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Franklin Gold And Precious Metals Fund Class A: (MF: FKRCX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Mar 31, 2026 05:48 PM ET

$48.78 USD

+3.66 (8.11%)

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5 Strong Sell

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1-Strong Buy of 5 1        

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Latest Performance as of Feb 28, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 33.91 50
3 months 48.69 7
6 months 103.33 7
1 Year 231.09 8
3 Year 70.18 7
5 Year 31.85 25
10 Year 22.09 14

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 308.88
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -37.73
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 375.25

Load Adjusted Returns as of Feb 28, 2026

1 Year 179.82
5 Year 19.83
10 Year 21.20
Since Inception 6.63

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2025 40.96 16.93 45.55 23.05
2024 2.16 9.70 19.02 -11.92
2023 9.09 -8.27 -11.46 15.20
2022 9.82 -32.17 -13.91 19.36
2021 -10.47 5.38 -12.15 16.11

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 33.91195.2217.492.06-23.46-3.7743.6651.48-18.11-0.1255.61
% Total Return Rel to Index 9.19177.00-7.53-24.18-5.26-32.4525.2619.99-13.71-21.9143.67
% Total Return Rel to Peer 1.0853.513.87-2.89-11.014.8614.6912.84-3.77-8.456.68
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 2.001.001.004.005.001.001.001.005.005.002.00
% Dividends 0.004.952.310.510.002.062.650.000.000.051.37
% Yield 0.0010.1512.7028.130.008.859.970.000.000.348.25
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.000.870.920.920.880.900.930.981.020.981.11

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