Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Adv (FGADX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
39.58
+1.30 (3.40%)
Sep 5, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
3.40%
Fund Assets1.48B
Expense Ratio0.67%
Min. Investment$1,000
Turnover14.50%
Dividend (ttm)2.37
Dividend Yield6.08%
Dividend Growth324.17%
Payout Frequencyn/a
Ex-Dividend DateDec 20, 2024
Previous Close38.28
YTD Return108.98%
1-Year Return102.76%
5-Year Return86.40%
52-Week Low18.86
52-Week High39.58
Beta (5Y)0.88
Holdings178
Inception DateDec 31, 1996

About FGADX

The investment seeks capital appreciation; secondary goal is to provide shareholders with current income through dividends or interest received from its investments. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of gold and precious metals operation companies. It may buy securities of gold and precious metals operation companies located anywhere in the world and in general invests predominantly in non-U.S. companies. The fund may invest in companies without regard to market capitalization, and may heavily invest in small- and mid-capitalization companies. The fund is non-diversified.

Fund Family Franklin Templeton Investments
Category Equity Precious Metals
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FGADX
Share Class Advisor Class
Index JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified TR

Performance

FGADX had a total return of 102.76% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 7.18%.

Other Share Classes

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

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
FGPMXClass R60.55%
FKRCXClass A0.92%
FRGOXClass C1.67%

Top 10 Holdings

31.49% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Agnico Eagle Mines LimitedAEM3.89%
G Mining Ventures Corp.GMIN3.73%
Newmont CorporationNEM3.62%
Alamos Gold Inc.AGI3.24%
Barrick Mining CorporationB3.22%
AngloGold Ashanti plcAU3.10%
Equinox Gold Corp.EQX3.03%
Perseus Mining LimitedPRU2.76%
Orla Mining Ltd.OLA2.71%
Endeavour Mining plcEDV2.20%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 20, 2024$2.3694Dec 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2023$0.5586Dec 20, 2023
Dec 1, 2021$2.0979Dec 1, 2021
Dec 1, 2020$2.7082Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2017$0.1029Dec 5, 2017
Dec 1, 2016$1.4001Dec 5, 2016
Full Dividend History