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Franklin FTSE Asia ex Japan ETF

ETF
FLAX
Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$21.6674 -0.01 -0.04%
primary theme
Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity
FLAX (ETF)

Franklin FTSE Asia ex Japan ETF

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$21.6674 -0.01 -0.04%
primary theme
Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity
FLAX (ETF)

Franklin FTSE Asia ex Japan ETF

Payout Change
Pending
Price as of:
$21.6674 -0.01 -0.04%
primary theme
Asia Pacific ex-Japan Equity

Name

As of 03/27/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$21.67

$34.2 M

2.69%

$0.58

0.19%

Vitals

YTD Return

1.6%

1 yr return

4.8%

3 Yr Avg Return

-6.8%

5 Yr Avg Return

2.2%

Net Assets

$34.2 M

Holdings in Top 10

25.7%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$21.7
$19.68
$22.30

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 0.19%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 10.09%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

N/A

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Exchange Traded Fund


Name

As of 03/27/2024

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

Watchlist

$21.67

$34.2 M

2.69%

$0.58

0.19%

FLAX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 1.6%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return -6.8%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 2.2%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio 2.01%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 2.7%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency SemiAnnual

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    Franklin FTSE Asia ex Japan ETF
  • Fund Family Name
    Franklin Templeton Group of Funds
  • Inception Date
    Feb 08, 2018
  • Shares Outstanding
    1600000
  • Share Class
    N/A
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Dina Ting

Fund Description

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index and in depositary receipts representing such securities. The FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index maintained and calculated by FTSE Russell with a capping methodology applied quarterly to issuer weights so that no single issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index weight, and all issuers with weights above 5% do not cumulatively exceed 50% of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index’s weight. The FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index is based on the FTSE Asia ex Japan Index and is designed to measure the performance of large– and mid– capitalization stocks from developed and emerging Asian countries, excluding Japan. FTSE Russell determines eligible securities for the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index based on measures such as the company’s place of incorporation, listing country, investor protection regulations present in the country of incorporation, tax domicile, location of headquarters/factors of production and currency of denomination. FTSE Russell also maintains a set of criteria to assess a country’s market status, including various quality of markets criteria, a country’s prevailing regulatory environment, custody and settlement, and dealing landscape. As of May 31, 2023, the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index was comprised of 1,837 securities with capitalizations ranging from $241 million to $470.92 billion.

The Fund, using a “passive” or indexing investment approach, seeks investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index. The Fund may use either a replication strategy or representative sampling strategy. Under a replication strategy, the Fund will replicate the component securities of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index as closely as possible (i.e., invest in all of the component securities in their respective weightings in the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index). However, it may not be possible or practicable to replicate the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index. In these circumstances, the Fund may use a representative sampling strategy whereby the Fund will invest in what it believes to be a representative sample of the component securities of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index, but may not track the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index with the same degree of accuracy as would an investment vehicle replicating the entire FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index. Under the representative sampling technique, the investment manager will select securities that collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index, including securities that resemble those included in the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index in terms of risk factors, performance attributes and other characteristics, such as market capitalization and industry weightings.

The Fund may invest in equity futures (including equity index futures) and equity total return swaps to provide additional opportunities to add value and better track the performance of the Fund’s Underlying Index, such as to equitize cash and accrued income, simulate investments in the Underlying Index, facilitate trading or minimize transaction costs.

The Fund may enter into foreign currency forward contracts and/or currency futures contracts to provide the Fund with additional opportunities to add value and better track the performance of the Fund’s Underlying Index, such as by facilitating local securities settlements or protecting against currency exposure in connection with distributions to Fund shareholders.

The Fund intends to be diversified in approximately the same proportion as the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index is diversified. The Fund may become “non-diversified,” as defined in the 1940 Act, solely as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index. A “non-diversified” fund generally invests a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of one or more issuers and invests overall in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. Shareholder approval will not be sought if the Fund becomes non-diversified due solely to a change in the relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index.

The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its net assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the FTSE Asia ex Japan Capped Index is concentrated.

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FLAX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period FLAX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 1.6% -2.6% 7.4% 57.63%
1 Yr 4.8% -7.3% 15.8% 41.38%
3 Yr -6.8%* -17.8% 6.6% 31.48%
5 Yr 2.2%* -4.6% 13.6% 45.28%
10 Yr N/A* 1.3% 8.0% 71.79%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period FLAX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 4.0% -7.8% 14.0% 45.61%
2022 -21.1% -40.0% 2.8% 26.32%
2021 -5.7% -44.2% 15.5% 20.75%
2020 22.1% -13.5% 83.8% 64.15%
2019 14.5% -3.3% 44.7% 67.92%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period FLAX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 1.6% -2.6% 7.4% 57.63%
1 Yr 4.8% -7.3% 15.8% 41.38%
3 Yr -6.8%* -17.8% 6.6% 31.48%
5 Yr 2.2%* -4.6% 13.6% 45.28%
10 Yr N/A* 1.3% 8.0% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period FLAX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 6.3% -7.8% 20.1% 33.33%
2022 -18.9% -31.3% 5.2% 28.07%
2021 -3.5% -21.3% 22.4% 28.30%
2020 24.2% -9.6% 87.0% 77.36%
2019 17.2% 8.4% 44.8% 86.79%

FLAX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

FLAX Category Low Category High FLAX % Rank
Net Assets 34.2 M 1.6 M 3.93 B 76.27%
Number of Holdings 1595 24 1595 1.69%
Net Assets in Top 10 8.79 M 1.27 M 1.66 B 89.83%
Weighting of Top 10 25.66% 20.1% 75.0% 96.61%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 7.15%
  2. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.44%
  3. Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.62%
  4. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.53%
  5. Reliance Industries Ltd 1.61%
  6. AIA Group Ltd 1.55%
  7. HDFC Bank Ltd 1.49%
  8. PDD Holdings Inc 1.36%
  9. Infosys Ltd 1.00%
  10. SK Hynix Inc 0.91%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High FLAX % Rank
Stocks
99.52% 0.00% 101.15% 18.64%
Preferred Stocks
0.76% 0.00% 3.99% 22.03%
Other
0.00% -0.04% 6.25% 10.17%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 6.14% 47.46%
Cash
0.00% 0.00% 8.89% 91.53%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 91.14% 32.20%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High FLAX % Rank
Technology
23.52% 0.00% 35.18% 52.54%
Financial Services
20.07% 7.86% 53.75% 55.93%
Consumer Cyclical
13.26% 2.54% 30.22% 59.32%
Communication Services
9.46% 0.00% 16.87% 50.85%
Industrials
7.73% 0.00% 28.54% 38.98%
Basic Materials
5.75% 0.00% 24.13% 16.95%
Consumer Defense
5.44% 0.00% 15.16% 45.76%
Energy
4.21% 0.00% 7.66% 10.17%
Real Estate
4.19% 0.00% 16.03% 42.37%
Healthcare
3.47% 0.00% 11.60% 59.32%
Utilities
2.90% 0.00% 7.67% 32.20%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High FLAX % Rank
Non US
96.94% 0.00% 99.86% 11.86%
US
2.58% 0.00% 27.70% 86.44%

FLAX - Expenses

Operational Fees

FLAX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.19% 0.19% 16.32% 98.28%
Management Fee 0.19% 0.19% 1.50% 1.69%
12b-1 Fee N/A 0.00% 1.00% N/A
Administrative Fee N/A 0.08% 0.25% N/A

Sales Fees

FLAX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 3.50% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 1.00% N/A

Trading Fees

FLAX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

FLAX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 10.09% 9.00% 222.00% 3.85%

FLAX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

FLAX Category Low Category High FLAX % Rank
Dividend Yield 2.69% 0.00% 8.60% 35.59%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

FLAX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency SemiAnnual Annual Annual Annual

Net Income Ratio Analysis

FLAX Category Low Category High FLAX % Rank
Net Income Ratio 2.01% -1.41% 4.89% 10.17%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

FLAX Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Annually Annually

Distributions History

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FLAX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Dina Ting


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Feb 06, 2018

4.32

4.3%

Ms. Ting joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 2015. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Investments, she was a senior portfolio manager at BlackRock.

Hailey Harris


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Dec 02, 2019

2.5

2.5%

Ms. Harris joined Franklin Templeton in 2018. Hailey Harris joined the Global X Management Company in April 2015 as a Portfolio Management Associate. Previously, Ms. Harris was a Senior Analyst, Portfolio Management at ProShare Advisors, LLC from 2011 through 2015 and a Client Operations Associate at Cambridge Associates, LLC from 2010 through 2011. Ms. Harris received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland in 2009.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.09 22.43 4.69 0.25