# Franklin Premier Income Trust Shares of Beneficial Interest (PPT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $3.40, market value $327 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 11.0×** (5-yr avg 10.9×, 3-yr avg 10.9×). Franklin Premier Income Trust Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 11.0× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 10.9×. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 12.7×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 12.7×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 9.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 9.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 97.1%**. 97.1% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 6.9%**. 6.9% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 5.3%**. Each dollar of assets produces 5.3% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -21.3%**. Revenue fell 21.3% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -23.5%**. Earnings per share fell 23.5%, roughly in step with revenue.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 9.18%** ($0.31 per share, trailing). Franklin Premier Income Trust Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 9.18%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 4**. 4 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -5.4%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -0.4%** (YTD 1.2%, 3-mo 0.4%). The shares are down 0.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -9.8%** (0.9% above the low). Trading 10% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 40**. An RSI of 40 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.21** (volatility 9%). Beta of 0.21 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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