Franklin Resources (BEN): Congress and insider trades
Who in Congress and inside the company traded BEN, when each filing appeared, and what buying after each one would have earned against the S&P 500.
Key Facts
- Franklin Resources (BEN) is a listed stock on NYSE.
- 5 members of Congress filed 9 buys and 13 sells of BEN, the latest published 2026-07-21 (21 July 2026).
- Insiders filed 0 open market buys worth $0 and 2 sells worth $38M, the latest filed 2026-07-22 (22 July 2026).
- Across 6 scored buys, Congress averaged +0.5% against the S&P 500 (SPY) over the 90 days after disclosure, with 50% of them ahead of the index. That result is too few trades to draw a conclusion.
- Data as of 2026-09-29 (29 September 2026).
Congress trades in BEN
as of 2026-07-21| Filed | Member | Type | Size | Days to file | 90 day vs S&P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2026 | Alan Armstrong (R-OK) | buy | 1K–15K | 116 | n/a |
| 13 May 2026 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | buy | 1K–15K | 28 | +1.4% |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | sell | 1K–15K | 15 | n/a |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | sell | 1K–15K | 28 | n/a |
| 15 May 2025 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | sell | 1K–15K | 19 | n/a |
| 15 May 2025 | Thomas Kean Jr (R-NJ) | sell | 1K–15K | 17 | n/a |
| 10 Nov 2023 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | buy | 1K–15K | 29 | +7.4% |
| 10 Nov 2023 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | buy | 1K–15K | 37 | +7.4% |
| 10 Nov 2023 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | sell | 1K–15K | 8 | n/a |
| 12 Aug 2022 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | sell | 1K–15K | 21 | n/a |
| 15 Jun 2022 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | sell | 1K–15K | 31 | n/a |
| 15 Jun 2022 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | buy | 1K–15K | 36 | -0.8% |
| 12 May 2022 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | buy | 1K–15K | 15 | +10.6% |
| 11 Mar 2022 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | sell | 1K–15K | 19 | n/a |
| 21 Feb 2022 | Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) | sell | 1K–15K | 23 | n/a |
| 21 Feb 2022 | Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) | sell | 1K–15K | 24 | n/a |
| 10 Jan 2022 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | sell | 1K–15K | 31 | n/a |
| 8 Dec 2021 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | buy | 1K–15K | 35 | -5.4% |
| 10 Nov 2021 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | buy | 1K–15K | 33 | -9.9% |
| 17 Mar 2021 | Peter Meijer (R-MI) | sell | 1K–15K | 28 | n/a |
| 17 Dec 2020 | Ro Khanna (D-CA) | sell | 1K–15K | 43 | n/a |
| 6 Nov 2020 | Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) | buy | 1K–15K | 20 | n/a |
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Insider trades in BEN
as of 2026-07-22| Filed | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | 90 day vs S&P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jul 2026 | FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | sell | 1,682,905 | $11.29 | $19M | n/a |
| 22 Apr 2026 | FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | sell | 1,672,535 | $11.36 | $19M | n/a |
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Frequently asked questions
Who has bought BEN?
9 Congress buys by 5 members and 0 insider buys are on file. The tables on this page list every one.
Did buying BEN after a disclosure beat the market?
Across 6 scored buys, Congress averaged +0.5% against the S&P 500 (SPY) over the 90 days after disclosure, with 50% of them ahead of the index. That result is too few trades to draw a conclusion. A single stock is a small sample.
Sources: Congressional trades: STOCK Act disclosures, collected from CapitolTrades. Insider trades: SEC Form 4 filings, collected from Finviz. Prices: Yahoo Finance daily adjusted closes. Data as of 2026-09-29 (29 September 2026). About these sources.
Not investment advice. Past disclosed trades do not predict future returns. Disclosures are published late, so the trades shown are ones you could only have copied after the fact. Talk to a licensed adviser before you invest.