Franklin Utilities Fund Class A (FKUQX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
24.09
+0.19 (0.79%)
Jul 3, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
15.82%
Fund Assets 6.25B
Expense Ratio 0.81%
Min. Investment $1,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 2.02
Dividend Yield 8.15%
Dividend Growth 65.14%
Payout Frequency Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 20, 2025
Previous Close 23.90
YTD Return 11.88%
1-Year Return 29.61%
5-Year Return 75.16%
52-Week Low 20.87
52-Week High 25.97
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 29.61% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 10.53%.

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

48.26% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
NextEra Energy, Inc. NEE 8.60%
The Southern Company SO 5.41%
Entergy Corporation ETR 5.36%
Vistra Corp. VST 5.18%
Duke Energy Corporation DUK 4.49%
Sempra SRE 4.21%
Evergy, Inc. EVRG 4.14%
PG&E Corporation PCG 3.66%
NiSource Inc. NI 3.65%
PPL Corporation PPL 3.57%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 20, 2025 $0.1141 Jun 20, 2025
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
Full Dividend History