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 |
GE Aerospace
GE
|
+$680M |
| 2 |
DXC Technology
DXC
|
+$515M |
| 3 |
Anadarko Petroleum
APC
|
+$394M |
| 4 |
Perrigo
PRGO
|
+$314M |
| 5 |
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
|
+$301M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TotalEnergies
TTE
|
+$625M |
| 2 |
Microsoft
MSFT
|
+$502M |
| 3 |
PNC Financial Services
PNC
|
+$406M |
| 4 |
Hewlett Packard
HPE
|
+$363M |
| 5 |
BEAV
B/E Aerospace Inc
BEAV
|
+$275M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healthcare | 18.29% |
| 2 | Financials | 15.39% |
| 3 | Technology | 13.53% |
| 4 | Industrials | 9.42% |
| 5 | Energy | 8.46% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Change in Stake | Capital Flow | Held Since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.88T
| $4.51B | 2.25% |
65,451,994
-7,316,965
| -10% | -$502M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
2
Medtronic
MDT
$123B
| $3.39B | 1.69% |
38,239,521
-417,673
| -1% | -$35.2M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
3
Apple
AAPL
$5.03T
| $2.84B | 1.42% |
78,973,156
-3,514,944
| -4% | -$130M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
4
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$895B
| $2.57B | 1.28% |
28,152,028
-1,855,114
| -6% | -$160M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
5
Wells Fargo
WFC
$250B
| $2.45B | 1.22% |
44,231,682
+2,337,483
| +6% | +$125M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
|
RDS.A
6
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
| $2.31B | 1.15% |
43,415,932
-1,065,394
| -2% | -$56.6M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
7
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.26T
| $2.31B | 1.15% |
28,048,562
-1,314,417
| -4% | -$107M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
8
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
TEVA
$49.1B
| $2.22B | 1.11% |
66,796,897
+6,685,844
| +11% | +$207M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
|
9
GE Aerospace
GE
$313B
| $2.11B | 1.05% |
16,280,735
+4,958,673
| +44% | +$680M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
10
Oracle
ORCL
$396B
| $2.02B | 1.01% |
40,206,990
+2,193,120
| +6% | +$100M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
11
Citigroup
C
$203B
| $1.89B | 0.94% |
28,266,265
-1,059,766
| -4% | -$65M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
12
PepsiCo
PEP
$187B
| $1.84B | 0.92% |
15,965,961
-211,603
| -1% | -$24.3M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
13
Merck
MRK
$369B
| $1.73B | 0.86% |
28,316,511
+839,482
| +3% | +$51.1M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
14
Chevron
CVX
$459B
| $1.63B | 0.81% |
15,609,647
+49,083
| +0.3% | +$5.2M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
15
Stryker
SYK
$112B
| $1.58B | 0.79% |
11,414,918
-758,538
| -6% | -$104M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
16
Pfizer
PFE
$174B
| $1.55B | 0.77% |
48,660,243
+410,669
| +0.9% | +$13M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
17
DuPont de Nemours
DD
$18.9B
| $1.5B | 0.75% |
9,412,126
-1,020,474
| -10% | -$162M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
18
American International
AIG
$42.8B
| $1.5B | 0.75% |
23,944,471
-168,101
| -0.7% | -$10.4M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
|
19
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
| $1.45B | 0.72% |
18,502,701
+3,662,302
| +25% | +$301M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
|
CELG
20
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
| $1.44B | 0.72% |
11,080,093
+349,974
| +3% | +$42.9M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
21
MetLife
MET
$63.6B
| $1.41B | 0.7% |
28,840,117
+464,544
| +2% | +$21.5M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
22
Dominion Energy
D
$58.6B
| $1.41B | 0.7% |
18,419,849
-562,923
| -3% | -$44.2M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
23
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.44T
| $1.39B | 0.69% |
29,939,100
-195,620
| -0.6% | -$9.15M |
2015 Q4
6 quarters
|
|
24
RTX Corp
RTX
$270B
| $1.38B | 0.69% |
17,928,789
-2,807,256
| -14% | -$210M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
|
BHI
25
DELISTED
Baker Hughes
BHI
| $1.36B | 0.68% |
24,960,495
+1,114,027
| +5% | +$64M |
2013 Q2
16 quarters
|
|
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Franklin Resources's Q2 2017 Portfolio in Review
As of Q2 2017, Franklin Resources held 1,584 positions worth $201B, up 1.8% from $197B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 13% of the portfolio.
Franklin Resources's Q2 2017 filing shows 100 new, 514 increased, 622 reduced and 87 closed positions. Its largest new stake was DXC Technology: 7,759,257 shares worth $515M. The largest sale was TotalEnergies, an estimated $625M.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 18% of assets, up from 18% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Technology.
- Franklin Resources's largest Q2 2017 buy was DXC Technology: 7,759,257 shares worth $515M.
- Franklin Resources added most to GE Aerospace in Q2 2017, an estimated $680M increase.
- Franklin Resources's biggest Q2 2017 reduction was TotalEnergies, cutting an estimated $625M.
- Franklin Resources fully exited B/E Aerospace Inc in Q2 2017, selling an estimated $275M.
- Franklin Resources's ten largest holdings make up 13% of its $201B portfolio in Q2 2017.
- Franklin Resources opened 100 new positions and closed 87 in Q2 2017.
- Franklin Resources's portfolio value rose 1.8% quarter-over-quarter to $201B.
Based on Franklin Resources's 13F filing for Q2 2017, filed 10 Aug 2017.