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BEN vs GSBD

Side-by-side comparison of Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN) and Goldman Sachs BDC Inc. (GSBD): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BEN and GSBD operate in Investment Managers (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • BEN is the larger of the two at $16.28B, about 16.3x GSBD ($997.4M).
  • Over the past year, BEN is up 43.5% and GSBD is down 22.8% - BEN leads by 66.3 points.
  • BEN has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for GSBD).
  • BEN has more recent analyst coverage (24 ratings vs 6 for GSBD).
PerformanceBEN+43.55%GSBD-22.76%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricBENGSBD
Company
Franklin Resources Inc.
Goldman Sachs BDC Inc.
Price
$31.38+0.18%
$8.94+0.68%
Market cap
$16.28B
$997.4M
1M return
+2.78%
-9.97%
1Y return
+43.55%
-22.76%
Industry
Investment Managers
Investment Managers
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2015
News (4w)
10
1
Recent ratings
24
6
BEN

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.

GSBD

Goldman Sachs BDC Inc.

Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. is a business development company specializing in middle market and mezzanine investment in private companies. It seeks to make capital appreciation through direct originations of secured debt, senior secured debt, junior secured debt, including first lien, first lien/last-out unitranche and second lien debt, unsecured debt, including mezzanine debt and, to a lesser extent, investments in equities. The fund primarily invests in United States. It seeks to invest between $10 million and $75 million in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $75 million annually.