10 Best Value Stocks to Buy According to Billionaires

8. Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN)

Forward P/E as of June 30: ~9.8x

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 29

Dollar Value of Billionaire Holdings: $281.9 million

Number of Billionaire Investors: 11

Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN) is one of the 10 Best Value Stocks to Buy According to Billionaires. On June 27, Goldman Sachs upgraded the company’s stock to “Buy” from “Neutral” with a price objective of $29, as reported by The Fly. The firm highlighted the company’s improved traction in alternative investments and moderation of outflows from traditional products. Furthermore, the analyst noted that Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN) made meaningful progress in the expansion of its business towards the private markets business.

As per the firm, as the appetite for alternative products builds from the wealth channel, Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN) can draw from its expansive global retail distribution to fuel growth at attractive fee rates. Furthermore, Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN)’s organic base fee growth is expected to be closer to break-even over the upcoming quarters compared to the negative mid-single-digit decay over the previous years, opines the firm.

Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN) reported preliminary month-end AUM of $1.57 trillion as of May 31, 2025, compared to $1.53 trillion as of April 30, 2025. This month’s AUM demonstrated the positive impact of markets and preliminary long-term net inflows of $1 billion, which includes $3 billion of long-term net outflows at Western Asset Management.