FCTLX — Franklin Total Return Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-24
FCTLX — Franklin Total Return Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Long Total / Aggregate Bond · $2.86B AUM · 1.13% expense ratio · 4.1% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FCTLX Fund Overview
FCTLX — Franklin Total Return Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Franklin Investors Securities Trust, categorised as Long Total / Aggregate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Franklin Investors Securities Trust
- Category: Long Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $2.86B
- 1-year return: 4.1%
- Ticker: FCTLX
- SEC CIK: 0000809707
- SEC series ID: S000006857
- Share class ID: C000018528
FCTLX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Franklin Total Return Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| FNMA or FHLMC | 2.51% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 2.37% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 1.96% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 1.90% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 1.90% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 1.87% |
| FHLMC Pool | 1.64% |
| United States of America | 1.58% |
| United States of America | 1.57% |
| Franklin Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund | 1.48% |
FCTLX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Franklin Total Return Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 62.7% |
| Securitized | 54.1% |
| Loans | 3.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.5% |
| Equity | 0.1% |
| Derivatives | 0.1% |
FCTLX Performance
Total returns for FCTLX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.1% |
| 1 year | 4.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 3.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -0.5% |
FCTLX Risk Information
Risk metrics for FCTLX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.4%
FCTLX Costs and Fees
FCTLX costs about $113 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.13%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.33%
- Portfolio turnover: 234%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.15 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FCTLX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Franklin Total Return Fund had net outflows of $209.48M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$19.35M |
| 2026-03 | −$28.77M |
| 2026-02 | −$14.37M |
| 2026-01 | −$12.24M |
| 2025-12 | −$18.19M |
| 2025-11 | −$17.35M |
FCTLX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Franklin Total Return Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States of America | 1.58% |
| United States of America | 1.57% |
| United States of America | 1.00% |
| United States of America | 0.89% |
| United States of America | 0.79% |
| United States of America | 0.76% |
| United States of America | 0.64% |
| AT&T, Inc. | 0.62% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.60% |
| San Bernardino Community College District | 0.54% |
FCTLX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Franklin Total Return Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.