Franklin FTSE Asia ex Japan ETF

Franklin FTSE Asia ex Japan ETF (FLAX)

Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Asia ex Japan RIC Capped Index. The FLAX ETF contains 1667 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the Asia-Pacific region.

Price $18.45 as of 2022-10-21

Cost/Risk/Yield

Dividend yield	3.39%
Expense ratio	0.19%
Average spread	0.271%
1Y roundtrip cost	0.461%

Historic prices

Total Returns (including dividends)

Returns by Year

Returns by Period

Monthly returns heatmap

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2022	-1.3%	-3.0%	-4.0%	-5.6%	0.9%	-3.0%	-1.7%	-1.2%	-12.5%	-1.4%			-32.7%
2021	4.8%	1.9%	-2.2%	1.0%	1.1%	0.4%	-6.6%	1.4%	-4.1%	1.4%	-3.2%	1.2%	-3.0%
2020	-6.0%	-1.6%	-12.7%	7.2%	1.6%	7.9%	7.7%	4.2%	-0.7%	1.7%	8.5%	6.3%	24.2%
2019	7.6%	0.6%	2.6%	1.9%	-8.2%	6.3%	-3.5%	-3.9%	2.2%	4.2%	0.8%	6.5%	17.2%
2018			-1.2%	-1.7%	-0.5%	-4.9%	1.6%	-1.8%	-0.8%	-11.2%	5.9%	-3.2%	-17.9%
	5.2%	-2.1%	-17.5%	2.8%	-5.2%	6.7%	-2.6%	-1.3%	-15.7%	-5.3%	11.9%	10.9%

Historical Dividends

Dividends by Year

Dividend Yields by Year

Monthly dividend heatmap

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2022						0.11							0.11
2021						0.11						0.51	0.62
2020						0.08						0.36	0.43
2019						0.12						0.38	0.50
2018						0.09						0.38	0.46
	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.51	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.63

Sectors and Top Holdings

Security	% Assets
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	6.98%
Tencent Holdings Ltd.	4.97%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.	4.01%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	3.84%
AIA Group Limited	1.88%
Meituan Class B	1.83%
Reliance Industries Limited	1.45%
Infosys Limited	1.12%
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.	1.05%
Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited	0.92%
China Construction Bank Corporation Class H	0.88%
NIO Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A	0.73%
MediaTek Inc	0.68%
JD.com, Inc. Class A	0.68%
Wuxi Biologics (Cayman) Inc.	0.66%
Top 15 Weights	31.68%

Compare with similar ETFs

	FLAX	GMF	GSEE	HEEM	NUEM	XSOE
Product name	Franklin FTSE Asia ex Japan ETF	SPDR S&P Emerging Asia Pacific ETF	Goldman Sachs MarketBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF	iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	NuShares ESG Emerging Markets Equity ETF	WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund
Issuer	Franklin	SPDR	Goldman Sachs	iShares	Nuveen	WisdomTree
Price	$18.445	$86.89	$35.95	$22.99	$23.18	$24.33
Expense Ratio	0.19%	0.49%	0.36%	0.7%	0.35%	0.32%
Average Spread	0.271%	0.276%	0.278%	0.261%	0.518%	0.041%
AUM	$22,229,500	$414,355,000	$23,352,200	$144,968,000	$83,271,300	$2,663,200,000
Shares	1,205,176	4,768,725	649,573	6,305,691	3,592,375	109,461,719
Average Daily Volume	9,217	17,474	153	39,201	144,683	763,290
Home page	Visit external site	Visit external site	Visit external site	Visit external site	Visit external site	Visit external site
Inception Date	2018-02-06	2007-03-19	2020-05-12	2014-09-23	2017-06-07	2014-12-10
Index Tracked	FTSE Asia ex Japan RIC Capped Index	S&P Emerging Asia Pacific BMI	Solactive GBS Emerging Markets Large & Mid Cap Index	MSCI Emerging Markets 100% Hedged to USD Index	TIAA ESG Emerging Markets Equity Index	WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index
Category	Asia Pacific Equities	Asia Pacific Equities	Asia Pacific Equities	Emerging Markets Equities	Emerging Markets Equities	Emerging Markets Equities
Asset Class	Equity	Equity	Equity	Equity	Equity	Equity
Asset Class Size	Large/Mid Caps	Large/Mid Caps	Large/Mid Caps	Large/Mid Caps		Large/Mid Caps
Value or Growth	Blend	Blend	Blend	Blend	Blend	Blend
Region	Asia-Pacific	Asia-Pacific	Asia-Pacific	Asia-Pacific	Asia-Pacific	Asia-Pacific
Countries	Pacific ex-Japan	Broad	Broad	Pacific ex-Japan	Broad	Broad
Annual Dividend Rate	$0.625	$3.415	$2.234	$0.244	$0.79	$0.675
Annual Dividend Yield	0.034%	0.039%	0.062%	0.011%	0.034%	0.028%
Number of Holdings	1667	1403	1091	2	0	503
YTD Return	-28.75%	-28.00%	-27.08%	-21.65%	-28.22%	-32.36%
Beta	0.68	1.12	0.44	0.82	0.73	0.95
Upside Beta	0.29	0.22	0.07	0.37	0.32	0.53
Downside Beta	0.12	-0.29	-0.61	-0.21	0.13	-0.29
Volatility 1Y	21.50%	22.32%	21.08%	19.77%	21.41%	23.38%
Sharpe Ratio 3Y	-0.30	-0.21	0.00	-0.23	-0.22	-0.35
Treynor Ratio 3Y	-0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-0.01

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