and the latest close. Other sites may show a different multiple when they use forward (projected) or non-GAAP adjusted figures instead of reported GAAP — for a company with volatile profit those can differ in either direction from the GAAP figure shown here.

Legislation Related Legislation

Recent bills in this stock's sector (Finance). Sector-level context from Congress.gov — a bill names a policy area, not this company specifically.

BillTitlePolicy areaLatest action
HR 10820 Epstein Wall Street Records Act of 2026 Finance and Financial Sector 2026-10-15
HR 10821 To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to make changes to the Standard Maximum Deposit Insurance Amount, and for other purposes. Finance and Financial Sector 2026-10-15
S 4395 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 Finance and Financial Sector 2026-10-05
S 1564 Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act Finance and Financial Sector 2026-10-05
S 5644 A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to exempt transactions with respect to cash reward payments by crime stopper organizations from certain currency transaction reports. Finance and Financial Sector 2026-09-30

39 trades Recent Congressional Trades

Two things to watch per trade: the disclosure lag (how many days passed before the trade was made public) and the price move in that window (how the stock moved during those non-public days). A sell followed by a price drop, or a buy followed by a rise, means well-timed trading — visible here in the open. Note: the Score measures how notable a trade is, not whether it made money — the price move is shown for context and isn't part of it.

PoliticianChamberTypeOwnerDateDisclosure lagPrice move
in that
window
AmountScoreSource
Alan Armstrong Senate BUY ◆ insider convergence Self 2026-03-27 116 days +47.0% $1K–$15K 82.9 ↗ eFD
Thomas Kean House SELL ◆ insider convergence Self · Kean Family Partnership 2025-04-28 5 days +7.1% $1K–$15K
0.1% of NW
27.2 ↗ filing
Thomas Kean House SELL ◆ insider convergence Self · Kean Family Partnership 2024-12-16 21 days -7.2% $1K–$15K
0.1% of NW
62.9 ↗ filing
Josh Gottheimer House SELL Joint 2022-01-26 12 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
66.2 ↗ filing
Josh Gottheimer House SELL Joint 2022-01-25 13 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
66.5 ↗ filing
Peter Meijer House SELL Self 2021-02-16 3 days — $1K–$15K 75.9 ↗ filing
Josh Gottheimer House BUY Joint 2020-10-16 19 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
67.0 ↗ filing
Josh Gottheimer House SELL Joint 2020-09-15 20 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
68.9 ↗ filing
Josh Gottheimer House BUY Joint 2020-07-16 22 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
69.3 ↗ filing
Dean Phillips House BUY Self 2020-05-13 28 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
10.6 ↗ filing
Gilbert Cisneros House SELL Self 2020-04-29 9 days — $1K–$15K
0.1% of NW
40.4 ↗ filing
Gilbert Cisneros House BUY Self 2020-03-18 28 days — $1K–$15K
0.1% of NW
75.9 ↗ filing
Kathy Castor House SELL Joint 2020-03-10 0 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
22.3 ↗ filing
Josh Gottheimer House BUY Joint 2020-01-10 25 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
75.9 ↗ filing
Josh Gottheimer House SELL Joint 2019-12-10 27 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
84.3 ↗ filing
Lois Frankel House SELL Self 2019-09-25 0 days — $1K–$15K
0.3% of NW
4.5 ↗ filing
Lois Frankel House SELL Self 2019-09-24 0 days — $1K–$15K
0.3% of NW
5.5 ↗ filing
Dean Phillips House SELL Self 2019-08-13 27 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
15.7 ↗ filing
Dean Phillips House SELL Self 2019-04-04 41 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
31.8 ↗ filing
Nicholas Taylor House SELL Spouse 2019-03-25 0 days — $1K–$15K 86.8 ↗ filing
Dean Phillips House SELL Self 2019-02-04 31 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
40.4 ↗ filing
Dean Phillips House BUY Self 2019-01-04 32 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
86.8 ↗ filing
Josh Gottheimer House BUY Joint 2018-12-10 18 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
93.6 ↗ filing
Josh Gottheimer House BUY Joint 2018-11-28 13 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
94.6 ↗ filing
Josh Gottheimer House BUY Joint 2018-11-27 14 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
98.8 ↗ filing
Gary Palmer House BUY Spouse 2017-04-04 0 days — $1K–$15K
0.3% of NW
75.9 ↗ filing
Lois Frankel House BUY Self 2016-11-09 0 days — $1K–$15K
0.3% of NW
6.8 ↗ filing
Lois Frankel House BUY Self 2016-10-12 0 days — $1K–$15K
0.3% of NW
8.6 ↗ filing
Lois Frankel House BUY Self 2016-07-06 0 days — $1K–$15K
0.3% of NW
10.6 ↗ filing
Lois Frankel House SELL Self 2016-06-01 0 days — $1K–$15K
0.3% of NW
15.7 ↗ filing
Lois Frankel House SELL Self 2016-03-10 0 days — $1K–$15K
0.3% of NW
22.3 ↗ filing
Richard Hanna House SELL Self 2015-06-18 21 days — $50K–$100K 49.5 ↗ filing
Richard Hanna House BUY Self 2014-11-19 21 days — $100K–$250K 60.3 ↗ filing
Richard Hanna House SELL Self 2014-10-15 22 days — $100K–$250K 68.1 ↗ filing
Lois Frankel House BUY Self 2014-07-31 0 days — $1K–$15K
0.3% of NW
40.4 ↗ filing
Lois Frankel House BUY Self 2014-06-19 0 days — $1K–$15K
0.3% of NW
86.8 ↗ filing
Kathy Castor House BUY Spouse 2014-05-23 0 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
93.1 ↗ filing
Kathy Castor House BUY Self 2014-05-23 0 days — $1K–$15K
<0.1% of NW
93.1 ↗ filing
Richard Hanna House BUY Self 2014-05-06 34 days — $100K–$250K 97.8 ↗ filing

Corporate insiders · SEC Form 4 Insider Activity

What the company's own officers and directors did in BEN — open-market purchases and sales from SEC Form 4 filings (option exercises, grants and tax withholding are excluded). This is context for the congressional activity above, never a buy/sell signal, and the two datasets are kept separate on purpose. Does convergence mean anything? →

3
Congress trades with insider convergence
0
…with insider divergence
40
Insider open-market trades

Of the congressional trades in BEN, 3 coincided with corporate insiders moving the same way within 60 days, and 0 with insiders moving the opposite way. This is co-occurrence only — whether it carries any edge is tested honestly on the convergence page.

DateInsiderRoleTypeSizeSource
2026-10-19 FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC Other SELL $5.0M ↗ EDGAR
2026-07-20 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $19.0M ↗ EDGAR
2026-04-20 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $19.0M ↗ EDGAR
2026-01-29 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other BUY $750K ↗ EDGAR
2026-01-14 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $18.0M ↗ EDGAR
2025-12-04 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $20.0M ↗ EDGAR
2025-11-20 JOHNSON CHARLES B Other BUY $1.1M ↗ EDGAR
2025-11-18 JOHNSON CHARLES B Other BUY $1.1M ↗ EDGAR
2025-10-15 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $18.5M ↗ EDGAR
2025-07-15 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $17.5M ↗ EDGAR
2025-04-17 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $10.0M ↗ EDGAR
2025-04-04 JOHNSON CHARLES B Other BUY $7K ↗ EDGAR
2025-04-04 JOHNSON CHARLES B Other SELL $7K ↗ EDGAR
2025-03-04 JOHNSON CHARLES B Other BUY $2.0M ↗ EDGAR
2025-01-08 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $457K ↗ EDGAR
2025-01-03 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $412K ↗ EDGAR
2024-12-27 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $52K ↗ EDGAR
2024-12-24 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $375K ↗ EDGAR
2024-12-20 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $79K ↗ EDGAR
2024-12-16 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $102K ↗ EDGAR
2024-12-11 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $128K ↗ EDGAR
2024-12-11 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $57K ↗ EDGAR
2024-12-10 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $124K ↗ EDGAR
2024-12-09 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $48K ↗ EDGAR
2024-10-18 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $345K ↗ EDGAR

Combined timeline — Congress & insiders

Both sets of trades on one timeline, newest first, so you can see when they lined up. Congress vs ◆ insider.

DateWhoTypeSize
◆ insider 2026-10-19 FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC Other SELL $5.0M
◆ insider 2026-07-20 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $19.0M
◆ insider 2026-04-20 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $19.0M
Congress 2026-03-27 Alan Armstrong BUY $1K–$15K
◆ insider 2026-01-29 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other BUY $750K
◆ insider 2026-01-14 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $18.0M
◆ insider 2025-12-04 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $20.0M
◆ insider 2025-11-20 JOHNSON CHARLES B Other BUY $1.1M
◆ insider 2025-11-18 JOHNSON CHARLES B Other BUY $1.1M
◆ insider 2025-10-15 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $18.5M
◆ insider 2025-07-15 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $17.5M
Congress 2025-04-28 Thomas Kean SELL $1K–$15K
◆ insider 2025-04-17 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $10.0M
◆ insider 2025-04-04 JOHNSON CHARLES B Other BUY $7K
◆ insider 2025-04-04 JOHNSON CHARLES B Other SELL $7K
◆ insider 2025-03-04 JOHNSON CHARLES B Other BUY $2.0M
◆ insider 2025-01-08 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $457K
◆ insider 2025-01-03 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $412K
◆ insider 2024-12-27 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $52K
◆ insider 2024-12-24 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $375K
◆ insider 2024-12-20 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $79K
Congress 2024-12-16 Thomas Kean SELL $1K–$15K
◆ insider 2024-12-16 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $102K
◆ insider 2024-12-11 FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Other SELL $128K

FAQ Common questions

How much has Congress traded BEN?

20 disclosed buys and 19 sells of BEN (Franklin Templeton Inc.) appear in official congressional financial disclosures.

Is it legal for members of Congress to trade BEN?

Members of Congress may trade stocks but must disclose it under the STOCK Act. QuantCapitol tracks those public disclosures for transparency — nothing here is an accusation of wrongdoing or investment advice.

Where does this data come from?

Official US House Clerk and Senate electronic financial disclosures. Every trade links back to its original filing so you can verify it yourself.

About this data. Sourced from official House Clerk and Senate eFD financial disclosures (Senate via a maintained community mirror — see project documentation). Transaction amounts are reported as ranges, not exact figures. Interest scores, consensus labels, and backtested performance are proprietary analytical calculations based on public data and are not investment advice. Backtested performance is a hypothetical simulation, not actual portfolio performance.