welcome
Insider Trading & Hedge Fund Data, and Investment Newsletter From Insider Monkey

Insider Trading & Hedge Fund Data, and Investment Newsletter From Insider Monkey

Business

Business & Economics

Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN): One of the Cheap Dividend Stocks Being Targeted by Short Sellers

Insider Trading & Hedge Fund Data, and Investment Newsletter From Insider Monkey
Summary
Nutrition label

83% Informative

Short sellers — investors who profit from falling stock prices — are seeing a surge in success in 2025 .

Short sellers gained $159 billion in paper profits over just six trading sessions as escalating trade tensions triggered a drop of more than 10% in the US stock market.

The most lucrative short position was against the SPY ETF , which tracks the S&P Index.

Franklin Resources, Inc. ( NYSE : BEN ) maintains a strong dividend track record, having raised its payout for 49 consecutive years .

Currently, it offers a quarterly dividend of $ 0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.85% .

Overall, BEN ranks 8th on our list of the dividend stocks targeted by short sellers.

VR Score

86

Informative language

85

Neutral language

53

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1

Affiliate links

no affiliate links