Franklin Resources Financial Health

Short Term Liabilities: BEN's short term assets ($13.9B) exceed its short term liabilities ($3.3B).

Long Term Liabilities: BEN's short term assets ($13.9B) exceed its long term liabilities ($11.0B).

Debt Level: BEN has more cash than its total debt.

Reducing Debt: BEN's debt to equity ratio has increased from 7% to 24.4% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: BEN's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (58%).

Interest Coverage: BEN's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (33.9x coverage).

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