Franklin FTSE Australia ETF
$33.95−0.88 (−2.53%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.09%
- Fund size
- $220M
- 1Y return
- +12.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.06%
- Holdings
- 110
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $34.66
- 52W range
The ETF.net FLAU Grade
Score 69 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 93Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 83Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 45Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 34Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 62Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 46Category rank
Our read on FLAU
BAustralia for nine basis points. Franklin's 2017 country fund holds a capped index of roughly 110 Australian stocks, so no single name swallows the basket, at a sliver of what the older single-country ETFs charge.
The Fund seeks investment results that closely track the performance of the FTSE Australia RIC Capped Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- 0.09% a year, versus a peer group where half the funds charge five times that. On a plain index fund, fee is the part you actually control.franklintempleton.com
- The benchmark is a capped FTSE Australia index, so weight limits keep any one holding from quietly becoming an outsized chunk of the fund.
- No stock-picking, no overlay: it aims to match the index before fees, across roughly 110 names, and has run that way since 2017.
- Rates as one of the stronger builds in a 30-fund developed single-country group, largely on cost and clean index execution.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded, and Sydney's session is closed during US hours, so spreads can run wider than on the household-name country funds.
- A smaller fund than the long-running incumbents, and it pays out annually or semiannually rather than on a monthly rhythm.
- The holdings trade in Australian dollars while your account is in US dollars, so the currency move is part of the ride. There is no hedge.franklintempleton.com
FLAU Holdings
- Stocks
- 110
- 55%
- BHP.AX
Sectors
- Financials36.1%
- Materials27.0%
- Consumer Discr.6.6%
- Health Care6.0%
- Real Estate5.4%
- Industrials4.9%
- Energy4.8%
- Cons. Staples4.0%
- Technology1.9%
- Communication1.8%
- Utilities1.6%
Geography
- Australia98.05%
- Ireland0.89%
- New Zealand0.64%
- United States0.42%
Developed 100% · Emerging 0%
FLAU Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | FLAU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.4% |
| 1 month | −3.4% |
| 3 months | +2.0% |
| 1 year | +12.0% |
| 3 years | +14.8% |
| 5 years | +7.7% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | FLAU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.4% | |
| 2025 | +16.0% | |
| 2024 | +1.8% | |
| 2023 | +12.6% | |
| 2022 | −5.5% | |
| 2021 | +9.9% | |
| 2020 | +11.1% |
FLAU in the news
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FLAU Dividends
- 3.06%
- $1.07
- $0.49 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.49 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.58 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | $0.44 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.60 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.34 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 26, 2023 | $0.55 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Jun 27, 2023 | $0.48 |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Dec 22, 2022 | $0.66 |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Jun 28, 2022 | $0.89 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 7, 2022 | $0.20 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 21, 2021 | $0.79 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | $0.52 |
FLAU Risk
- 16.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.66
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −24.7%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.00
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FLAU Cost
- The middle half of Developed Single Country funds
- Median 0.50%
No Developed Single Country fund charges less.