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Franklin Equity Income Fund Class A: (MF: FISEX)
(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Dec 19, 2025 05:57 PM ET
$35.92 USD
+0.15 (0.42%)
Zacks MF Rank
1-Strong Buy of 5 1
Latest Performance as of Nov 30, 2025
| Total Return %* | Percentile Rank Objective | |
|---|---|---|
| YTD | 17.33 | 14 |
| 3 months | 4.46 | 18 |
| 6 months | 15.54 | 4 |
| 1 Year | 10.92 | 22 |
| 3 Year | 13.27 | 14 |
| 5 Year | 12.50 | 20 |
| 10 Year | 10.90 | 19 |
* Annual for three years and beyond.
| Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) | 86.41 |
| Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) | -50.32 |
| Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) | 703.36 |
Load Adjusted Returns as of Nov 30, 2025
| 1 Year | 7.05 |
| 5 Year | 12.49 |
| 10 Year | 10.76 |
| Since Inception | 9.00 |
Quarterly Return
| 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.42 | 5.66 | 7.30 | NA |
| 2024 | 8.28 | 1.36 | 8.35 | -0.80 |
| 2023 | 0.35 | 3.10 | -2.94 | 7.85 |
| 2022 | -1.78 | -12.24 | -4.68 | 13.40 |
| 2021 | 6.98 | 6.16 | 1.32 | 8.82 |
| 2020 | -22.72 | 14.19 | 6.91 | 11.95 |
Annual Return
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Total Return | 17.33 | 17.98 | 8.31 | -6.83 | 25.23 | 5.61 | 25.49 | -4.65 | 15.92 | 11.75 | -0.88 |
| % Total Return Rel to Index | -0.17 | -7.04 | -17.92 | 11.36 | -3.44 | -12.78 | -5.99 | -0.26 | -5.86 | -0.18 | -2.27 |
| % Total Return Rel to Peer | 4.26 | 6.33 | -1.06 | 0.13 | 4.23 | 0.46 | 3.50 | 2.36 | 1.81 | 0.39 | 2.60 |
| % Perf Quintile vs Peer* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 |
| % Dividends | 0.51 | 0.72 | 0.55 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.57 |
| % Yield | 1.34 | 2.02 | 2.07 | 2.19 | 1.67 | 2.11 | 1.98 | 2.31 | 2.14 | 2.31 | 2.41 |
| Capital Gains ($) | 0.00 | 2.56 | 0.48 | 0.90 | 1.67 | 0.22 | 0.76 | 1.00 | 0.62 | 0.89 | 0.60 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.86 |
* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%