Franklin Small Cap Value Fund, Class A
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management
- Address
- One Franklin Parkway San Mateo CA United States of America 94403-1906
- IPO Date
- Mar 11, 1996
- CIK
- 0000856119
- Website
- franklintempleton.com
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- Franklin Small Cap Value Fund (FRVLX), Class A, a mutual fund within Franklin Value Investors Trust, seeks long-term total return through investments focused primarily on small-capitalization value stocks. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of small-cap companies, defined as those with market capitalizations not exceeding the highest market cap or 12-month average highest market cap of the Russell 2000 Index at the time of purchase; it emphasizes undervalued securities across diverse sectors including capital goods, banks, materials, consumer durables and apparel, insurance, technology hardware and equipment, and semiconductors. It provides broad U.S. small-cap value exposure with allocations to non-U.S. stocks, cash equivalents, and benchmark-relative positioning in industrials, financials, and healthcare; portfolio turnover stands at approximately 60%, with a net expense ratio of 0.97% and a front-end sales load of 5.50%. Managed by a team from Franklin Mutual Series since 2012, including Steven Raineri (since July 2012), Christopher Meeker (since March 2015), and Nicholas Karzon (since December 2019), the fund maintains a concentrated portfolio of about 83 issuers compared to over 1,400 in its Russell 2000 Value Index benchmark, targeting companies with favorable price-to-earnings (17.46x fund vs. 14.99x benchmark), price-to-book (1.70x vs. 1.39x), and price-to-cash-flow (9.06x vs. 7.29x) metrics as of late 2025. Inception date of March 11, 1996, with Class A shares launched concurrently; headquartered in San Mateo, California, as part of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), operating under the Franklin Templeton brand with total net assets of approximately $3.8 billion and share class size around $1.12 billion. Recent developments include sustained outperformance versus the Russell 2000 Value Index in the first half of 2025, driven by industrials and healthcare sector contributions despite detractors in communication services and financials; the fund remains closed to most new investors with limited exceptions while existing shareholders retain purchase access. At the parent company level, Franklin Templeton pursued strategic expansion in June 2025 with an agreement to acquire Apera, enhancing its alternatives platform and boosting global alternative credit assets under management to $87 billion and total alternatives to about $260 billion pro forma as of April 30, 2025; additionally, Franklin Resources announced a 3.1% quarterly dividend increase to $0.33 per share and a share buyback authorization in December 2025 amid $1.67 trillion in overall AUM.