FRUAX — Franklin Utilities Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-27
FRUAX — Franklin Utilities Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Utilities Equity · $7.75B AUM · 0.55% expense ratio · 21.5% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
FRUAX Fund Overview
FRUAX — Franklin Utilities Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Franklin Custodian Funds, categorised as United States Utilities Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Franklin Custodian Funds
- Category: United States Utilities Equity
- Assets under management: $7.75B
- 1-year return: 21.5%
- Ticker: FRUAX
- SEC CIK: 0000038721
- SEC series ID: S000006758
- Share class ID: C000018343
FRUAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Franklin Utilities Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NextEra Energy, Inc. | 9.95% |
| Entergy Corp. | 5.95% |
| Sempra, Inc. | 4.99% |
| Southern Co. (The) | 4.98% |
| Evergy, Inc. | 4.39% |
| Duke Energy Corp. | 4.31% |
| Constellation Energy Corp. | 3.78% |
| Vistra Corp. | 3.69% |
| PG&E Corp. | 3.58% |
| NiSource, Inc. | 3.43% |
FRUAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Franklin Utilities Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.5% |
FRUAX Performance
Total returns for FRUAX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 9.9% |
| 1 year | 21.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 16.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 12.4% |
FRUAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for FRUAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 12.9%
FRUAX Costs and Fees
FRUAX costs about $55 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.55%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.55%
- Portfolio turnover: 11%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.02 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FRUAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Franklin Utilities Fund had net inflows of $275.71M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $23.82M |
| 2026-02 | −$31.73M |
| 2026-01 | −$8.56M |
| 2025-12 | $341.75M |
| 2025-11 | $16.44M |
| 2025-10 | −$26.16M |
FRUAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Franklin Utilities Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
FRUAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Franklin Utilities 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.