Franklin U.S. Rising Dividends Fund invests in companies with a track record of substantial and sustainable dividend growth. Corporations that grow their dividends tend to experience greater long-term stock price appreciation compared to firms that just maintain their dividends or don’t pay any at all.
This fund has a portfolio of equities of quality, dividend-growing U.S. companies. The portfolio has demonstrated that it can participate in market growth and protect investor capital against downside risk.
We seek to invest in the most promising companies with attractive valuations and those companies with long records of dividend increases and solid performance.
Franklin U.S. Rising Dividends Fund is actively managed as a core U.S. equities strategy for investors interested in U.S. exposure but concerned about volatility & timing uncertainty.
Consistent Divident Increases
May be evidence of a resilient business model/product line
Substantial Dividend Increases
Often a hallmark of ample and growing free cash flow
Reinvested Earnings for Future Growth
Potential source of long-term sustainable growth
Strong Balance Sheet
Low debt servicing cost may enable increased return of capital to shareholders
Attractive Price
‘Value Overlay’ makes us opportunistic/bargain hunters
U.S. Dividends Outlook: Where do we go from here? - Webinar Key Takeaways
In our latest webinar, Franklin Equity Group Portfolio Managers Nick Getaz and Matt Quinlan share where they are finding opportunities for the Franklin U.S. Rising Dividends Fund.
The fund managers seek to invest in U.S. equities of resilient companies with consistent and robust dividend growth for their long-term capital appreciation.
As of November 30, 2020
Holding Name | Weighting | Dividend Yield | Year Over Year Dividend Increase | 10-Year Average Annual Dividend Increase | Consecutive Annual Increase |
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Microsoft Corp | 8.20% | 1.05% | 10% | 13% | 17 |
Roper Technologies Inc | 4.99% | 0.53% | 10% | 18% | 28 |
Accenture PLC | 3.92% | 1.41% | 10% | 15% | 16 |
Stryker Corp |
3.78% | 0.99% | 11% | 14% | 27 |
Linde PLC |
3.67% | 1.50% | 10% | 8% | 27 |
Texas Instruments Inc | 3.40% | 2.53% | 13% | 23% | 17 |
Air Products & Chemicals Inc |
3.33% | 1.91% | 16% | 11% | 37 |
Analog Devices Inc | 3.17% | 1.78% | 15% | 12% | 17 |
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc | 2.91% | 0.25% | 6% | 7% | 28 |
Honeywell International Inc | 2.84% | 1.82% | 3% | 12% | 11 |
Historically, equities of dividend-growing companies performed better with less risk.
The chart shows that the dividend growers delivered strong performance with less risk than the S&P 500 Index over the 30-year time period ended June 30, 2020. This period featured multiple market cycles and downturns, including the Dot-Com collapse, Global Financial Crisis and “The Lost Decade,” the 10-year period ended in 2009 when U.S. equities (represented by the S&P 500 Index) had a near-zero return.
30-Year Period Ended December 31, 2020
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Series F is available to investors participating in programs that do not require Franklin Templeton to incur distribution costs in the form of trailing commissions to dealers. As a consequence, the management fee on Series F is lower than on Series A.
Mutual fund securities are not covered by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other government deposit insurer. There can be no assurances that the fund will be able to maintain its net asset value per security at a constant amount or that the full amount of your investment in the fund will be returned to you.
Distributions are not guaranteed and the proportion of income and return of capital will fluctuate depending on fund returns. Unlike fixed-income securities, there is no obligation to distribute any fixed amount, and reductions in, or suspensions of, distributions may occur that would reduce yield. Distributions are not an indication of performance, rate of return, or yield. Mutual fund distributions are not guaranteed and are set and may change at the discretion of Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.