FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0000038777
13F-HR · 519 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Asset management firm, parent of Franklin Templeton Investments.
Reported long-US-equity value
$344.47B
Top-10 concentration
27.9%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC — $344B AUM allocation strategy
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC files SEC Form 13F and reports $344B of long US equity value across 519 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 16.5%, followed by Communication Services 6.0% and Financials 4.8%.
The top 10 holdings account for 28% of reported value — a broadly spread portfolio. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$344B
total across 519 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
28% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$BAC +16M sh · +$423M+$KR +13.4M sh · +$986M+$ORCL +12.3M sh · +$304M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$KEY −13.6M sh · −$282M−$WMT −9.27M sh · −$678M−$GEN −7.85M sh · −$215M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$XLRE ($726K last qtr)$MGM ($206K last qtr)$PSKY ($137K last qtr)
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Semiconductors7.5%—
- Interactive Media & Services6.0%—
- Systems Software4.1%—
- Diversified Banks3.6%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals3.6%—
- Broadline Retail3.3%—
- Integrated Oil & Gas3.0%—
- Multi-Utilities1.3%—
- Other holdings67.6%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
10 of 10 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 96.5M | $16.8B | -290K | 4.9% |
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 38.4M | $14.2B | -1.57M | 4.1% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 48.6M | $12.3B | +1.17M | 3.6% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 53.7M | $11.2B | +1.68M | 3.2% |
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 36M | $10.3B | +2.98M | 3.0% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 28.6M | $8.86B | -329K | 2.6% |
| $XOM | ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation | 41.5M | $7.03B | -527K | 2.0% |
| $META | Meta Platforms Inc | 9.77M | $5.55B | +1.06M | 1.6% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 17.3M | $4.97B | +2.89M | 1.4% |
| $NEE | NextEra Energy Inc | 52.1M | $4.63B | +249K | 1.3% |
…and 509 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
SEC Form 13F data sets · public domain · 45-day filing lag · >$100M AUM managers · as reported
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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