BlackRock Fund Advisors’s Franklin Templeton BEN Stock Holding History

BlackRock Fund Advisors’s Portfolio BEN Stock Details BEN Fund Activity

Bought

Maintained

Sold

Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2016 Q4	$201M	Buy	5,083,744 +493,421	+11%	+$18.5M	0.04%	644
2016 Q3	$163M	Buy	4,590,323 +192,794	+4%	+$6.82M	0.03%	669
2016 Q2	$147M	Sell	4,397,529 -22,739	-0.5%	-$826K	0.03%	693
2016 Q1	$173M	Sell	4,420,268 -65,682	-1%	-$2.32M	0.04%	561
2015 Q4	$165M	Buy	4,485,950 +176,613	+4%	+$6.91M	0.04%	592
2015 Q3	$161M	Buy	4,309,337 +131,018	+3%	+$5.67M	0.04%	570
2015 Q2	$205M	Sell	4,178,319 -68,054	-2%	-$3.49M	0.05%	453
2015 Q1	$218M	Sell	4,246,373 -126,719	-3%	-$6.73M	0.05%	438
2014 Q4	$242M	Buy	4,373,092 +436,351	+11%	+$24.1M	0.06%	361
2014 Q3	$215M	Buy	3,936,741 +103,238	+3%	+$5.78M	0.06%	351
2014 Q2	$222M	Sell	3,833,503 -73,531	-2%	-$4.02M	0.06%	345
2014 Q1	$212M	Buy	3,907,034 +92,757	+2%	+$4.99M	0.06%	343
2013 Q4	$220M	Buy	3,814,277 +113,622	+3%	+$6.12M	0.07%	323
2013 Q3	$187M	Buy	3,700,655 +67,286	+2%	+$3.25M	0.06%	352
2013 Q2	$165M	Buy	+3,633,369	New	+$185M	0.06%	369

Other funds holding BEN

Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return

HCM

Highfields Capital Management Boston, Massachusetts $68.3M AUM 21.64% 1-Year Est. Return

Massachusetts Financial Services Boston, Massachusetts $315B AUM 27.84% 1-Year Est. Return

State Street Boston, Massachusetts $3.37T AUM 44.26% 1-Year Est. Return

Pzena Investment Management New York $34.1B AUM 23.81% 1-Year Est. Return

BIT

BlackRock Institutional Trust San Francisco, California $675B AUM 16.07% 1-Year Est. Return

ACM

Abrams Capital Management Boston, Massachusetts $5.48B AUM 3.63% 1-Year Est. Return

Kiltearn Partners Edinburgh, United Kingdom $412M AUM 26.77% 1-Year Est. Return

VVP

Vulcan Value Partners Birmingham, Alabama $3.29B AUM 6.08% 1-Year Est. Return

Fidelity Investments Boston, Massachusetts $2.3T AUM 54.33% 1-Year Est. Return

BlackRock Fund Advisors's BEN Position: Q4 2016 in Review

BlackRock Fund Advisors increased its Franklin Templeton (BEN) stake by 11% in Q4 2016, buying an estimated $18.5M and bringing the position to 5,083,744 shares worth $201M. The position accounts for 0.04% of the portfolio, ranked #644.

BlackRock Fund Advisors first reported a position in BEN in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since. The position peaked at $242M in Q4 2014. 549 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold BEN as of Q4 2016.

BlackRock Fund Advisors held 5,083,744 shares of Franklin Templeton worth $201M as of Q4 2016.
BlackRock Fund Advisors bought 493,421 Franklin Templeton shares in Q4 2016, an estimated $18.5M.
Franklin Templeton made up 0.04% of BlackRock Fund Advisors's portfolio in Q4 2016, its #644 holding.
BlackRock Fund Advisors first reported a position in Franklin Templeton in Q2 2013 and has held it in 15 quarters since.
BlackRock Fund Advisors's Franklin Templeton position peaked at $242M in Q4 2014.
549 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Franklin Templeton as of Q4 2016.

Based on BlackRock Fund Advisors's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 10 Feb 2017.