Equity

FKUQX Franklin Utilities Fund

Income component. Due to the nature of the utilities industry, our fund has historically paid an attractive quarterly dividend.
Diversification. By adding investments from different sectors to your portfolio, you may take advantage of rotating economic cycles.
Increasing Demand. Investors may capitalize on an increasing demand for basic utilities.

Overview

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Fund Facts

Fund description

The fund seeks capital appreciation and current income by investing predominantly in the securities of public utility companies, with a focus on companies operating in the U.S. electricity and gas sectors.

Benchmark: S&P 500 Utilities Index
Additional Benchmark: S&P 500 Index
Dividend Frequency, if any: Quarterly
Fund Inception Date: 09/30/1948

Sales Charges, Expenses & Fees

As of 02/01/2025

Gross Expense Ratio⁴: 0.81%
Net Expense Ratio^4,5: 0.81%
Maximum Initial Charge: 3.75%
CDSC⁶: 1.00%
12b-1 Fee: 0.25%

Identifiers

Ticker: FKUQX
Fund Number: 1107
CUSIP Code: 353496474

Average Annual Total Returns As of 09/30/2025

View performance section for additional info As of 09/30/2025

Class A

With Sales Charge (POP)

Without Sales Charge (NAV)

9.72%1 Year
13.80%3 Years
11.80%5 Years
10.43%10 Years
9.82%Since Inception
09/30/1948

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown.

Top Sectors

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As of 09/30/2025 % of Total (Updated Monthly)

Electric Utilities58.99%

Multi-Utilities26.50%

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders6.24%

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation3.76%

Renewable Electricity2.09%

Additional Fund Info

Share Class Inception Date: 09/10/2018
Investment Style: Sector
Lipper Classification: Utility Funds
Morningstar Category: Utilities

Manager and Commentary

About the Team

Franklin Equity Group

Growth equity managers with a focus on in-depth fundamental research, we offer expertise in managing global, U.S. and sector-specific strategies across the market capitalization spectrum. Our center of gravity in Silicon Valley allows us to follow companies across their private to public life cycles, developing deeper insights into future industry trends and identifying potential disruptors.

Commentary Highlights

June 30, 2025

Markets: US stocks advanced during the second quarter of 2025. After rebounding from April’s lows, equity markets continued to rally through June despite bouts of volatility. The S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite Index closed the period with solid gains after hitting new record highs at the end of June, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average hovered near its all-time high. Temporary delays in tariff hikes, reduced fears of a recession, growing expectations of interest-rate cuts later in the year and easing geopolitical tensions helped drive US stocks higher. Large-capitalization equities gained the most, followed by mid- and small-cap stocks, and growth stocks outperformed value by a wide margin in all three market-cap tiers.
Detractors: Stock selection decisions worked against us, resulting in the fund’s underperformance of its S&P 500 Utilities Index benchmark. In terms of industries, stock selection in electric utilities detracted most from relative returns.
Contributors: Helping relative returns was an overweight in the independent power and renewable electricity producers industry. Stock selection in the multi-utilities industry was also supportive of relative performance, as well as stock selection and an underweight in the water utilities industry.
Outlook: We believe that power demand across the United States is likely to improve significantly, along with industry capital spending, due to data center development. In addition, other industrial development activities such as domestic semiconductor manufacturing are helping drive demand.

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Franklin Equity Group

Managed Fund Since 1998

Managed Fund Since 2009

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Performance

Calendar Year Returns

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As of 09/30/2025

Month End

Quarter End

Class A - With Sales Charge (POP) (%)

Class A - Without Sales Charge (NAV) (%)

S&P 500 Utilities Index (%)

S&P 500 Index (%)

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. Principal value and investment returns will fluctuate, and investors' shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Performance would have been lower if fees had not been waived in various periods. Total returns assume the reinvestment of all distributions and the deduction of all Fund expenses. Returns with sales charge reflect a deduction of the stated maximum sales charge. Returns without sales charge would have been lower had sales charges been reflected. An investor cannot invest directly in an index, and unmanaged index returns do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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Overall Morningstar Rating: Overall Morningstar Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
As of 09/30/2025

3 Years: 3 Years: 4 out of 5 stars
57 Funds in category

5 Years: 5 Years: 3 out of 5 stars
56 Funds in category

10 Years: 10 Years: 4 out of 5 stars
The Morningstar Rating™ for this share class is based on Morningstar's extended performance calculation. This means that, for a share class that doesn't have a 1-, 3-, 5-, or 10-year performance history, the rating shown is a hypothetical Morningstar Rating based first on the oldest active surviving share class of the fund and then any dormant or liquidated share classes. If more than one share class has the earliest inception date, Morningstar selects the share class that is freely available to investors, that is not currency-hedged, and has the lowest fee.
50 Funds in category

Rating Category: Utilities

The fund's overall Morningstar Rating measures risk-adjusted returns and is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5- and 10-year (if applicable) rating metrics.

Morningstar Style Box

As of 09/30/2025

Current Historical
			Large
			Medium
			Small
Value	Blend	Growth
Style

Size

Source: Morningstar®. The style box reveals a fund's investment style. For equity funds, the vertical axis shows the market capitalization of the long stocks owned, and the horizontal axis shows the investment style (value, blend, or growth). For fixed income funds, the vertical axis shows the credit quality based on credit ratings and the horizontal axis shows interest-rate sensitivity as measured by effective duration. Placement is determined by fund portfolio holding figures most recently entered into Morningstar's database and corresponding market conditions. Shaded areas show the past 3 years of quarterly data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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Portfolio

Assets

As of09/30/2025 (Updated Monthly)

Total Net Assets: $7.30 Billion

Positions

As of 09/30/2025 (Updated Monthly)

Number of Issuers

Fund: 44
Benchmark: 31

Portfolio Statistics

As of 09/30/2025 (Updated Monthly)

Price to Earnings (12-Month Forward)

Fund: 18.95x
Benchmark: 19.98x

Price to Cash Flow

Fund: 9.34x
Benchmark: 9.97x

Price to Book

Fund: 2.33x
Benchmark: 2.44x

Weighted Average Market Capitalization (USD)

Fund: $53.29 Billion
Benchmark: $66.62 Billion

Sector Allocation

As of 09/30/2025 % of Total (Updated Monthly)

Sector Allocation
Sector	% of Total	Benchmark
Electric Utilities	58.99%	60.82%
Multi-Utilities	26.50%	29.75%
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders	6.24%	5.36%
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	3.76%	—
Renewable Electricity	2.09%	—
Water Utilities	1.31%	2.03%
Gas Utilities	0.78%	2.05%
Cash & Cash Equivalents	0.33%	—

Holdings
As of 09/30/2025 (Updated Monthly)

NextEra Energy Inc COM USD.01

Entergy Corp COM USD0.01

Vistra Corp COM USD.01

Southern Co/The COM USD5

Sempra COM USD NPV

Duke Energy Corp COM USD.001

EVERGY INC COM USD NPV

Constellation Energy Corp COM USD 1

NiSource Inc COM USD.01

PPL Corp COM USD.01

Portfolio holdings are based on the total portfolio and are subject to change at any time. Holdings are provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any security.

Distributions & Tax

Federal ID Number 94-3025604

For information on tax years prior to 2008, please contact us

These amounts represent distributions paid by the fund, foreign taxes passed through (if any), and other distribution characteristics for the calendar year selected. These amounts are reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV.

Distributions per Share ($)

Year

Tax Information
Record Date	Ordinary Dividends Dividends paid by a fund that are derived from interest, dividends, net short-term capital gains and other types of ordinary income earned by the fund. For a fund that elects to pass through its foreign taxes paid (a non-cash item), a shareholder's allotted share of foreign taxes has been added to the “Ordinary Dividends” cash distributions received by the shareholder. If the fund passed through foreign taxes paid and later is refunded any portion of those taxes by a foreign tax authority, any interest paid to the fund on that refund is also required to be included in “Ordinary Dividends”.	Qualified Dividends The portion of a fund’s “Ordinary Dividends” that may be eligible for a reduced capital gain tax rate. To be eligible for the lower tax rates, certain holding periods apply and shareholders should consult their tax advisor to determine the amount eligible for the reduced rate. This amount represents both cash distributions and non-cash amounts, such as foreign taxes paid, that have been allocated to shareholders.	Capital Gain Distributions	Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain	Non-Taxable Return Of Capital	Section 199a Dividends The portion of a fund’s “Ordinary Dividends” generated by a real estate investment trust or earned by a fund from its investments in real estate investment trusts, subject to limitations. Individual (non-corporate) shareholders may be entitled to a special deduction from gross income for “Section 199A Dividends” received from a fund. To qualify for this deduction certain holding periods apply and shareholders should consult their tax advisor.	Foreign Tax Paid	Exempt Interest Dividends	Interest on Tax Reclaim Refunds
Mar 19	0.1153	0.1153	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jun 18	0.1149	0.1149	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 19	0.1143	0.1143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dec 19	0.2149	0.2149	1.4669	—	—	—	—	—	—
	0.5594	0.5594	1.4669	—	—	—	—	—	—

Mar 19

Jun 18

Sep 19

Dec 19

Supplemental Tax Information

Foreign Source Income: —
Foreign Source Qualified Dividends: —
Direct U.S. Government Obligations The portion of “Ordinary Dividends” attributable to earnings from US Treasury and certain other government securities may be categorized as a fund containing US government obligations. This income may be exempt from state personal income taxes. The percentage for direct US government obligation interests available for tax-exempt treatment may be limited in states that require the fund to meet certain minimum thresholds. Shareholders should consult their tax advisor to determine the availability of exemptions in their state.: —
Specified Private Activity Bond Interest: —
Dividends Received Deduction: 100.00%
Section 163(j): —
Indiana Resident Taxable Income: —
Utah Resident Taxable Income The portion of “Exempt-Interest Dividends” subject to Utah income tax. Subject to certain exceptions, the state of Utah provides that income earned from non-federal government entities outside of Utah (non-Utah municipal bonds) is taxable to Utah resident shareholders. Income earned from states that do not tax Utah obligations are also exempt. Shareholders should consult their tax advisor about applicability.: —

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Pricing

Pricing History

As of 10/31/2025 (Updated Daily)

Time Period

From

From Date

To Date

Daily Fund Prices and Breakpoints

As of 10/31/2025

Share Prices

As of 10/31/2025

NAV ¹(Net Asset Value): $26.08
NAV Change ¹: $-0.18
NAV Change (%) ¹: -0.69%
POP ¹¹(Public Offering Price): $27.10

POP and Sales Charge at Breakpoints

Less than $100,000

$100,000 - $249,999

$250,000 - $499,999

52-Week Range

Highest NAV As of 10/15/2025: $27.05
Lowest NAV As of 04/08/2025: $21.62

Documents

Fund Literature

Fund Literature
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Checkbox	Factsheet - Franklin Utilities Fund	Download Document
Checkbox	Product Commentary - Franklin Utilities Fund	Download Document

Regulatory Documents

Regulatory Documents
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Checkbox	Annual Report - Franklin Utilities Fund - Class A	Download Document
Checkbox	Annual Financial Statements and Other Information - Franklin Custodian Funds	Download Document
Checkbox	Semi-Annual Report - Franklin Utilities Fund - Class A	Download Document
Checkbox	Semi-Annual Financial Statements and Other Information - Franklin Custodian Funds	Download Document
Checkbox	Prospectus - Franklin Custodian Funds	Download Document
Checkbox	Summary Prospectus - Franklin Utilities Fund	Download Document
Checkbox	Statement of Additional Information - Franklin Custodian FundsMailed hardcopies unavailable.	Download Document
Checkbox	Fiscal Q1 Holdings - Franklin Custodian FundsMailed hardcopies unavailable.	Download Document
Checkbox	Fiscal Q3 Holdings - Franklin Custodian FundsMailed hardcopies unavailable.	Download Document

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Risks

All investments involve risks, including possible loss of principal. To the extent the portfolio invests in a concentration of certain securities, regions or industries, it is subject to increased volatility. Equity securities are subject to price fluctuation and possible loss of principal. Securities issued by utility companies have been historically sensitive to interest rate changes. When interest rates fall, utility securities prices, and thus a utilities fund’s share price, tend to rise; when interest rates rise, their prices generally fall. The manager may consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in the research or investment process; however, ESG considerations may not be a determinative factor in security selection. In addition, the manager may not assess every investment for ESG criteria, and not every ESG factor may be identified or evaluated. These and other risks are discussed in the fund’s prospectus.

Important Information

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Most funds offer multiple share classes. Share classes are subject to different fees and expenses, which will affect their performance.

Certain share classes are only offered to eligible investors as stated in the prospectus. Different minimums may apply to clients of certain service agents. All classes of shares are not available through all distribution channels. See the Fund's prospectus for additional information.

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Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. They do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges.

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Footnotes

Net Asset Value - the amount per share you would receive if you sold shares that day. NAV Change indicates a change in the Net Asset Value from the previous business day.
Figures are aggregate total return figures, have not been annualized and represent the change in value of an investment over the period indicated.
The Morningstar Rating™ for funds, or “star rating”, is calculated for managed products with at least a three-year history, and subject to change monthly. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product’s monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% three-year rating for 36-59 months of total return, 60% five-year rating/40% three-year rating for 60-119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/30% five-year rating/20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total return. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent three-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods. Ratings do not take into account the effects of sales charges and loads. Morningstar Rating is for the specified share class(es) only; other classes may have different performance characteristics.
©2025 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved. The information contained herein: (1) is proprietary to Morningstar and/or its content providers; (2) may not be copied or distributed and (3) is not warranted to be accurate, complete or timely. Neither Morningstar nor its content providers are responsible for any damages or losses arising from any use of this information.
Gross Expense Ratio reflects the total annual operating expenses for the share class shown, prior to the deduction of any waiver or reimbursement. Actual expenses may be higher and may impact portfolio returns. Net Expense Ratio reflects total expenses after any fee waivers, implemented expense caps or reimbursements. If a fund has contractual fee waivers, expense caps and/or reimbursements, the expiration date can be found by clicking on the information button next to the net expense ratio. Additional amounts may be voluntarily waived and/or reimbursed and may be modified or discontinued at any time without notice. Expense ratios are as of the most recent prospectus or annual report.
Net Expense Ratio represents the expense ratio applicable to investors.
For net asset value (NAV) purchases, a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) may apply to shares redeemed within 18 months.
Distribution Rate is calculated by annualizing the most recent distribution amount paid, divided by the NAV as of the date indicated. The Distribution Rate calculation includes income and return of capital, and excludes special distributions. The Distribution Rate is not guaranteed, subject to change, and is not a quotation of fund performance.
During periods of rising inflation, fund yields can vary significantly from month-to-month and may not be repeated.
With Waiver means the performance quote reflects any applicable expense reductions and fee waivers.
30-Day SEC Yield is calculated using the net income (interest and dividends) per share earned over a trailing 30-day period (annualized), divided by the fund’s share price at the end of that period. It may not equal the fund’s actual income distribution rate, which reflects the fund’s past dividends paid to shareholders.
Public Offering Price – the purchase price for each share of the fund on a given day. It includes the maximum initial sales charge, if any.
Prior to 3/1/19, these shares were offered at a higher initial sales charge of 4.25%; thus actual returns would have differed. Total returns with sales charges have been restated to reflect the current maximum initial sales charge of 3.75%. Effective 9/10/18 Class A shares closed to new investors, were renamed Class A1 shares, and a new Class A share with a different expense structure became available. Class A performance shown has been calculated as follows: (a) for periods prior to 9/10/18, a restated figure is used based on the fund's Class A1 performance and including any Rule 12b-1 rate differential as exists between Class A1 and Class A; and (b) for periods after 9/10/18, actual Class A performance is used, reflecting all charges and fees applicable to that class.

FKUQX Franklin Utilities Fund

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Top Sectors

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Manager and Commentary

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Commentary Highlights

Latest Insights

Performance

Calendar Year Returns

Ratings ³

Portfolio

Assets

Positions

Portfolio Statistics

Sector Allocation

Holdings
As of 09/30/2025 (Updated Monthly)

Distributions & Tax

Federal ID Number 94-3025604

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Supplemental Tax Information

Pricing

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FKUQX Franklin Utilities Fund

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Overview

Fund description

Sales Charges, Expenses & Fees

Identifiers

Class A

Top Sectors

Additional Fund Info

Manager and Commentary

About the Team

Latest Insights

Performance

Calendar Year Returns

Ratings 3

Portfolio

Sector Allocation

Distributions & Tax

Federal ID Number 94-3025604

Pricing

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Daily Fund Prices and Breakpoints

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Risks

Important Information

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