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Franklin Strategic Biotechnology Discovery Fund Class A: (MF: FBDIX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of May 22, 2026 05:33 PM ET

$175.92 USD

-0.63 (-0.36%)

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1-Strong Buy of 5 1        

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Latest Performance as of Apr 30, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 4.60 3
3 months 4.41 5
6 months 14.10 5
1 Year 65.03 3
3 Year 23.23 1
5 Year 8.13 8
10 Year 10.08 27

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 108.12
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -25.67
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 859.23

Load Adjusted Returns as of Apr 30, 2026

1 Year 54.81
5 Year 6.70
10 Year 9.66
Since Inception 10.39

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 2.34 NA NA NA
2025 -4.56 0.10 29.19 23.40
2024 11.47 -1.88 6.42 -10.65
2023 0.85 1.80 -1.71 17.33
2022 -9.29 -11.81 1.83 7.22
2021 -5.47 0.90 -5.39 -8.79

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 4.6052.303.9918.40-12.65-17.7029.8834.83-15.7118.80-17.15
% Total Return Rel to Index 6.6734.08-21.02-7.845.55-46.3811.483.34-11.32-2.99-29.09
% Total Return Rel to Peer 6.3531.631.3812.63-3.24-26.398.618.15-15.83-3.31-6.38
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 1.001.002.001.004.005.002.001.005.004.005.00
% Dividends 0.003.500.000.000.141.010.000.000.000.001.72
% Yield 1.801.840.002.350.120.680.000.000.000.001.22
Capital Gains ($) 0.0014.4111.760.000.0016.6724.8414.164.553.604.20
Expense Ratio 0.001.051.041.061.040.971.011.001.031.020.98

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