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 |
Coca-Cola
KO
|
+$937M |
| 2 |
Apple
AAPL
|
+$770M |
| 3 |
Philip Morris
PM
|
+$531M |
| 4 |
Deere & Co
DE
|
+$504M |
| 5 |
Wells Fargo
WFC
|
+$476M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
EMC CORPORATION
EMC
|
+$632M |
| 2 |
RTN
Raytheon Company
RTN
|
+$611M |
| 3 |
Cisco
CSCO
|
+$538M |
| 4 |
Texas Instruments
TXN
|
+$504M |
| 5 |
Intel
INTC
|
+$495M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healthcare | 17.58% |
| 2 | Financials | 14.71% |
| 3 | Technology | 13.6% |
| 4 | Industrials | 9.88% |
| 5 | Energy | 9.36% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Change in Stake | Capital Flow | Held Since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.77T
| $5.35B | 2.8% |
92,923,635
-780,610
| -0.8% | -$44.1M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
2
Medtronic
MDT
$127B
| $2.9B | 1.52% |
33,541,559
+1,709,987
| +5% | +$149M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
|
3
Apple
AAPL
$4.95T
| $2.75B | 1.44% |
97,196,264
+29,085,208
| +43% | +$770M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
4
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$905B
| $2.67B | 1.4% |
40,173,932
-2,555,909
| -6% | -$167M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
5
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.26T
| $2.46B | 1.29% |
30,645,339
+2,214,463
| +8% | +$177M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
|
RDS.A
6
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
| $2.24B | 1.17% |
46,257,573
-6,216,501
| -12% | -$304M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
7
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
TEVA
$47.5B
| $2.16B | 1.13% |
46,859,798
+5,648,249
| +14% | +$295M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
8
GE Aerospace
GE
$328B
| $1.86B | 0.97% |
13,132,921
+2,808,899
| +27% | +$419M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
9
Chevron
CVX
$445B
| $1.81B | 0.95% |
17,627,635
-2,508,145
| -12% | -$256M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
|
10
Wells Fargo
WFC
$258B
| $1.79B | 0.94% |
40,436,623
+9,937,495
| +33% | +$476M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
11
Merck
MRK
$366B
| $1.77B | 0.92% |
29,694,626
-1,740,370
| -6% | -$102M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
12
Citigroup
C
$204B
| $1.69B | 0.88% |
35,723,042
-416,583
| -1% | -$18.9M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
13
PepsiCo
PEP
$191B
| $1.67B | 0.87% |
15,330,486
-4,536,208
| -23% | -$489M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
|
14
Cisco
CSCO
$401B
| $1.54B | 0.81% |
48,696,013
-17,504,657
| -26% | -$538M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
15
Target
TGT
$72B
| $1.53B | 0.8% |
22,309,610
+5,985,033
| +37% | +$429M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
16
General Motors
GM
$76.4B
| $1.5B | 0.78% |
47,231,630
+2,162,472
| +5% | +$67.5M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
17
Pfizer
PFE
$175B
| $1.49B | 0.78% |
46,460,493
-7,738,749
| -14% | -$259M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
18
Dominion Energy
D
$59.6B
| $1.49B | 0.78% |
20,082,715
+3,133,207
| +18% | +$239M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
19
Amgen
AMGN
$252B
| $1.48B | 0.77% |
8,875,423
-129,053
| -1% | -$21.8M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
20
American International
AIG
$43.1B
| $1.47B | 0.77% |
24,701,538
-10,742
| -0% | -$614K |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
21
RTX Corp
RTX
$274B
| $1.42B | 0.74% |
22,192,190
-4,066,356
| -15% | -$270M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
22
Stryker
SYK
$118B
| $1.4B | 0.73% |
12,004,894
-61,344
| -0.5% | -$7.15M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
23
DuPont de Nemours
DD
$19.1B
| $1.26B | 0.66% |
9,568,021
+3,049,101
| +47% | +$407M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
24
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.43T
| $1.25B | 0.66% |
31,186,780
-5,220
| -0% | -$204K |
2015 Q4
3 quarters
|
|
|
25
Coca-Cola
KO
$412B
| $1.24B | 0.65% |
29,224,906
+21,375,368
| +272% | +$937M |
2013 Q2
13 quarters
|
|
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Franklin Resources's Q3 2016 Portfolio in Review
As of Q3 2016, Franklin Resources held 1,570 positions worth $191B, up 2.9% from $186B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.
Franklin Resources's Q3 2016 filing shows 81 new, 487 increased, 601 reduced and 83 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Halcon Resources Corporation: 34,261,436 shares worth $280M. The largest sale was EMC CORPORATION, an estimated $632M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 18% of assets, up from 17% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Technology.
- Franklin Resources's largest Q3 2016 buy was Halcon Resources Corporation: 34,261,436 shares worth $280M.
- Franklin Resources added most to Coca-Cola in Q3 2016, an estimated $937M increase.
- Franklin Resources's biggest Q3 2016 reduction was Raytheon Company, cutting an estimated $611M.
- Franklin Resources fully exited EMC CORPORATION in Q3 2016, selling an estimated $632M.
- Franklin Resources's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $191B portfolio in Q3 2016.
- Franklin Resources opened 81 new positions and closed 83 in Q3 2016.
- Franklin Resources's portfolio value rose 2.9% quarter-over-quarter to $191B.
Based on Franklin Resources's 13F filing for Q3 2016, filed 14 Nov 2016.