FFARX — Franklin Founding Funds Allocation Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
FFARX — Franklin Founding Funds Allocation Fund. Balanced Allocation · $2.95B AUM · 1.25% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
FFARX Fund Overview
FFARX — Franklin Founding Funds Allocation Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Franklin Fund Allocator Series, categorised as Balanced Allocation. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Franklin Fund Allocator Series
- Category: Balanced Allocation
- Assets under management: $2.95B
- 1-year return: 16.2%
- Ticker: FFARX
- SEC CIK: 0001022804
- SEC series ID: S000007241
- Share class ID: C000019852
FFARX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Franklin Founding Funds Allocation Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Franklin Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund | 4.20% |
| Apple, Inc. | 3.07% |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 2.99% |
| Franklin BSP Lending Fund | 2.41% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 2.41% |
| Federal Republic of Germany | 2.17% |
| Franklin Systematic Style Premia ETF | 2.09% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 1.68% |
| Japan | 1.61% |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.59% |
FFARX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Franklin Founding Funds Allocation Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 57.5% |
| Fixed Income | 27.0% |
| Other | 7.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.2% |
| Securitized | 2.4% |
FFARX Performance
Total returns for FFARX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 7.9% |
| 1 year | 16.2% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 14.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.7% |
FFARX Risk Information
Risk metrics for FFARX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 8.6%
FFARX Costs and Fees
FFARX costs about $125 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.25%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.27%
- Portfolio turnover: 33%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.78 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FFARX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Franklin Founding Funds Allocation Fund had net outflows of $110.30M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $44.10M |
| 2026-05 | −$19.25M |
| 2026-04 | −$19.58M |
| 2026-03 | −$21.67M |
| 2026-02 | −$21.18M |
| 2026-01 | −$19.91M |
FFARX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Franklin Founding Funds Allocation Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Federal Republic of Germany | 2.17% |
| Japan | 1.61% |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.59% |
| United States of America | 1.42% |
| United States of America | 1.42% |
| People's Republic of China | 0.85% |
| United States of America | 0.85% |
| United States of America | 0.84% |
| Canada | 0.78% |
| French Republic | 0.76% |
FFARX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Franklin Founding Funds Allocation Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-25
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-13
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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.