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 |
Walt Disney
DIS
|
+$964M |
| 2 |
Baker Hughes
BKR
|
+$875M |
| 3 |
GE Aerospace
GE
|
+$862M |
| 4 |
Intel
INTC
|
+$458M |
| 5 |
Coty
COTY
|
+$358M |
Top Sells
| Rank | Stock | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BHI
Baker Hughes
BHI
|
+$1.36B |
| 2 |
RAI
Reynolds American Inc
RAI
|
+$608M |
| 3 |
White Mountains Insurance
WTM
|
+$542M |
| 4 |
Ford
F
|
+$417M |
| 5 |
General Motors
GM
|
+$398M |
Sector Composition
| Rank | Sector | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healthcare | 17.57% |
| 2 | Financials | 15.02% |
| 3 | Technology | 14.04% |
| 4 | Industrials | 9.91% |
| 5 | Energy | 8.56% |
| Name | Market Value | Portfolio Weight | Shares or Principal |
Change in Stake | Capital Flow | Held Since | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Microsoft
MSFT
$3.89T
| $4.51B | 2.21% |
60,576,122
-4,875,872
| -7% | -$356M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
2
Medtronic
MDT
$132B
| $3B | 1.47% |
38,532,370
+292,849
| +0.8% | +$24.3M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
3
Apple
AAPL
$5.2T
| $2.9B | 1.42% |
75,324,288
-3,648,868
| -5% | -$142M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
|
4
GE Aerospace
GE
$344B
| $2.71B | 1.33% |
23,410,505
+7,129,770
| +44% | +$862M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
5
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$914B
| $2.62B | 1.29% |
27,464,731
-687,297
| -2% | -$63.4M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
|
RDS.A
6
DELISTED
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS Class A
RDS.A
| $2.49B | 1.22% |
41,055,033
-2,360,899
| -5% | -$132M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
7
Wells Fargo
WFC
$257B
| $2.42B | 1.19% |
43,850,011
-381,671
| -0.9% | -$20.3M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
8
Eli Lilly
LLY
$1.29T
| $2.37B | 1.16% |
27,764,843
-283,719
| -1% | -$23.3M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
9
Citigroup
C
$205B
| $1.87B | 0.92% |
25,762,486
-2,503,779
| -9% | -$171M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
10
Chevron
CVX
$426B
| $1.81B | 0.89% |
15,366,385
-243,262
| -2% | -$26.6M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
11
PepsiCo
PEP
$197B
| $1.76B | 0.87% |
15,835,663
-130,298
| -0.8% | -$15.1M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
12
Merck
MRK
$361B
| $1.75B | 0.86% |
28,598,229
+281,718
| +1% | +$17.1M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
13
Baidu
BIDU
$26.5B
| $1.74B | 0.85% |
7,022,551
-197,013
| -3% | -$43M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
14
Oracle
ORCL
$388B
| $1.66B | 0.82% |
34,410,562
-5,796,428
| -14% | -$288M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
15
Pfizer
PFE
$164B
| $1.64B | 0.8% |
48,296,675
-363,568
| -0.7% | -$11.7M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
16
DuPont de Nemours
DD
$20.3B
| $1.61B | 0.79% |
9,209,820
-202,306
| -2% | -$33.8M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
17
Dominion Energy
D
$59.4B
| $1.58B | 0.77% |
20,474,283
+2,054,434
| +11% | +$160M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
|
CELG
18
DELISTED
Celgene Corp
CELG
| $1.54B | 0.75% |
10,558,482
-521,611
| -5% | -$71M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
19
Stryker
SYK
$117B
| $1.51B | 0.74% |
10,625,828
-789,090
| -7% | -$113M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
20
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
| $1.49B | 0.73% |
19,334,674
+831,973
| +4% | +$66.7M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
21
Coca-Cola
KO
$426B
| $1.35B | 0.66% |
30,003,965
-21,328
| -0.1% | -$970K |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
22
Novartis
NVS
$302B
| $1.33B | 0.65% |
17,336,610
-113,442
| -0.7% | -$8.57M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
23
MetLife
MET
$64.1B
| $1.33B | 0.65% |
25,644,395
-3,195,722
| -11% | -$156M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
24
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$3.63T
| $1.32B | 0.65% |
27,041,620
-2,897,480
| -10% | -$137M |
2015 Q4
7 quarters
|
|
|
25
Walt Disney
DIS
$206B
| $1.31B | 0.64% |
13,301,831
+9,373,356
| +239% | +$964M |
2013 Q2
17 quarters
|
|
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Franklin Resources's Q3 2017 Portfolio in Review
As of Q3 2017, Franklin Resources held 1,564 positions worth $204B, up 1.7% from $201B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 13% of the portfolio.
Franklin Resources's Q3 2017 filing shows 70 new, 502 increased, 622 reduced and 89 closed positions. Its largest new stake was Baker Hughes: 24,662,918 shares worth $903M. The largest sale was Baker Hughes, an estimated $1.36B.
By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Healthcare at 18% of assets, down from 18% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Technology.
- Franklin Resources's largest Q3 2017 buy was Baker Hughes: 24,662,918 shares worth $903M.
- Franklin Resources added most to Walt Disney in Q3 2017, an estimated $964M increase.
- Franklin Resources's biggest Q3 2017 reduction was White Mountains Insurance, cutting an estimated $542M.
- Franklin Resources fully exited Baker Hughes in Q3 2017, selling an estimated $1.36B.
- Franklin Resources's ten largest holdings make up 13% of its $204B portfolio in Q3 2017.
- Franklin Resources opened 70 new positions and closed 89 in Q3 2017.
- Franklin Resources's portfolio value rose 1.7% quarter-over-quarter to $204B.
Based on Franklin Resources's 13F filing for Q3 2017, filed 13 Nov 2017.