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 buys 9 5 members
Congress sells 13
Insider buys 0 $0
Insider sells 2 $38M
Congress buys vs S&P, 90d +0.5% 6 scored buys
Insider buys vs S&P, 90d n/a 0 scored buys

Congress trades in BEN

as of 2026-07-21
  1. Ro Khanna16 trades
  2. Josh Gottheimer3 trades
  3. Alan Armstrong1 trade
  4. Peter Meijer1 trade
  5. Thomas Kean Jr1 trade
Congress trades in BEN, newest first.
FiledMemberTypeSizeDays to file90 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

Insider trades in BEN

as of 2026-07-22
Open market insider trades in BEN, newest first.
FiledInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue90 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

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.