Franklin Growth Fund
Franklin Custodian Funds · Series S000006755 · 5 share classes
data updated 2026-08-10
Fund profile
As filed in the prospectus · 2026 Q1
Capital appreciation.
The fund pursues capital appreciation by selecting large and medium-cap U.S. equities that the manager believes are positioned for above-average growth, using bottom-up fundamental analysis of factors including revenue and earnings potential, management quality, and competitive positioning. The fund may invest up to 25% of assets in smaller companies and may concentrate significantly in sectors such as information technology, industrials, and health care based on economic conditions. Because security selection depends on the manager's assessments of individual companies, fund performance will diverge from broad market returns.
| Share class | Expense ratio |
|---|---|
| FKGRX | 0.78% |
| FRGSX | 1.53% |
| FCGAX | 0.52% |
| FGSRX | 1.03% |
| FIFRX | 0.46% |
Portfolio turnover 8.28% · as of 2026 Q1
Allocation
Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q1
| Stocks | 98.18% |
| Cash & short-term | 1.90% |
Latest quarter
What changed since the fund's previous filing
Return profile
Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Feb 2026
| Share class | 1-year | 3-year | 5-year | Vol | Worst fall |
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Mar 2026 has been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so it is not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
Holdings
By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page
| Ticker | Issuer | %NAV | Value | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp.NVDA | 8.84% | $1.43B | 8.2M |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp.MSFT | 5.92% | $954.70M | 2.6M |
| AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc.AMZN | 4.64% | $748.38M | 3.6M |
| AAPL | Apple, Inc.AAPL | 3.41% | $549.96M | 2.2M |
| GOOG | Alphabet, Inc.GOOG | 3.02% | $487.05M | 1.7M |
| GOOGL | Alphabet, Inc.GOOGL | 2.92% | $470.95M | 1.6M |
| APH | Amphenol Corp.APH | 2.79% | $449.63M | 3.6M |
| AVGO | Broadcom, Inc.AVGO | 2.72% | $438.50M | 1.4M |
| MA | Mastercard, Inc.MA | 2.15% | $347.27M | 695.0K |
| — | ASML Holding NV | 1.92% | $309.20M | 234.1K |
Top 10 positions are 38.32% of net assets, top 25 61.92%, across 80 issuers.
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