Q2 2026 13F · SEC CIK 38777
Franklin Resources Inc
Investment managerFiled 2026-08-13 for Q2 2026. Open the filing ↗ · All SEC filings ↗
- Reported 13F value
- $459.3B
- Reported positions
- 3,098
- Top holdings a year, 3 yrs
- +24.7%
- Average holding period
- 8.1 yrs
Franklin Resources Inc is an investment manager that reported 3,098 positions worth $459.3B in its Q2 2026 13F, filed 2026-08-13. Its largest holdings were Apple Inc (AAPL, 4.4%), Nvidia Corporation (NVDA, 4.0%), Microsoft Corp (MSFT, 3.9%). A portfolio copying its top holdings returned 24.7% a year over the last 3 years, against 20.4% for the S&P 500.
Franklin Resources Inc holdings largest 50 of 3,098 positions.
Weights are shares of the filer's total reported 13F value, compared with Q1 2026. Share changes may reflect splits; weight changes also reflect price moves. A 13F shows long US-listed positions only, up to 135 days after the fact.
What Franklin Resources Inc bought and sold in Q2 2026, against Q1 2026.
New positions
Q1 2026's filing was too long to tell new positions apart.
Added to
- AAPL Apple Inc+42.4% shares
- ABBV Abbvie Inc+36.9% shares
- MSFT Microsoft Corp+24.4% shares
- GOOG Alphabet Inc+21.2% shares
- MRK Merck & Co Inc+20.2% shares
- PM Philip Morris Intl Inc+16.4% shares
- SCHW Charles Schwab Corp (the)+14.6% shares
- V Visa Inc+13.3% shares
Reduced
- GOOGL Alphabet Inc-38.6% shares
- CSCO Cisco Sys Inc-25.5% shares
- GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc-14.1% shares
- AVGO Broadcom Inc-13.7% shares
- GM General Mtrs Co-13.2% shares
- HLT Hilton Worldwide Hldgs Inc-10.4% shares
- TSLA Tesla Inc-8.8% shares
- WMT Walmart Inc-8.2% shares
Left the top 50
- HON Honeywell Intl. Incwas 0.8%
- COP Conocophillipswas 0.6%
- NOC Northrop Grumman Corpwas 0.6%
- BLK Blackrock Incwas 0.5%
- JCI Johnson Controls Internationwas 0.5%
- NFLX Netflix Inc.was 0.5%
- REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticalswas 0.5%
- FDX Fedex Corpwas 0.5%
Share counts compared with the Q1 2026 13F; a split also changes share counts. The latest filing lists more than 50 positions, so a position that left the top 50 may still be held.
How the holdings did against the S&P 500.
- 1 year
- +20.9% /yr
- S&P 500 +20.1%
- 3 years
- +24.7% /yr
- S&P 500 +20.4%
- 5 years
- +15.7% /yr
- S&P 500 +11.6%
A portfolio of the filer's 20 largest 13F positions, weighted by value, bought the trading day after each 13F was filed and held until the next one was: what copying this filer could have earned. 13Fs show long US-listed positions only, so this is an estimate of the stock picks, not the fund's reported returns.
Reported 13F value by quarter.
| Quarter | 13F value | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $459.3B | 3,098 |
| Q1 2026 | $405.7B | 3,057 |
| Q4 2025 | $404.9B | 2,999 |
| Q3 2025 | $398.3B | 3,010 |
| Q2 2025 | $374.5B | 2,916 |
| Q1 2025 | $343.0B | 2,855 |
| Q4 2024 | $355.5B | 2,813 |
| Q3 2024 | $353.5B | 2,799 |
| Q2 2024 | $322.8B | 2,745 |
| Q1 2024 | $313.1B | 2,735 |
| Q4 2023 | $211.5B | 2,571 |
| Q3 2023 | $194.7B | 2,595 |
Questions about Franklin Resources Inc's portfolio
What stocks does Franklin Resources Inc own?
Franklin Resources Inc's latest 13F, for Q2 2026 and filed Aug 13, 2026, lists 3,098 positions worth $459.3B. The largest are Apple Inc (AAPL) at 4.4%, Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) at 4.0%, Microsoft Corp (MSFT) at 3.9%, Amazon Com Inc (AMZN) at 3.1% and Broadcom Inc (AVGO) at 2.0%.
What did Franklin Resources Inc buy last quarter?
In Q2 2026, Franklin Resources Inc added Apple Inc (AAPL) (+42.4% shares), Abbvie Inc (ABBV) (+36.9% shares) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT) (+24.4% shares), compared with its Q1 2026 filing.
What did Franklin Resources Inc sell last quarter?
In Q2 2026, Franklin Resources Inc cut from its top 50 Honeywell Intl. Inc (HON), cut from its top 50 Conocophillips (COP), cut from its top 50 Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC), cut from its top 50 Blackrock Inc (BLK), cut from its top 50 Johnson Controls Internation (JCI), Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) (-38.6% shares), Cisco Sys Inc (CSCO) (-25.5% shares) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) (-14.1% shares), compared with its Q1 2026 filing.
How has Franklin Resources Inc's portfolio performed?
A portfolio copying Franklin Resources Inc's 20 largest 13F holdings each quarter, from the day each filing was public, returned +24.7% a year over the last 3 years, against +20.4% for the S&P 500. Over 1 year: +20.9% against +20.1%. Over 5 years: +15.7% a year against +11.6%.
When is Franklin Resources Inc's next 13F filing due?
13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends. Franklin Resources Inc's filing for the quarter ending Sep 30, 2026 is due by Nov 14, 2026; this page updates the day after it is published.