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Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund - Class A: (MF: FRSTX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Feb 27, 2026 05:49 PM ET

$8.48 USD

+0.01 (0.12%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
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5 Strong Sell

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2-Buy of 5   2      

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Latest Performance as of Jan 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 0.35 44
3 months 0.83 54
6 months 3.70 31
1 Year 6.89 37
3 Year 5.35 39
5 Year 1.87 48
10 Year 3.22 33

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 67.12
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -10.85
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 119.17

Load Adjusted Returns as of Jan 31, 2026

1 Year 3.31
5 Year 1.07
10 Year 2.71
Since Inception 5.46

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2025 2.14 1.64 2.11 1.09
2024 0.54 0.67 4.20 -2.09
2023 3.42 0.04 -0.93 5.76
2022 -5.14 -6.61 -2.22 3.08
2021 -0.73 2.45 0.55 -0.13

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 0.357.183.278.41-10.722.123.488.16-1.874.507.97
% Total Return Rel to Index 0.00-0.192.012.882.293.67-4.02-0.56-1.890.955.31
% Total Return Rel to Peer 0.000.16-0.592.02-1.191.45-2.450.18-0.730.492.83
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 0.000.000.002.003.002.004.003.004.002.001.00
% Dividends 0.020.370.380.370.350.330.370.420.390.220.23
% Yield NA4.324.554.364.203.483.784.294.152.162.38
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.000.720.910.890.840.860.860.840.850.820.84

* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%