FRUAX — Franklin Utilities Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
FRUAX — Franklin Utilities Fund. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Utilities Equity · $7.65B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
FRUAX Fund Overview
FRUAX — Franklin Utilities Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Franklin Custodian Funds, categorised as United States Mid Cap Blend / Core 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 Mid Cap Blend / Core Utilities Equity
- Assets under management: $7.65B
- 1-year return: 17.0%
- 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. | 9.41% |
| Entergy Corp. | 6.42% |
| Southern Co. (The) | 5.01% |
| Sempra, Inc. | 4.82% |
| Evergy, Inc. | 4.69% |
| Duke Energy Corp. | 4.22% |
| Vistra Corp. | 3.94% |
| NiSource, Inc. | 3.51% |
| Alliant Energy Corp. | 3.49% |
| PG&E Corp. | 3.48% |
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 | 99.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.2% |
FRUAX Performance
Total returns for FRUAX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 9.9% |
| 1 year | 17.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 12.4% |
FRUAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for FRUAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.4%
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 2026-06, Franklin Utilities Fund had net inflows of $226.41M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$1.21M |
| 2026-05 | −$46.62M |
| 2026-04 | −$15.79M |
| 2026-03 | $23.82M |
| 2026-02 | −$31.73M |
| 2026-01 | −$8.56M |
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.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-01-26
- 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 2025-12-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-10
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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.