Franklin Utilities Fund Class A (FKUQX)

Fund Assets	6.25B
Expense Ratio	0.81%
Min. Investment	$1,000
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	2.03
Dividend Yield	8.38%
Dividend Growth	65.25%
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date	Mar 20, 2025

Previous Close	23.27
YTD Return	3.51%
1-Year Return	24.15%
5-Year Return	63.99%
52-Week Low	n/a
52-Week High	n/a
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	47
Inception Date	Sep 10, 2018

About FKUQX

The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Utility with 0.83% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in Franklin Custodian Funds: Franklin Utilities Fund; Class A Shares is $1,000 on a standard taxable account. Franklin Custodian Funds: Franklin Utilities Fund; Class A Shares seeks capital appreciation and current income. FKUQX will normally invest most of its assets in equity securities of public utilities companies. The Manager expects that more than 50% of the assets will be invested in electric utilities securities.

• Category: Utilities
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: FKUQX
• Share Class: Class A
• Index: S&P 500 Utilities TR

Performance

FKUQX had a total return of 24.15% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.51%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
FUFRX	Class R6	0.50%
FRUAX	Advisor Class	0.56%
FKUTX	Class A1	0.71%
FRURX	Class R	1.06%

Top 10 Holdings

48.65% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
NextEra Energy, Inc.	NEE	8.91%
The Southern Company	SO	5.67%
Entergy Corporation	ETR	5.65%
Duke Energy Corporation	DUK	4.77%
Evergy, Inc.	EVRG	4.41%
Sempra	SRE	3.92%
Vistra Corp.	VST	3.89%
PG&E Corporation	PCG	3.83%
PPL Corporation	PPL	3.80%
NiSource Inc.	NI	3.80%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Mar 20, 2025	$0.1143	Mar 20, 2025
Dec 20, 2024	$1.6818	Dec 20, 2024
Sep 20, 2024	$0.1143	Sep 20, 2024
Jun 20, 2024	$0.1149	Jun 20, 2024
Mar 20, 2024	$0.1153	Mar 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2023	$0.881	Dec 20, 2023