Franklin Templeton
New 13F: Q3 2026
Franklin Templeton filed its 13F for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 on Nov 12, 2026: $170.6B in AI and semiconductor stocks; $5.5B bought and $4.7B sold against its previous quarter, at the quarter's prices.
- added to Amazon (AMZN): +$526.0M at the quarter's price
- added to Palantir (PLTR): +$517.2M at the quarter's price
- added to Microsoft (MSFT): +$510.4M at the quarter's price
- added to American Electric Power (AEP): +$495.4M at the quarter's price
- trimmed Alphabet (GOOGL): -$481.4M at the quarter's price
- trimmed Broadcom (AVGO): -$461.6M at the quarter's price
- added to AMD (AMD): +$435.3M at the quarter's price
- added to Micron (MU): +$427.2M at the quarter's price
- trimmed Synopsys (SNPS): -$369.3M at the quarter's price
- added to Meta Platforms (META): +$367.0M at the quarter's price
Franklin Templeton declares $188.6B in 202 of the 230 AI and semiconductor companies tracked on Silicon Floor, as of Jun 30, 2026 (Form 13F): 40.8% of its $461.9B 13F portfolio. Largest positions: Apple (0.48% of the company) and NVIDIA (0.38% of the company). Over time: $188.6B in 202 of these companies for Q2 2026, against $38.7B in 95 for Q4 2019 (13F values as filed). From Mar 31, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, it bought $26.5B and sold $18.8B of these stocks, at the quarter's prices: a net purchase of $7.8B; 4 new positions and 3 sold out.
Performance of its AI picks
The AI-stock portfolio Franklin Templeton declared for Q2 2026 (Form 13F), held unchanged, returned +3.4% in Q3 2026 (SMH -7.1%), ranked 956 of 1,785 active managers. Over the last 12 months, quarter after quarter: +26.3% (SMH +87.2%), ranked 844 of 1,360 active managers. Over three years, quarter after quarter: +144.1% (SMH +325.8%), ranked 431 of 784 active managers. Over five years, quarter after quarter: +152.7% (SMH +389.8%), ranked 304 of 535 active managers. Trades made during a quarter are not visible in 13F filings: this measures its declared picks, not the return of its funds.
Largest positions
- Apple (AAPL): $20.0B, 69.2M shares, 0.48% of the company, 4.3% of its portfolio (added this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- NVIDIA (NVDA): $18.3B, 91.3M shares, 0.38% of the company, 4.0% of its portfolio (trimmed this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- Microsoft (MSFT): $17.8B, 47.8M shares, 0.64% of the company, 3.9% of its portfolio (added this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- Alphabet (GOOGL): $15.3B, 43.1M shares, 0.35% of the company, 3.3% of its portfolio (trimmed this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- Amazon (AMZN): $14.1B, 59.2M shares, 0.55% of the company, 3.1% of its portfolio (added this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- Broadcom (AVGO): $9.3B, 24.7M shares, 0.52% of the company, 2.0% of its portfolio (trimmed this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- Lam Research (LRCX): $5.7B, 13.1M shares, 1.0% of the company, 1.2% of its portfolio (added this quarter); held since Q4 2024
- Meta Platforms (META): $5.3B, 9.4M shares, 0.37% of the company, 1.1% of its portfolio (trimmed this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- AMD (AMD): $5.3B, 9.1M shares, 0.55% of the company, 1.1% of its portfolio (added this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- Cisco (CSCO): $5.1B, 43.4M shares, 1.1% of the company, 1.1% of its portfolio (trimmed this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- Micron (MU): $4.2B, 3.6M shares, 0.32% of the company, 0.91% of its portfolio (added this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- NextEra Energy (NEE): $3.9B, 44.5M shares, 2.1% of the company, 0.84% of its portfolio (trimmed this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- TSMC (TSM): $3.3B, 7.0M shares, 0.14% of the company, 0.73% of its portfolio (trimmed this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- Applied Materials (AMAT): $2.4B, 3.4M shares, 0.42% of the company, 0.53% of its portfolio (added this quarter); held since Q4 2019 or earlier
- NRG Energy (NRG): $1.9B, 13.0M shares, 6.2% of the company, 0.41% of its portfolio (added this quarter); held since Q2 2020
By sector
- Cloud & AI giants: $73.3B, 39% of its AI holdings, 6 companies
- Chips & compute: $45.3B, 24% of its AI holdings, 34 companies
- Power, electrical & cooling: $23.7B, 13% of its AI holdings, 46 companies
- Equipment & test: $12.7B, 7% of its AI holdings, 25 companies
- AI software: $10.6B, 6% of its AI holdings, 28 companies
- Interconnect: $9.2B, 5% of its AI holdings, 11 companies
- Memory & storage: $8.1B, 4% of its AI holdings, 6 companies
- Servers & systems: $2.5B, 1% of its AI holdings, 12 companies
- Optics: $2.4B, 1% of its AI holdings, 11 companies
- Neoclouds & data centers: $882.7M, 0% of its AI holdings, 23 companies
Biggest changes this quarter
- added to Apple (AAPL): +$6.0B at the quarter's price
- trimmed Alphabet (GOOGL): -$3.6B at the quarter's price
- added to Microsoft (MSFT): +$3.5B at the quarter's price
- added to AMD (AMD): +$2.8B at the quarter's price
- added to Micron (MU): +$1.9B at the quarter's price
- trimmed Cisco (CSCO): -$1.7B at the quarter's price
- trimmed Seagate (STX): -$1.7B at the quarter's price
- trimmed Marvell (MRVL): -$1.6B at the quarter's price
- trimmed Broadcom (AVGO): -$1.5B at the quarter's price
- added to Amazon (AMZN): +$1.3B at the quarter's price
Schedule 13D/G declarations
- NRG Energy (NRG): 13G filed Oct 28, 2026: 15.5M shares as of Sep 30, 2026, 7.4% as declared
- Benchmark Electronics (BHE): 13G filed Jul 28, 2026: 1.1M shares as of Jun 30, 2026, 2.9% as declared
- NRG Energy (NRG): 13G filed Jul 28, 2026: 13.0M shares as of Jun 30, 2026, 6.2% as declared
- Benchmark Electronics (BHE): 13G filed Apr 29, 2026: 2.8M shares as of Mar 31, 2026, 7.7% as declared
- Benchmark Electronics (BHE): 13G filed Nov 4, 2025: 2.7M shares as of Sep 30, 2025, 7.4% as declared
- NRG Energy (NRG): 13G filed Aug 5, 2025: 8.3M shares as of Jun 30, 2025, 4.3% as declared
- Cohu (COHU): 13G filed May 9, 2025: 0 shares as of Mar 31, 2025, 0.00% as declared
- Benchmark Electronics (BHE): 13G filed May 9, 2025: 2.2M shares as of Mar 31, 2025, 6.2% as declared
- Benchmark Electronics (BHE): 13G filed Jan 27, 2025: 1.9M shares as of Dec 31, 2024, 5.2% as declared
- NRG Energy (NRG): 13G filed Nov 21, 2024: 11.5M shares as of Sep 30, 2024, 5.6% as declared
Other holders of this size
- Ameriprise Financial, Inc.: $172.4B in 211 of these companies
- Nuveen: $201.5B in 220 of these companies
- Dimensional: $161.4B in 205 of these companies
- Amundi: $204.0B in 197 of these companies
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA: $161.0B in 226 of these companies
- Wellington: $212.6B in 172 of these companies
- Deutsche Bank: $149.6B in 219 of these companies
- Legal & General: $236.0B in 222 of these companies
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