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 |
TWX
Time Warner Inc
TWX
|
+$570M |
| 2 |
Cognizant
CTSH
|
+$435M |
| 3 |
MON
Monsanto Co
MON
|
+$432M |
| 4 |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
TEVA
|
+$390M |
| 5 |
AB InBev
BUD
|
+$334M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
QGENF
QIAGEN NV
QGENF
|
+$718M |
| 2 |
Paramount Global Class B
PARA
|
+$688M |
| 3 |
LNKD
LinkedIn Corporation
LNKD
|
+$615M |
| 4 |
Allstate
ALL
|
+$546M |
| 5 |
Morgan Stanley
MS
|
+$513M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healthcare | 16.77% |
| 2 | Financials | 15.95% |
| 3 | Technology | 13.72% |
| 4 | Industrials | 10.01% |
| 5 | Energy | 9.6% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Change in Stake | Capital Flow | Held Since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.86T
| $5.45B | 2.82% |
87,713,586
-5,210,049
| -6% | -$313M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
2
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$913B
| $3.03B | 1.57% |
35,100,375
-5,073,557
| -13% | -$387M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
3
Apple
AAPL
$5.17T
| $2.95B | 1.53% |
101,822,820
+4,626,556
| +5% | +$131M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
4
Medtronic
MDT
$130B
| $2.65B | 1.37% |
37,236,096
+3,694,537
| +11% | +$290M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
5
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.28T
| $2.55B | 1.32% |
34,736,583
+4,091,244
| +13% | +$305M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
|
RDS.A
6
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
| $2.37B | 1.23% |
45,133,235
-1,124,338
| -2% | -$55.9M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
7
Wells Fargo
WFC
$258B
| $2.36B | 1.22% |
42,901,669
+2,465,046
| +6% | +$124M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
|
8
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
TEVA
$50.3B
| $2.05B | 1.06% |
56,635,303
+9,775,505
| +21% | +$390M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
9
Chevron
CVX
$414B
| $2.01B | 1.04% |
17,085,645
-541,990
| -3% | -$59M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
10
GE Aerospace
GE
$355B
| $1.91B | 0.99% |
12,628,977
-503,944
| -4% | -$73.2M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
11
Citigroup
C
$206B
| $1.79B | 0.92% |
30,055,609
-5,667,433
| -16% | -$306M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
12
Merck
MRK
$363B
| $1.7B | 0.88% |
30,182,754
+488,128
| +2% | +$28.6M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
13
PepsiCo
PEP
$195B
| $1.64B | 0.85% |
15,671,152
+340,666
| +2% | +$35.7M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
14
DuPont de Nemours
DD
$20.6B
| $1.63B | 0.85% |
11,271,525
+1,703,504
| +18% | +$237M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
15
American International
AIG
$42.9B
| $1.58B | 0.82% |
24,230,521
-471,017
| -2% | -$29.6M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
16
RTX Corp
RTX
$272B
| $1.55B | 0.8% |
22,442,313
+250,123
| +1% | +$16.6M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
17
Dominion Energy
D
$59.7B
| $1.5B | 0.78% |
19,558,266
-524,449
| -3% | -$38.7M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
18
Stryker
SYK
$121B
| $1.47B | 0.76% |
12,270,194
+265,300
| +2% | +$30.5M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
19
General Motors
GM
$75.3B
| $1.43B | 0.74% |
40,967,094
-6,264,536
| -13% | -$211M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
20
Pfizer
PFE
$168B
| $1.42B | 0.73% |
46,007,313
-453,180
| -1% | -$13.8M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
21
Cisco
CSCO
$399B
| $1.36B | 0.7% |
44,881,063
-3,814,950
| -8% | -$116M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
22
MetLife
MET
$64.5B
| $1.35B | 0.7% |
28,195,108
+1,667,010
| +6% | +$76.5M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
23
Union Pacific
UNP
$179B
| $1.27B | 0.66% |
12,251,103
+279,775
| +2% | +$27.5M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
24
Coca-Cola
KO
$420B
| $1.25B | 0.65% |
30,176,115
+951,209
| +3% | +$39.6M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
25
BP
BP
$116B
| $1.25B | 0.65% |
39,010,141
-1,716,824
| -4% | -$51.7M |
2013 Q2
14 quarters
|
|
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Franklin Resources's Q4 2016 Portfolio in Review
As of Q4 2016, Franklin Resources held 1,557 positions worth $193B, up 1% from $191B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.
Franklin Resources's Q4 2016 filing shows 73 new, 396 increased, 736 reduced and 94 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Goodyear: 3,959,435 shares worth $122M. The largest sale was QIAGEN NV, an estimated $718M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 17% of assets, down from 18% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Technology.
- Franklin Resources's largest Q4 2016 buy was Goodyear: 3,959,435 shares worth $122M.
- Franklin Resources added most to Time Warner Inc in Q4 2016, an estimated $570M increase.
- Franklin Resources's biggest Q4 2016 reduction was Paramount Global Class B, cutting an estimated $688M.
- Franklin Resources fully exited QIAGEN NV in Q4 2016, selling an estimated $718M.
- Franklin Resources's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $193B portfolio in Q4 2016.
- Franklin Resources opened 73 new positions and closed 94 in Q4 2016.
- Franklin Resources's portfolio value rose 1% quarter-over-quarter to $193B.
Based on Franklin Resources's 13F filing for Q4 2016, filed 14 Feb 2017.