Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund Class C (FRGOX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
19.85
+0.52 (2.69%)
Mar 14, 2025, 5:00 PM EST
37.28%
Fund Assets 987.03M
Expense Ratio 1.67%
Min. Investment $1,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 2.18
Dividend Yield 11.00%
Dividend Growth 448.74%
Payout Frequency n/a
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 20, 2024
Previous Close 19.33
YTD Return 21.76%
1-Year Return 41.54%
5-Year Return 131.01%
52-Week Low n/a
52-Week High n/a
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 168
Inception Date May 19, 1969

About FRGOX

The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Precious Metals Eq with 1.68% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund; Class C Shares is $1,000 on a standard taxable account. Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund; Class C Shares seeks capital appreciation, and a secondary goal to provide current income through dividends or interest received from its investments. FRGOX 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 Franklin C1
Category Equity Precious Metals
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FRGOX
Share Class Class C
Index JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified TR

Performance

FRGOX had a total return of 41.54% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.71%, 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%
FKRCX Class A 0.92%

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 $2.184 Dec 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2023 $0.398 Dec 20, 2023
Dec 1, 2021 $1.9511 Dec 1, 2021
Dec 1, 2020 $2.4933 Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2016 $1.2694 Dec 5, 2016
Dec 1, 2014 $0.0225 Dec 3, 2014
Full Dividend History