FundBATSAlternative Strategies

Franklin Liberty Senior Loan ETF

FLBL CBOE - exBATS

A proprietary investment approach assesses the investable universe across two key dimensions: probability of default and loss-given default, actively managed by a dedicated, experienced investment team that has been investing in floating rate loans since 1997 through various credit cycles. The debt...

22.63USD
+0.74 (+3.39%) 1 Year · close Nov 4

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Fund size
58.9M
as of Feb 2020
Expense ratio
0.45%
per year
Dividend yield
8.22%
Monthly
Volatility · 1Y
2.7%
Average Risk
Beta
0.15
vs the market
52-week range
21.3822.65
01 Performance

How FLBL has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.

Return by period

Price · to Nov 4
Strong performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs price return

Price only
+8.5 pts
0%5%10% FLBL +11.9% Price +3.4%

Over 1 year, FLBL returned +11.9% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +8.5 pts to the price move.

02 Risk

How bumpy is the ride?

Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.

Volatility

Annualized · 1Y
2.7%Average Risk

A typical year sees the price swing about ±3% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−3.2%
0%-2%−3.2%

Deepest fall −3.2% on Mar 3, 2026 — 39 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
FLBL tends to move+1.5%

A beta of 0.15 means FLBL has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio -0.26 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Uptrend
22.63
  • 12-day average22.53 +0.4%
  • 26-day average22.51 +0.5%
  • 50-day average22.49 +0.6%
  • 200-day average22.22 +1.8%

The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.

Relative strength (RSI)

Neutral
OversoldOverbought68.9

RSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.

Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.

04 Fund

Inside the fund

Alternative Strategies · Floating-rate loans — tracking the Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 Index.

  • Assets under management58.9MUSD
  • Expense ratio0.45%per year
  • Holdings67
  • Risk score3.5Low

Launched May 2018. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.

05 Dividends

What it pays you

Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.

Dividend yield8.22%

About 82 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.

Per share
1.86
Frequency
Monthly
Last paid
Nov 2, 2026

Last 12 months

1.86 USD / share
0.14Dec 10.19Dec 190.11Feb 20.13Mar 20.15Apr 10.15May 10.16Jun 10.13Jul 10.14Aug 30.13Sep 10.14Oct 10.30Nov 2
06 Themes

Where FLBL shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold FLBL. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

07 Profile

About Franklin Liberty Senior Loan ETF

A proprietary investment approach assesses the investable universe across two key dimensions: probability of default and loss-given default, actively managed by a dedicated, experienced investment team that has been investing in floating rate loans since 1997 through various credit cycles. The debt is generally floating rate and sub-investment-grade, rated B- or better, but up to 25% of the funds holdings may have a lower credit rating.

  • Featured in 1 curated theme
  • 67 holdings
Ticker
FLBL
Exchange
CBOE - exBATS
ISIN
US35473P5952
CUSIP
35473P595
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Alternative Strategies
Industry
Floating-rate loans
Benchmark
Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 Index
All key statistics

Details

NameFranklin Liberty Senior Loan ETF
TickerFLBL
ISINUS35473P5952
CUSIP35473P595
ExchangeBATS
CategoryAlternative Strategies
Sub CategoryFloating-rate loans
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateMay 30, 2018
BenchmarkMorningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 Index

Shareas of Nov 4, 2026

Close Price USD22.63
52W Low / High 21.38 / 22.65
1Y Total Return11.88%
Strong
1Y Volatility4.48%
Average Risk
Beta0.15
12M Dividends1.85974
Last Dividend DateNov 2, 2026
Dist. FrequencyMonthly
Dividend Yield8.22%

Dataas of Feb 28, 2020

AUM59 M
Discount/Premium0.688%
NAV24.55
Shares Outstanding2.4 M
Volume 20D Avg3.6 K
Nbr of Holdings67
Risk RankLow
Net Expense0.450%
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