Franklin Biotechnology Discovery Fund Class A (FBDIX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
110.44
+1.05 (0.96%)
May 23, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
-18.54%
Fund Assets 804.12M
Expense Ratio 1.05%
Min. Investment $1,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 11.76
Dividend Yield 10.06%
Dividend Growth n/a
Payout Frequency n/a
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 20, 2024
Previous Close 109.39
YTD Return -8.28%
1-Year Return -3.91%
5-Year Return -8.94%
52-Week Low 99.30
52-Week High 152.68
Beta (5Y) 0.61
Holdings 89
Inception Date Sep 15, 1997

About FBDIX

The Franklin Biotechnology Discovery Fund Class A (FBDIX) seeks to provide capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund predominantly invests in equity securities and invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of biotechnology companies(at least 50% of its earnings derived from biotechnology activities) and discovery research firms.

Fund Family FrankTemp/Franklin A
Category Health
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FBDIX
Share Class Class A
Index NASDAQ Biotechnology CR

Performance

FBDIX had a total return of -3.91% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.17%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
FRBRX Class R6 0.69%
FTDZX Advisor Class 0.80%
FBTDX Class C 1.80%

Top 10 Holdings

49.67% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated VRTX 7.98%
Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD 7.55%
Amgen Inc. AMGN 7.37%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. REGN 5.06%
Ascendis Pharma A/S ASND 4.89%
argenx SE ARGX 4.08%
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc JAZZ 3.92%
Merus N.V. MRUS 3.21%
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. PTCT 3.10%
Institutional Fiduciary Trust - Money Market Portfolio INFXX 2.50%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 20, 2024 $11.7607 Dec 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2022 $0.1411 Dec 20, 2022
Dec 15, 2021 $17.6831 Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2020 $10.3921 Dec 15, 2020
Dec 16, 2019 $14.1643 Dec 18, 2019
Dec 17, 2018 $4.5496 Dec 19, 2018
Full Dividend History