Franklin Resources Portfolio holdings
Franklin Resources is the parent of the Franklin Templeton fund brands, founded in 1947 by Rupert H. Johnson Sr., a Wall Street retail broker who named it after Benjamin Franklin. Rupert Sr.'s son Charles B. Johnson became president and chief executive in 1957, and the company went public in 1971. In 1992 Franklin bought Templeton, Galbraith & Hansberger, which was then owned by mutual fund pioneer Sir John Templeton, and in 2020 it bought Legg Mason. Its fund brands include Franklin for bond funds, Templeton for international funds and Mutual Series for value funds. Its funds include Templeton Growth, opened in 1954, Mutual Shares, opened in 1949, and Mutual Discovery, opened in 1992. It launched its first ETFs in 2013 and a bitcoin and ether ETF in 2025, and in August 2026 Franklin Resources renamed itself Franklin Templeton, Inc. to match its brand.
Top Buys
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Aon
AON
|
+$1.46B |
| 2 |
TJX Companies
TJX
|
+$1.24B |
| 3 |
Royal Caribbean
RCL
|
+$1.11B |
| 4 |
UnitedHealth
UNH
|
+$714M |
| 5 |
CRH
CRH
|
+$673M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Corteva
CTVA
|
+$1.74B |
| 2 |
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. Common Stock
HLT
|
+$1.55B |
| 3 |
Allstate
ALL
|
+$1.15B |
| 4 |
Home Depot
HD
|
+$977M |
| 5 |
Eli Lilly
LLY
|
+$830M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technology | 28.21% |
| 2 | Healthcare | 14.07% |
| 3 | Financials | 13.05% |
| 4 | Consumer Discretionary | 8.57% |
| 5 | Industrials | 8.36% |
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Franklin Resources's Q3 2026 Portfolio in Review
As of Q3 2026, Franklin Resources held 3,379 positions worth $474B, up 2.5% from $462B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 26% of the portfolio.
Franklin Resources's Q3 2026 filing shows 189 new, 1,352 increased, 1,278 reduced and 207 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Duke Energy Corporation Corporate Units: 9,247,306 shares worth $473M. The largest sale was Corteva, an estimated $1.74B.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 28% of assets, down from 29% a quarter earlier, followed by Healthcare and Financials.
- Franklin Resources's largest Q3 2026 buy was Duke Energy Corporation Corporate Units: 9,247,306 shares worth $473M.
- Franklin Resources added most to Aon in Q3 2026, an estimated $1.46B increase.
- Franklin Resources's biggest Q3 2026 reduction was Corteva, cutting an estimated $1.74B.
- Franklin Resources fully exited Apollo Global Management Series A in Q3 2026, selling an estimated $143M.
- Franklin Resources's ten largest holdings make up 26% of its $474B portfolio in Q3 2026.
- Franklin Resources opened 189 new positions and closed 207 in Q3 2026.
- Franklin Resources's portfolio value rose 2.5% quarter-over-quarter to $474B.
Based on Franklin Resources's 13F filing for Q3 2026, filed 12 Nov 2026.