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Free Cash Flow CAGR:10.54%(TTM)

Over longer horizons, Free Cash Flow CAGR averages 3.39% over 3 years and -1.37% over 5 years.The TTM figure compares the trailing 12 months (sum of the latest four quarters) with the 12 months before that. Rows in the history table compare fiscal years, and the quarterly table compares single quarters; the three measure different windows and will differ. Free cash flow CAGR measures how the company's cash generation has grown. FCF represents the cash available for dividends, buybacks, debt reduction, or reinvestment.

FT Free Cash Flow CAGR Chart

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FT Quarterly Free Cash Flow Growth (YoY)

Free Cash Flow growth vs the same quarter one year earlier, last 20 quarters.

FT Free Cash Flow CAGR History

YearStart FCFEnd FCFChange% ChangeCAGR
2025$17.84M$10.38M$-7.46M-41.80%-41.80%
2024$11.50M$17.84M+$6.34M+55.15%+55.15%
2023$16.34M$11.50M$-4.84M-29.61%-29.61%
2022$10.83M$16.34M+$5.51M+50.90%+50.90%
2021$10.24M$10.83M+$585.33K+5.72%+5.72%
2020$10.13M$10.24M+$114.36K+1.13%+1.13%
2019$4.65M$10.13M+$5.48M+117.75%+117.75%
2018$9.65M$4.65M$-5.00M-51.81%-51.81%
2017$11.91M$9.65M$-2.26M-18.99%-18.99%
2016$11.91M$11.91M+$5.00+0.00%+0.00%
2015$11.92M$11.91M$-10.62K-0.09%-0.09%
2014$-6.50M$11.92M+$18.42MN/AN/A
2013$11.46M$-6.50M$-17.96M-156.71%N/A
2012$9.66M$11.46M+$1.80M+18.63%+18.63%
2011$13.26M$9.66M$-3.60M-27.15%-27.15%
2010$36.26M$13.26M$-23.00M-63.43%-63.43%
2009$5.20M$36.26M+$31.06M+597.31%+597.31%
2008$23.85M$5.20M$-18.65M-78.20%-78.20%
2007$16.35M$23.85M+$7.50M+45.87%+45.87%
2006$11.63M$16.35M+$4.72M+40.58%+40.58%
2005$10.62M$11.63M+$1.01M+9.51%+9.51%
2004$11.13M$10.62M$-510.00K-4.58%-4.58%
2003$14.97M$11.13M$-3.84M-25.65%-25.65%
2002$12.81M$14.97M+$2.16M+16.86%+16.86%

Quarterly Free Cash Flow: QoQ & YoY

QuarterValueQoQYoY
Q2 2026$6.15M+181.2%-46.2%
Q4 2025$2.19M-73.3%
Q2 2025$8.20M+67.0%+124.3%
Q4 2024$4.91M-57.0%+13.1%
Q2 2024$11.42M+51.6%
Q4 2023-$16,620
Q2 2023$3.65M-15.8%-63.5%
Q4 2022$4.34M-42.4%
Q2 2022$7.54M+94.7%-14.2%
Q4 2021$3.87M-61.3%+0.8%
Q2 2021$10.02M+107.6%
Q4 2020$339,290-96.1%
Q2 2020$8.78M+128.5%+81.9%
Q4 2019$3.84M-20.4%-20.4%
Q2 2019$4.83M+0.0%
Q4 2018-$174,677

QoQ = change vs the prior quarter; YoY = change vs the same quarter a year earlier.

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.