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Franklin ClearBridge Canadian Small Cap Fund Series A

Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

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FundGrade C

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Fundata ESG GradeE Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

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NAVPS
(05-21-2025)
$49.89
Change
-$0.50 (-1.00%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Franklin ClearBridge Canadian Small Cap Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 24, 2000): 5.55%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -1.47% -5.33% -3.31% -6.34% 5.16% 11.50% 5.82% 7.03% 15.06% 6.27% 1.21% 1.19% 1.70% 0.18%
Benchmark -1.83% -1.60% -1.65% -0.96% 8.86% 9.27% 3.32% 4.16% 14.42% 8.07% 5.82% 5.10% 5.93% 5.45%
Category Average 0.02% -4.65% -2.83% -4.12% 7.31% 7.74% 4.73% 3.47% 11.71% 7.04% 5.67% 5.05% 5.71% 4.57%
Category Rank 187 / 199 132 / 199 145 / 199 167 / 199 151 / 199 36 / 195 87 / 193 53 / 186 37 / 177 112 / 175 161 / 165 153 / 157 152 / 154 128 / 130
Quartile Ranking 4 3 3 4 4 1 2 2 1 3 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund -0.12% 3.82% 4.16% -1.98% 2.04% 0.68% 5.40% -2.06% -1.06% -2.77% -1.18% -1.47%
Benchmark 2.65% -1.93% 5.81% -1.26% 3.80% 1.39% 2.69% -3.30% 0.65% -2.27% 2.56% -1.83%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

18.48% (April 2009)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-29.48% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -19.91% 28.58% -1.91% -28.69% -3.06% 0.60% 25.77% -7.57% 14.60% 19.80%
Benchmark -13.31% 38.48% 2.75% -18.17% 15.84% 12.87% 20.27% -9.29% 4.79% 18.83%
Category Average -6.13% 18.01% 3.43% -15.15% 16.59% 11.91% 22.35% -11.32% 6.49% 16.84%
Quartile Ranking 4 1 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 2
Category Rank 129/ 129 8/ 151 145/ 156 165/ 165 172/ 172 162/ 177 55/ 185 62/ 193 16/ 195 69/ 196

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

28.58% (2016)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-28.69% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 90.63
Income Trust Units 5.36
International Equity 2.44
Cash and Equivalents 1.57

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Energy 21.56
Basic Materials 12.41
Technology 10.73
Consumer Services 9.75
Real Estate 9.37
Other 36.18

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 96.32
Other 3.68

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Enerflex Ltd 3.85
Atco Ltd Cl B 3.77
Canadian Western Bank 3.74
Empire Co Ltd Cl A 3.65
EQB Inc 3.47
Kelt Exploration Ltd 3.47
Headwater Exploration Inc 3.36
AltaGas Ltd 3.33
Propel Holdings Inc 3.29
Descartes Systems Group Inc 3.18

Equity Style

Market capitalization is medium. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Franklin ClearBridge Canadian Small Cap Fund Series A

Median

Other - Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.56% 13.52% 17.21%
Beta 0.75% 0.70% 0.77%
Alpha 0.03% 0.05% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.76% 0.77% 0.78%
Sharpe 0.20% 0.93% 0.00%
Sortino 0.38% 1.47% -0.09%
Treynor 0.04% 0.18% 0.00%
Tax Efficiency 95.78% 97.26% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 7 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 9.56% 13.56% 13.52% 17.21%
Beta 0.56% 0.75% 0.70% 0.77%
Alpha 0.00% 0.03% 0.05% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.34% 0.76% 0.77% 0.78%
Sharpe 0.18% 0.20% 0.93% 0.00%
Sortino 0.48% 0.38% 1.47% -0.09%
Treynor 0.03% 0.04% 0.18% 0.00%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 95.78% 97.26% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

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Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date November 24, 2000
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $198

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
TML223
TML323
TML598

Investment Objectives

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of Canadian small-capitalization equities.

Investment Strategy

The portfolio advisor follows a ‘growth at a reasonable price’ investment style in selecting investments for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its assets in equity securities of foreign issuers.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

  • Mike Richmond
  • Mike Shaw
Sub-Advisor

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Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Custodian

JPMorgan Chase Bank

Registrar

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Distributor

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 2.85%
Management Fee 2.10%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 6.00%
DSC Max 6.00%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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