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Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (ASX: FRAR) - Share Price and Research

- Current share price for FRAR : $1.020

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) is an Exchange Traded Fund - commonly known as an ETF. For more details about how ETFs work, feel free to check out our What is an ETF? overview. Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) invests in a diversified portfolio of Australian and global fixed income securities.

FRAR General Information +

ASX Code FRAR
Website http://www.franklintempleton.com.au/our-products/funds-pric
Industry/Sector Asset Management & Custody Banks
Market Cap ($M) 685
FRAR Share Price $1.020
Day High $0.000
Day Low $0.000
Last Close $1.020
FRAR Share Price Movement - ( No change )
Prices as at 16:40, 20 Dec 2024
+Security prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes and are indicative only.

FRAR Fund Information

Unconstrained Fixed Income
Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+Y TR AUD
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Investment Fund
22 Dec 2014
$718.74 million (as at 30 Apr 2024)

FRAR ETF performance (30 Nov 2024)

NOTE : returns for periods greater than 1 year are annualised
  1 Month % 3 Month % 6 Month % 1 Year % p.a. 2 Year % p.a. 3 Year % p.a. 5 Year % p.a. 10 Year % p.a.
Total return 0.43 1.19 3.63 5.77 4.24 0.02 -0.34 -
Growth return 0.28 0.74 2.3 4.36 3.55 -0.43 -0.61 -
Income return (Yield) 0.15 0.45 1.33 1.41 0.69 0.45 0.27 -

Market index (Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+Y TR AUD)

Total return 1.14 -0.46 3.02 5.16 2.65 -0.93 -0.61 2.09

FRAR Related Research

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) Upcoming Dividends & Yields

Distribution Type Dividend Franking Ex-dividend date Payment date Current Price+ Price 7D Avg Dividend Yield
Result 0.15¢ 0% 2 Dec 2024 11 Dec 2024 $1.020 $1.010 -
Result 0.15¢ 0% 1 Nov 2024 12 Nov 2024 $1.020 $1.010 -
Result 0.15¢ 0% 1 Oct 2024 11 Oct 2024 $1.020 $1.010 -

See all dividends from Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) or use our Upcoming Dividends tool to search for dividends across all ASX-listed securities.

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) Recent ASX Announcements

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Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) Financials $686 Applications, Redemptions, Units on Issue and OTC 30.11.2024 6 Dec 2024 8:40AM $1.005 $1.020 risen by 1.49%
Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) Financials $686 DRP Price 30 November 2024 3 Dec 2024 11:50AM $1.000 $1.020 risen by 2%
Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) Financials $686 Final Dividend Details 30 November 2024 27 Nov 2024 10:09AM $1.005 $1.020 risen by 1.49%
Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) Financials $686 Indicative Distribution Calendar 30 November 2024 25 Nov 2024 8:47AM $0.995 $1.020 risen by 2.51%
Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) Financials $686 Applications, Redemptions, Units on Issue and OTC 31.10.2024 7 Nov 2024 2:58PM $1.000 $1.020 risen by 2%
Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) Financials $686 DRP Price 31 October 2024 4 Nov 2024 11:56AM $1.000 $1.020 risen by 2%

FRAR Financial Summary

Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2024A $71.62 $10.40 0.00% 9.50 0.70 0.70% 0.0%

FRAR Peer Comparison

Company Mkt Cap EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
2024 A 2024 A 2024 A
Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) $686M 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 9.8551 0.0000 0.0000 0.71% 0.00% 0.00%
HMC Capital (HMC) $3,967M 0.0191 0.0000 0.0000 46.1170 0.0000 0.0000 1.25% 0.00% 0.00%
Insignia Financial (IFL) $2,415M 0.6567 -0.2226 0.0203 7.5821 9.7535 9.5592 2.58% 2.22% 6.67%
Netwealth Group (NWL) $6,930M 0.2382 0.2487 0.2325 83.0205 66.4866 53.9444 0.99% 1.25% 1.51%
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (PNI) $5,133M 0.1667 0.1969 0.1911 50.3297 42.0492 35.3014 1.83% 2.14% 2.55%

FRAR Market Comparison

Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth
Company 0.00 9.86 0.66 0.00
Market 0.26 13.50 1.06 0.85
Sector 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

FRAR Directors

Name Position Start Date
G Shaneyfelt Non-Executive Chairman, Non-Executive Director 20 Mar 2024
Q Lupo Non-Executive Director 1 Jan 0001
M Abell Non-Executive Director 20 Mar 2024
M Sund Non-Executive Director 1 Jan 0001
F Walsh Non-Executive Director 9 Nov 2023

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) Changes in Directors' Interest & Trades

There are no directors' trades from Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR). Please use our Changes in directors' interest tool to search for changes & trades across all ASX-listed securities.

FRAR Calendar of Events

Date Event
24 September 2025 Report (Annual)

FAQs about Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR)

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) current share price is $1.02. This constitutes a price movement of 0.99% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is 0% below FRAR's 12-month high of $1.02 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $1.02, Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) current share price of $1.02 constitutes a movement of or 0%. Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) share price movement is 0.99% when compared to 7 days ago and is 0% below FRAR's 52-week high of $1.02.

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) 52-week high is $1.02 which was reached on 19 Dec 2024. Relative to this, FRAR's current share price of $1.02 constitutes a or 0% drop since that high of $1.02 per FRAR share.

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) 52-week low is $0.98 which was reached on 31 May 2024. Relative to this, FRAR's current share price of $1.02 constitutes a $0.05 or 4.62% gain since that low of $0.98 per FRAR share.

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) current market capitalisation is $685,756,822. Market capitalisation, sometimes referred to as "market cap", is the total value of a company's or ETF's issued shares or units owned by shareholders or unitholders. Market capitalisation is equal to the market price per share or unit multiplied by the number of shares or units outstanding.

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) last distribution or dividend was $0.00 per share and was paid on 11 Dec 2024. This last FRAR distribution or dividend included 0% franking.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 2 Dec 2024

Upcoming record date: 3 Dec 2024

Upcoming payment date: 11 Dec 2024

ETFs, such as Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR), pay distributions instead of dividends. The difference is that dividends are declared by companies from part of the profits made during any given year and the company’s management decide the amount of earnings retained verses how much to pay out to investors. An ETF, like Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR), must pay out all realised income. This is a combination of any dividends received plus capital gains realised from the buying and selling of underlying holdings within Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR).


A distribution has three key dates:

Ex-distribution date: Date the distribution value leaves the ETF. This will normally correspond with the ETF unit price dropping in value by the same amount as the distribution.

Record date: Date someone must be on the unit registry to receive the distribution.

Payment date date: Date the distribution is paid to the unit holder.

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) has a franking level of 0%. Franking represents the tax a company has already paid on any profit it distributes to shareholders as a dividend. Only Australian companies pay franking credits therefore you will not see franking on ETFs that invest internationally. For ETFs that are diversified across asset classes, you may see partial franking.

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) has a current dividend yield of 0.70% this year. Last year's dividend yield was n/a. The dividend yield for FRAR is a ratio that tells you the percentage of Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR)'s share price that it pays out in dividends each year. The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividends by the current share price.

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