C000168048 Fees and Costs — Franklin Focused Growth Fund, Class R6

Data updated: 2023-12-12

The net expense ratio is 0.82%: a 0.70% management fee plus 0.28% other expenses, less a 0.16% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $7K in broker commissions, 0.0082% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 40%.

C000168048 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000168048. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.70%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.28%
Gross expense ratio0.98%
Fee waiver−0.16%
Net expense ratio0.82%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000168048 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000168048, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $520 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.87% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.82%)$86$269$468
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$5
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$13$48
Total costs$87$285$520
Value after costs$10,413$11,291$12,243
Impact on return, per year0.87%0.87%0.87%

C000168048 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0082%
  • Total broker commissions: $7K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $57.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 40%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000168048 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K27.20%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$74711.96%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$67510.81%
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC$64310.30%
Cowen and Company$4787.65%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$4356.96%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$4096.55%
Jefferies LLC$4066.50%
Virtu Americas LLC$3866.19%
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.$3685.89%

C000168048 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.$39.6M68.67%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$17.9M31.12%
Fiduciary Trust Company International$120K0.21%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.