FLDCX — Franklin Low Duration Total Return Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-24
FLDCX — Franklin Low Duration Total Return Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond · $1.85B AUM · 1.10% expense ratio · 3.3% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FLDCX Fund Overview
FLDCX — Franklin Low Duration Total Return Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Franklin Investors Securities Trust, categorised as Intermediate 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: Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $1.85B
- 1-year return: 3.3%
- Ticker: FLDCX
- SEC CIK: 0000809707
- SEC series ID: S000006855
- Share class ID: C000120960
FLDCX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Franklin Low Duration Total Return Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States of America | 5.01% |
| Franklin Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund | 4.02% |
| United States of America | 3.84% |
| United States of America | 2.73% |
| United States of America | 2.15% |
| United States of America | 1.89% |
| United States of America | 1.88% |
| RR 14 Ltd. | 1.27% |
| Apidos CLO XXXV | 1.04% |
| United States of America | 0.83% |
FLDCX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Franklin Low Duration Total Return Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 56.4% |
| Securitized | 37.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.0% |
| Loans | 2.4% |
| Derivatives | 0.1% |
FLDCX Performance
Total returns for FLDCX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.4% |
| 1 year | 3.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 1.9% |
FLDCX Risk Information
Risk metrics for FLDCX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 1.4%
FLDCX Costs and Fees
FLDCX costs about $110 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.10%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.36%
- Portfolio turnover: 70%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.24 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FLDCX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Franklin Low Duration Total Return Fund had net outflows of $92.82M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$18.59M |
| 2026-03 | −$11.35M |
| 2026-02 | −$10.93M |
| 2026-01 | −$23.90M |
| 2025-12 | −$9.10M |
| 2025-11 | −$8.57M |
FLDCX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Franklin Low Duration Total Return Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States of America | 5.01% |
| United States of America | 3.84% |
| United States of America | 2.73% |
| United States of America | 2.15% |
| United States of America | 1.89% |
| United States of America | 1.88% |
| United States of America | 0.83% |
| Medline Borrower LP | 0.72% |
| General Motors Financial Co., Inc. | 0.71% |
| Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. | 0.50% |
FLDCX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Franklin Low Duration 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.