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Interest Expense

The latest quarterly interest expense is $1.79 Million with a quarter-over-quarter change of -1.63%. Interest expense is the cost a company incurs for borrowed funds, including interest on bonds, loans, and other forms of debt financing.

Interest Expense

FT Interest Expense

$1.79M

Reported quarterly interest expense; no daily interpolation.

+104.39% 5Y

Current Interest Expense

$1.79M

$1.79 Million

Quarter-over-Quarter Change

-1.63%

vs. $1.82M prior quarter

Historical Data

43

Quarters of data available

Quarterly Interest Expense History

PeriodInterest ExpenseQoQ Change% Change
Q2 2026$1.79M$-29,749-1.63%
Q4 2025$1.82M+$29,749+1.66%
Q2 2025$1.79M$-28,766-1.58%
Q4 2024$1.82M+$69,497+3.96%
Q2 2024$1.75M+$460,601+35.61%
Q4 2023$1.29M+$20,618+1.62%
Q2 2023$1.27M$-19,715-1.53%
Q4 2022$1.29M+$15,458+1.21%
Q2 2022$1.28M$-20,284-1.56%
Q4 2021$1.30M+$32,865+2.60%
Q2 2021$1.26M$-27,451-2.12%
Q4 2020$1.29M+$24,343+1.92%
Q2 2020$1.27M$-11,177-0.87%
Q4 2019$1.28M$-2.67M-67.59%
Q4 2018$3.95M+$85,210+2.21%
Q4 2017$3.86M$-6.64M-63.23%
Q2 2017$10.50M$-16.02M-60.41%
Q4 2016$26.52M+$25.65M+2952.45%
Q2 2016$868,809$-9,385-1.07%
Q4 2015$878,194+$9,744+1.12%
Q2 2015$868,450$-4.23M-82.97%
Q4 2014$5.10M$-8.43M-62.31%
Q2 2014$13.53M+$12.25M+954.51%
Q4 2013$1.28M$-6.36M-83.21%
Q2 2013$7.64M+$2.93M+62.21%
Q4 2012$4.71M$-5.81M-55.23%
Q2 2012$10.52M+$15.84M+297.74%
Q4 2011$-5.32M$-18.50M-140.36%
Q2 2011$13.18M+$7.12M+117.49%
Q4 2010$6.06M$-5.56M-47.85%
Q2 2010$11.62M$-26.17M-69.25%
Q4 2009$37.79M+$100.75M+160.02%
Q2 2009$-62.96M$-58.21M-1225.47%
Q4 2008$-4.75M+$2.93M+38.15%
Q2 2008$-7.68M+$790,000+9.33%
Q4 2007$-8.47M$-24.56M-152.64%
Q2 2007$16.09M+$15.69M+3922.50%
Q4 2006$400,000+$2.19M+122.35%
Q2 2006$-1.79M$-4.34M-170.20%
Q4 2005$2.55M$-11.64M-82.03%
Q2 2005$14.19M+$14.43M+6012.50%
Q4 2004$-240,000$-21.07M-101.15%
Q2 2004$20.83M
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.