Franklin FTSE Brazil ETF
$23.45−0.42 (−1.78%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.19%
- Fund size
- $644M
- 1Y return
- +34.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.42%
- Holdings
- 98
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $23.67
- 52W range
The ETF.net FLBR Grade
Score 78 of 100 sits in the A 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 90Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 66Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 56Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 56Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 53Category rank
Our read on FLBR
ABrazil at roughly a third the fee of the typical fund in the category. Franklin tracks a capped FTSE index of about 100 Brazilian stocks, and has hugged that benchmark closely since launching in 2017.
The fund uses a passive indexing approach intended to track the performance of the FTSE Brazil Capped Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- 0.19% a year against a 0.60% median for Brazil funds. In a market this jumpy, the fee is the one input you actually control.
- Same large-cap Brazil market as EWZ at 0.59%, for well under half the cost, and one of the strongest all-round builds in the Brazil group.
- Plain index plumbing: it aims to match the FTSE Brazil Capped Index before fees, and its tracking has stayed very close to that benchmark.
- Backed by Franklin Templeton and trading since 2017, so this is a seasoned wrapper rather than a fresh single-country launch.
Worth knowing
- One country, about 100 mostly large companies, in a currency tied to commodities and politics. Concentration is the whole point, and it cuts both ways.
- It changes hands less often than the category's giant, EWZ, so spreads can run wider. Limit orders earn their keep.
- Cash comes quarterly, and the amount rides on what Brazilian companies choose to pay out, which varies year to year.
FLBR Holdings
- Stocks
- 98
- 56%
- VALE3.SA
Sectors
- Financials29.1%
- Energy21.0%
- Materials14.7%
- Utilities14.5%
- Industrials8.9%
- Cons. Staples4.3%
- Health Care2.5%
- Consumer Discr.2.0%
- Communication1.5%
- Real Estate0.8%
- Technology0.7%
Geography
- Brazil100.00%
Developed 0% · Emerging 100%
FLBR Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FLBR$13,483
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 | FLBR |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +26.8% |
| 1 month | +10.7% |
| 3 months | +12.0% |
| 1 year | +34.8% |
| 3 years | +15.8% |
| 5 years | +12.1% |
| 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 | FLBR |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +26.8% | |
| 2025 | +45.6% | |
| 2024 | −27.7% | |
| 2023 | +33.3% | |
| 2022 | +10.6% | |
| 2021 | −16.7% | |
| 2020 | −20.0% |
FLBR in the news
FLBR Dividends
- 5.42%
- $1.29
- $0.26 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 8, 2026 | $0.46 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.57 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | $0.44 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.56 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.52 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 26, 2023 | $0.72 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Jun 27, 2023 | $1.14 |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Dec 22, 2022 | $1.04 |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Jun 28, 2022 | $1.03 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 7, 2022 | $0.11 |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 21, 2021 | $1.01 |
FLBR Risk
- 22.9%
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.
- 0.47
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.
- −32.3%
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.
- 0.96
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FLBR Cost
0.19%
FLBR0.19%
- The middle half of Brazil funds
- Median 0.59%
No Brazil fund charges less.