Franklin Utilities Fund Class R (FRURX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
23.92
+0.21 (0.89%)
May 30, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
10.79%
Fund Assets 5.72B
Expense Ratio 1.06%
Min. Investment $1,000
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 1.97
Dividend Yield 8.31%
Dividend Growth 67.47%
Payout Frequency Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Previous Close 23.71
YTD Return 6.98%
1-Year Return 19.24%
5-Year Return 60.74%
52-Week Low 20.70
52-Week High 25.83
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 47
Inception Date Jan 1, 2002

About FRURX

The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Utility with 1.08% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in Franklin Custodian Funds: Franklin Utilities Fund; Class R Shares is $1,000 on a standard taxable account. Franklin Custodian Funds: Franklin Utilities Fund; Class R Shares seeks capital appreciation and current income. FRURX 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.

Fund Family FrankTemp/Franklin R
Category Utilities
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FRURX
Share Class Class R
Index S&P 500 Utilities TR

Performance

FRURX had a total return of 19.24% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.60%.

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%
FKUQX Class A 0.81%

Top 10 Holdings

48.29% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
NextEra Energy, Inc. NEE 8.35%
The Southern Company SO 5.67%
Entergy Corporation ETR 5.49%
Duke Energy Corporation DUK 4.77%
Evergy, Inc. EVRG 4.42%
Vistra Corp. VST 4.29%
Sempra SRE 4.08%
PPL Corporation PPL 3.84%
NiSource Inc. NI 3.71%
PG&E Corporation PCG 3.68%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Mar 20, 2025 $0.1003 Mar 20, 2025
Dec 20, 2024 $1.6666 Dec 20, 2024
Sep 20, 2024 $0.1004 Sep 20, 2024
Jun 20, 2024 $0.1022 Jun 20, 2024
Mar 20, 2024 $0.1037 Mar 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2023 $0.8693 Dec 20, 2023
Full Dividend History