Franklin Templeton vs iShares: ETF issuers compared

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Franklin Templeton vs iShares: ETF issuers compared | ETF Tracker

Income: Franklin Templeton wins, 92% to 88% of funds made money

Every dot is one income fund, placed at its 1-year return. Right of the line = made money. The ringed dot is the middle fund.

BOX SCORE · INCOME	Franklin Templeton	iShares
Funds in the category	13	18
Made money (W–L)	12–1	14–2
Win %	92%	88%
Money made	$2.2B	$18.5B
Typical return	+16.2%	+14.9%
Launches · 2026	0	0
Assets	$12.9B	$132B
Fee per $100	$0.56	$0.26

The biggest income funds on each side

Franklin Templeton

Fund	Name	Assets	1Y
LVHI	Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF	$6.4B	+27.6% ✓
DIVI	Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF	$2.6B	+16.2% ✓
INCM	Franklin Income Focus ETF	$2.0B	+10.6% ✓
LVHD	Franklin U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF	$643M	+17.6% ✓
INCE	Franklin Income Equity Focus ETF	$368M	+22.2% ✓
PBDC	Putnam BDC Income ETF	$275M	−3.4% ✕

iShares

Fund	Name	Assets	1Y
DGRO	iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF	$45.3B	+21.5% ✓
DVY	iShares Select Dividend ETF	$23.8B	+21.2% ✓
BINC	iShares Flexible Income Active ETF	$16.8B	+0.6% ✓
HDV	iShares Core High Dividend ETF	$16.3B	+33.9% ✓
PFF	iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF	$11.6B	−4.8% ✕
IDV	iShares International Select Dividend ETF	$8.3B	+20.7% ✓

Twin funds: Franklin Templeton is cheaper in 20 of 39. Franklin Templeton returned more in 15.

Pairs that hold the same market. Fee = per $100 a year. Returns within 0.1 points are a tie; 5-year returns are per year.

CHEAPER20 – 190 tieBETTER 1Y15 – 1310 tieBETTER 5Y17 – 111 tie

US stocks · 3

LRGE$0.48−0.4%+8.0%Large growth+10.3%−3.6%$0.18IWF
PVAL$0.56+28.0%+16.0%Large value+11.5%+29.2%$0.18IWD
SQLV$0.60+30.6%+7.6%Quality+10.8%+13.9%$0.15QUAL

International · 19

TEMD$0.45——Emerging Markets+6.1%+11.5%$0.09IEMG
PGRI$0.55+2.8%—All non-US+8.0%+13.6%$0.07IXUS
FLJP$0.09+16.6%+9.1%Japan+8.8%+16.4%$0.49EWJ
PEMX$0.71+24.2%—EM ex China+10.4%+27.4%$0.25EMXC
FLKR$0.09+63.6%+15.4%South Korea+15.6%+62.8%$0.59EWY
FLTW$0.19+59.2%+20.2%Taiwan+18.8%+58.2%$0.59EWT
FLBR$0.19+12.8%+9.8%Brazil+8.8%+8.2%$0.59EWZ
FLEE$0.09+12.4%+9.0%Europe+8.4%+12.3%$0.10IEUR
FLIN$0.19−10.8%+2.2%India+1.0%−10.7%$0.61INDA
FLCA$0.09+22.1%+11.7%Canada+11.2%+21.7%$0.50EWC
FLGB$0.09+16.1%+11.8%United Kingdom+11.6%+16.2%$0.50EWU
FLAX$0.19+13.7%+6.6%Asia Ex Japan+5.8%+13.5%$0.72AAXJ
FLLA$0.19+15.2%+10.9%Latin America+11.8%+13.8%$0.47ILF
FLSW$0.09+18.6%+8.1%Switzerland+7.9%+19.0%$0.50EWL
FLMX$0.19+17.8%+12.3%Mexico+12.5%+17.6%$0.50EWW
FLGR$0.09+4.2%+6.9%Germany+7.2%+4.9%$0.49EWG
FLAU$0.09+12.7%+6.6%Australia+6.2%+12.8%$0.50EWA
FLJH$0.09+23.0%+15.9%Japan Hedged+20.4%+23.0%$1.02HEWJ
FLSA$0.39−11.4%−1.5%Saudi Arabia−2.3%−12.4%$0.75KSA

Bonds & cash · 2

FLCB$0.15−0.6%−0.2%Total bond market−0.1%−0.5%$0.03AGG
FLMI$0.30+0.5%+1.7%Muni bonds+0.6%−0.1%$0.05MUB

All 39 twins

Bonds & cash · 9

FLGV$0.09−0.5%−0.3%All Treasuries−0.6%−0.5%$0.05GOVT
FLCO$0.35−1.5%−0.4%Corporate bonds−0.8%−2.7%$0.14LQD
FLHY$0.40+2.1%+4.1%High-yield bonds+3.6%+1.2%$0.08USHY
FTMS$0.22+2.2%—Short munis+1.6%+2.0%$0.07SUB
FLIA$0.25+0.8%+0.9%Non-US bonds+1.2%+0.9%$0.07IAGG
FLUD$0.15

Squares, left to right: fee · 1 year · 5 years, coloured by who won. Most gaps come from different index rules, not fees.

Who wins each category · share of its funds that made money · 1Y

Income: Franklin Templeton wins, 92% to 88% of funds made money

The biggest income funds on each side

Franklin Templeton

iShares

Twin funds: Franklin Templeton is cheaper in 20 of 39. Franklin Templeton returned more in 15.

US stocks · 3

International · 19

Bonds & cash · 2

Bonds & cash · 9

Income · 3

Crypto · 2

Commodities · 1

Tale of the tape

Income: Franklin Templeton wins, 92% to 88% of funds made money

The biggest income funds on each side

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US stocks · 3

International · 19

Bonds & cash · 2

Bonds & cash · 9

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Income · 3

Crypto · 2

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