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Earnings Before Tax (EBT)

The latest quarterly ebt is $21.49 Million with a quarter-over-quarter change of +92.01%. Earnings Before Tax (EBT), also called pre-tax income, represents a company's profit after all operating and non-operating expenses but before income tax expense.

EBT

FT EBT

$21.49M

Reported quarterly EBT; no daily interpolation.

-30.60% 5Y

Current EBT

$21.49M

$21.49 Million

Quarter-over-Quarter Change

+92.01%

vs. $11.19M prior quarter

Historical Data

45

Quarters of data available

Quarterly EBT History

PeriodEBTQoQ Change% Change
Q2 2026$21.49M+$10.30M+92.01%
Q4 2025$11.19M+$3.16M+39.31%
Q2 2025$8.03M$-18.32M-69.52%
Q4 2024$26.35M+$18.55M+237.78%
Q2 2024$7.80M+$4.55M+139.76%
Q4 2023$3.25M+$10.35M+145.88%
Q2 2023$-7.09M$-1.63M-29.76%
Q4 2022$-5.47M$-3.54M-183.91%
Q2 2022$-1.93M$-22.28M-109.46%
Q4 2021$20.36M+$9.85M+93.82%
Q2 2021$10.50M+$11.81M+904.42%
Q4 2020$-1.31M$-1.10M-524.93%
Q2 2020$-208,914$-15.54M-101.36%
Q4 2019$15.33M+$6.52M+73.95%
Q2 2019$8.81M$-82,988-0.93%
Q4 2018$8.90M+$14.31M+264.30%
Q2 2018$-5.42M$-14.13M-162.16%
Q4 2017$8.71M$-6.51M-42.77%
Q2 2017$15.22M$-15.74M-50.83%
Q4 2016$30.96M+$36.26M+684.00%
Q2 2016$-5.30M+$12.02M+69.39%
Q4 2015$-17.32M$-15.63M-922.19%
Q2 2015$-1.69M$-12.37M-115.87%
Q4 2014$10.68M$-8.97M-45.64%
Q2 2014$19.65M+$17.88M+1012.81%
Q4 2013$1.77M$-11.42M-86.61%
Q2 2013$13.19M+$2.90M+28.17%
Q4 2012$10.29M$-5.86M-36.28%
Q2 2012$16.15M+$15.73M+3745.24%
Q4 2011$420,000$-18.30M-97.76%
Q2 2011$18.72M+$6.89M+58.24%
Q4 2010$11.83M$-5.81M-32.94%
Q2 2010$17.64M$-25.01M-58.64%
Q4 2009$42.65M+$101.61M+172.34%
Q2 2009$-58.96M$-60.17M-4972.73%
Q4 2008$1.21M+$2.62M+185.82%
Q2 2008$-1.41M+$870,000+38.16%
Q4 2007$-2.28M$-24.63M-110.20%
Q2 2007$22.35M+$15.46M+224.38%
Q4 2006$6.89M+$2.61M+60.98%
Q2 2006$4.28M$-4.80M-52.86%
Q4 2005$9.08M$-11.02M-54.83%
Q2 2005$20.10M+$14.81M+279.96%
Q4 2004$5.29M$-21.96M-80.59%
Q2 2004$27.25M
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.