Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class A (FKRCX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
22.45
+0.60 (2.75%)
Mar 13, 2025, 5:00 PM EST
38.41%
Fund Assets 987.03M
Expense Ratio 0.92%
Min. Investment $1,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 2.32
Dividend Yield 9.51%
Dividend Growth 347.32%
Payout Frequency n/a
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 20, 2024
Previous Close 21.85
YTD Return 30.07%
1-Year Return 54.95%
5-Year Return 129.90%
52-Week Low n/a
52-Week High n/a
Beta (5Y) 1.15
Holdings 168
Inception Date May 19, 1969

About FKRCX

The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Precious Metals Eq with 0.93% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund; Class A Shares is $1,000 on a standard taxable account. Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund; Class A Shares seeks capital appreciation, and a secondary goal to provide current income through dividends or interest received from its investments. FKRCX invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of gold and precious metals operation companies that mine, process, or deal in gold and other precious metals.

Fund Family FrankTemp/Franklin A
Category Equity Precious Metals
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FKRCX
Share Class Class A
Index JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified TR

Performance

FKRCX had a total return of 54.95% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.48%, including dividends.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
FGPMX Class R6 0.55%
FGADX Advisor Class 0.67%
FRGOX Class C 1.67%

Top 10 Holdings

34.71% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
G Mining Ventures Corp. GMIN 5.00%
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited AEM 4.60%
Alamos Gold Inc. AGI 4.52%
Newmont Corporation NEM 3.41%
Perseus Mining Limited PRU 3.36%
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU 3.04%
Barrick Gold Corporation ABX 2.91%
Orla Mining Ltd. OLA 2.90%
Artemis Gold Inc. ARTG 2.70%
Endeavour Mining plc EDV 2.28%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 20, 2024 $2.3198 Dec 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2023 $0.5186 Dec 20, 2023
Dec 1, 2021 $2.0609 Dec 1, 2021
Dec 1, 2020 $2.6501 Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2017 $0.0573 Dec 5, 2017
Dec 1, 2016 $1.3764 Dec 5, 2016
Full Dividend History