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

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) current share price is $1.03. This constitutes a price movement of 0.48% when compared to the share price 7 days ago and is -2.37% below FRAR's 12-month high of $1.06 per share. Prices are delayed by at least 20 minutes.

Relative to the previous close share price of $1.03, Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) current share price of $1.03 constitutes a movement of or 0%. Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) share price movement is -0.48% when compared to 7 days ago and is -2.37% below FRAR's 52-week high of $1.06.

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) 52-week high is $1.06 which was reached on 21 Oct 2025. Relative to this, FRAR's current share price of $1.03 constitutes a -$0.02 or -2.37% drop since that high of $1.06 per FRAR share.

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) 52-week low is $1.03 which was reached on 4 Sep 2026. Relative to this, FRAR's current share price of $1.03 constitutes a or 0% drop since that low of $1.03 per FRAR share.

Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund)'s (FRAR) current market capitalisation is $699,749,589. 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 10 Sep 2026. This last FRAR distribution or dividend included 0% franking. The next dividend payment for Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) is due on 12 Oct 2026.

Upcoming ex-distribution date: 1 Sep 2026

Upcoming record date: 2 Sep 2026

Upcoming payment date: 10 Sep 2026

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 3.10% this year. Last year's dividend yield was 1.60%. 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.

The "management expense ratio" (MER) for Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR) is 0.5%. This is the total expense for operating an ETF or managed fund like Franklin Australian Absolute Return Bond Fund (Managed Fund) (FRAR). This includes management fees and other operating expenses which all come out of an investor's return.