Franklin Templeton, IncShort GovernmentFTSD · NYSE Arca

Franklin Short Duration U.S. Government ETF (FTSD)

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Price: $89.48; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $329M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.25%; Category 0.52%
Yield: 4.45%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 2.6%+0.5%; Category 2.0%
3Y CAGR: 4.8%+0.5%; Category 4.4%
5Y CAGR: 2.7%+0.5%; Category 2.2%

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Franklin Short Duration U.S. Government ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	+1.0%	+0.2%	+0.8%	+1.5%	+2.6%	+4.8%	+2.7%	+2.1%	+1.7%
Short Government average	1.0%	0.5%	0.7%	1.2%	2.0%	4.4%	2.2%	1.9%	2.7%
Difference	0.0%	-0.3%	+0.1%	+0.3%	+0.5%	+0.5%	+0.5%	+0.2%	-1.0%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government51.2%
AAA1.4%
AA94.5%
Other4.1%

Asset mix

Bonds103.3%

ETF details

Issuer: Franklin Templeton, Inc
Category: Fixed Income · Short Government
Ticker: FTSD
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 4 Nov 2013 (13.0 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.25% (category 0.52%)
Holdings turnover: 61% (category 192%)
Distribution yield: 4.45%
Beta, 3 years: 0.21
Total net assets: $329M
Average duration: 4.57 years
Average maturity: 9.87 years

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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