Franklin Growth Fund
Shareclass
Franklin Growth A (FKGRX)
Type
Open-end mutual fund
Equity & Justice
Exclusions
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EQUITY & JUSTICE RATINGS
Gender Equality
Diversity Disclosures
Racial Justice
LGBTQ+ Equity
GENDER EQUALITY
Fund Franklin Growth Fund
FUND COVERAGE
# of holdings80
% of assets98%
Gender equality ratings are calculated using data from the Equileap Gender Equality Scorecard from Equileap.
Sub-scores & KPIs
Gender Equality: Gender Balance in Leadership and Workforce
26 / 40
Gender Equality: Equal Compensation and Work Life Balance
9 / 30
Gender Equality: Policies Promoting Gender Equality
18 / 20
Gender Equality: Commitment, Transparency, and Accountability
1 / 10
Fund Holdings: Gender Equality
Highest scoring holdings
Top 10 holdings by Gender Equality score
- 1. AstraZeneca PLC ADR0.84%$154.73M
- 2. Mastercard Inc Class A2.69%$494.89M
- 3. Uber Technologies Inc0.28%$52.2M
- 4. Northrop Grumman Corp1.71%$315.74M
- 5. Autodesk Inc1.26%$232.71M
- 6. Xylem Inc0.93%$170.73M
- 7. Microsoft Corp7.39%$1.36B
- 8. S&P Global Inc0.89%$163.06M
- 9. BlackRock Inc0.75%$137.97M
- 10. Trane Technologies PLC Class A1.45%$267.52M
Lowest scoring holdings
Bottom 10 holdings by Gender Equality score
- 1. Shopify Inc Registered Shs -A- Subord Vtg0.32%$58.48M
- 2. Old Dominion Freight Line Inc Ordinary Shares0.28%$51.55M
- 3. Blackstone Inc0.87%$160.29M
- 4. Curtiss-Wright Corp0.8%$147.64M
- 5. CrowdStrike Holdings Inc Class A0.34%$62.22M
- 6. Fastenal Co1.33%$244.23M
- 7. BWX Technologies Inc1.22%$224.93M
- 8. Martin Marietta Materials Inc1.09%$201.44M
- 9. NextEra Energy Inc1%$184.38M
- 10. Broadcom Inc2.38%$439.35M
Fund manager statement
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Manager surveyEXCLUSION RATINGS
Prisons & Borders
Military Weapons
PRISONS & BORDERS
Fund Franklin Growth Fund
Totals
Holdings
Assets
Weight
Prisons
6
$3.2B
17%
Prisons high risk
1
$88.71M
0.48%
Private prisons
0
$0
0%
Borders
9
$3.78B
21%
Borders high risk
3
$645.16M
3.5%
Total
10
$3.98B
22%
Holdings — 10 flagged holdings
1.
Microsoft Corp
$1.36B
7.39%
2.
Amazon.com Inc
$797.26M
4.33%
3.
Alphabet Inc Class C
$417.85M
2.27%
4.
Alphabet Inc Class A
$325M
1.76%
5.
Northrop Grumman Corp
$315.74M
1.71%
6.
RTX Corp
$240.71M
1.31%
7.
Costco Wholesale Corp
$205.9M
1.12%
8.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
$171.67M
0.93%
9.
Motorola Solutions Inc
$88.71M
0.48%
10.
Salesforce Inc
$59.38M
0.32%

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