FNCFX
Franklin Income Fund
Franklin Custodian Funds
Expense ratio1
0.42%
Net assets2
$78.63B
Holdings2
530
Category
Allocation
2025 return3
12.47%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Jan. 26, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. To maximize income while maintaining prospects for capital appreciation.

Strategy. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of debt and equity securities. The Fund may shift its investments from one asset class to another based on the investment manager's analysis of the best opportunities for the Funds portfolio in a given market. The equity securities in which the Fund invests consist of common stocks, including those with dividend yields the investment manager believes are attractive, convertible securities and equity-linked notes (ELNs). The Fund may invest up to 25% of its assets in equity-linked notes. Debt securities include all varieties of fixed, floating and variable rate instruments, including secured and unsecured bonds, bonds convertible into common stock, senior floating rate and term loans, mortgage-backed securities and other … Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of debt and equity securities. The Fund may shift its investments from one asset class to another based on the investment manager's analysis of the best opportunities for the Funds portfolio in a given market. The equity securities in which the Fund invests consist of common stocks, including those with dividend yields the investment manager believes are attractive, convertible securities and equity-linked notes (ELNs). The Fund may invest up to 25% of its assets in equity-linked notes. Debt securities include all varieties of fixed, floating and variable rate instruments, including secured and unsecured bonds, bonds convertible into common stock, senior floating rate and term loans, mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities, debentures, and shorter term instruments. Bond investments may include U.S. and foreign corporate debt, U.S. Treasuries and foreign government bonds. Under normal market conditions, the Fund currently expects to invest between 20% to 30% of its total assets in debt securities that are rated below investment grade (also known as high yield or "junk bonds) but may invest up to 35% of its assets in such securities, including a portion in defaulted securities, although the Fund will not invest more than 5% of its assets in securities that are defaulted at the time of purchase. The Fund maintains the flexibility to invest in securities of companies from a variety of sectors, but from time to time, based on economic conditions, the Fund may have significant investments in particular sectors. The Fund may also invest up to 25% of its assets in foreign securities, either directly or through depositary receipts. The Fund regularly uses a variety of equity-related derivatives and complex equity securities, which may include purchasing or selling call and put options on equity securities and equity security indices, futures on equity securities and equity indices and options on equity index futures and equity-linked notes, for various purposes including enhancing Fund returns, increasing liquidity, gaining exposure to particular instruments in more efficient or less expensive ways and/or hedging risks relating to changes in certain equity markets. In addition, the Fund may, from time to time, use interest rate-related derivatives, including interest rate swaps and interest rate and/or bond futures contracts (including U.S. Treasury futures contracts) for various purposes including enhancing Fund returns, increasing liquidity, gaining exposure to particular instruments in more efficient or less expensive ways and/or hedging risks relating to changes in interest rates. The Fund also may use currency-related derivatives, such as forward foreign currency exchange contracts, currency futures contracts, currency swaps and currency options to hedge (protect) against currency risks, and credit-related derivatives, such as credit default swaps and options on credit default swaps, to hedge (protect) against credit risks. The use of such derivative transactions may allow the Fund to obtain net long or net short exposures to selected markets, interest rates, countries or durations. The Fund's investment manager searches for undervalued or out-of-favor securities it believes offer opportunities for income today and significant growth tomorrow. In analyzing both corporate debt and equity securities, the investment manager considers a variety of factors, including: a security's relative value based on such factors as anticipated cash flow, interest or dividend coverage, asset coverage, and earnings prospects; the experience and strength of the company's management; the company's changing financial condition and market recognition of the change; the company's sensitivity to changes in interest rates and business conditions; and the company's debt maturity schedules and borrowing requirements. When choosing investments for the Fund, the investment manager applies a "bottom-up," value oriented, long-term approach, focusing on the market price of a company's securities relative to the investment manager's evaluation of the company's long-term earnings, asset value and cash flow potential. The investment manager also considers a company's price/earnings ratio, profit margins and liquidation value. It generally performs independent analysis of the debt securities being considered for the Fund's portfolio, rather than relying principally on the ratings assigned by rating organizations. Under normal market conditions, the Fund employs a distribution policy that is designed to provide shareholders with regular distributions from their investment. Under this policy, the Fund distributes twelve level monthly payments throughout each calendar year to enable shareholders to estimate the distributions they will receive from the Fund; however, the twelfth monthly payment may be greater than the initially anticipated amount if additional income or capital gains are required to be distributed.

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
EXXON MOBIL CORP $1.70B 2.16%
CHEVRON CORP $1.55B 1.97%
US TREASURY N/B $1.47B 1.87%
US TREASURY N/B $1.25B 1.59%
PROCTER & GAMBLE $1.23B 1.56%
SOUTHERN CO $868.68M 1.10%
PEPSICO INC $776.45M 0.99%
US TREASURY N/B $730.52M 0.93%
AIR PRODUCTS and CHEMICALS INC $726.22M 0.92%
US TREASURY N/B $657.95M 0.84%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
91
Exited
91
Increased
49
Decreased
64
Unchanged
336

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of September 30, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Franklin Advisers, Inc. Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of January 26, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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