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Franklin Universal Trust (FT) Share Buybacks

The buybacks for Franklin Universal Trust (FT) is N/A. Share buybacks (stock repurchases) represent cash spent by the company to buy back its own shares in the open market, reducing shares outstanding and returning capital to shareholders.

Current Buybacks

N/A

N/A

Year-over-Year Change

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Historical Data

0

Years of data available

Data as of Thursday, June 25, 2026

About Franklin Universal Trust

Established on September 23, 1988, Franklin Universal Trust operates as a U.S.-domiciled, closed-end balanced mutual fund. It was initiated by Franklin Resources, Inc. and is actively managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc. The fund directs its capital towards the public equity and fixed income markets throughout the United States, specifically focusing its equity investments on the utility sector. Employing fundamental analysis, it constructs a diverse portfolio comprising corporate debt instruments and dividend-yielding utility stocks. For performance evaluation, the trust measures its equity holdings against the S&P 500 Electric Utilities Index, while its fixed income components are benchmarked against the Credit Suisse High Yield.

Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Asset Management
CEO
Rupert Harris Johnson Jr.