C000168048 Performance — Franklin Focused Growth Fund, Class R6

Data updated: 2023-12-12

C000168048 returned +27.19% over one year to Jun 2023. The annualised 3-year return is +6.42%. The fund beat its Emerging Markets Equity category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $121, against $111 for the category, and to $127 over one year, against $106. Volatility over the past three years was 25.39% a year. In the 12 months to Sep 2023 the fund lost a net $9.5M, and assets reached $78.40M.

C000168048 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Franklin Focused Growth Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Emerging Markets Equity category average over the same months.

PeriodC000168048Category average
1 year (Jul 2022 – Jun 2023)$127$106
3 years (Jul 2020 – Jun 2023)$121$111
Since data start (Jan 2020 – Jun 2023)$147$103

C000168048 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jun 2023, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+27.19%
3 years (annualised)+6.42%

C000168048 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Franklin Focused Growth Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2023 (Jan–Jun)+34.47%
2022−39.65%
2021+16.19%
2020+55.63%

C000168048 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023+11.1%−1.7%+8.7%−0.9%+7.5%+6.3%——————
2022−14.6%−3.0%+2.8%−16.6%−2.4%−8.0%+13.9%−6.7%−10.8%+2.2%+6.9%−8.7%
2021−0.1%+1.4%−2.7%+7.4%−1.4%+8.5%+1.4%+6.3%−6.6%+6.9%−1.1%−3.7%
20200.0%0.0%−7.8%+14.3%+8.5%+6.6%+8.6%+8.6%−3.1%−1.7%+9.0%+4.3%

C000168048 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jul 2020 – Jun 2023.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 25.39%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: 0.08 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +13.94% (Jul 2022)
  • Worst month: −16.58% (Apr 2022)

C000168048 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Franklin Focused Growth Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$9.5M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $39.7M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.81×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Sep 2023$703K$10.6M−$9.9M
Aug 2023$1.9M$13.5M−$11.6M
Jul 2023$3.1M$2.6M$490K
Jun 2023$5.2M$2.5M$2.7M
May 2023$10.9M$5.4M$5.5M
Apr 2023$2.7M$1.7M$1.0M
Mar 2023$2.1M$2.6M−$465K
Feb 2023$1.2M$3.1M−$2.0M
Jan 2023$5.5M$2.0M$3.5M
Dec 2022$3.4M$1.9M$1.6M
Nov 2022$1.8M$2.0M−$241K
Oct 2022$1.2M$1.3M−$146K

C000168048 Assets Under Management

Net assets of Franklin Focused Growth Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2023-09-30$78.40M
2023-06-30$103.04M
2023-03-31$82.15M
2022-12-31$68.25M
2022-09-30$67.33M
2022-06-30$71.96M
2022-03-31$100.63M
2021-12-31$125.60M
2021-09-30$112.16M
2021-06-30$96.63M
2021-03-31$80.43M
2020-12-31$71.91M

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.