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Franklin Universal Trust (FT) stock price history
Every NYSE trading session of Franklin Universal Trust from Sep 26, 1988 to Nov 12, 2026: 9,419 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
FT adjusted close, 1988 to 2026
- $8.20
- All time high, 2026
- $8.22
- 52 week high, $6.95 low
- 9,419
- Daily sessions since 1988
Last updated Nov 12, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1988 to 2026 series and minute bars.
FT key facts
- Franklin Universal Trust (FT) closed at $7.35 on Nov 12, 2026 on NYSE.
- FT's all time high close is $8.20, set on Apr 17, 2026; its all time low close is $0.2936 on Dec 17, 1990.
- FT's 52 week range is $6.95 to $8.22.
- FT returned -5.8% over the year to Nov 12, 2026 and +25.7% over five years.
- Over ten years FT returned +116%, +8.0% a year compounded.
- FT's deepest drawdown was -54.8% from May 23, 2007 to Nov 20, 2008.
- DataCedar holds 9,419 daily sessions of FT history from Sep 26, 1988 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
FT price chart, 1988 to 2026
FT returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 12, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | +2.9% |
| 3 months | -6.5% |
| 6 months | -7.9% |
| Year to date | -5.1% |
| 1 year | -5.8% |
| 3 years | +39.0% |
| 5 years | +25.7% |
| 10 years | +116.5% |
| Since Sep 26, 1988 | +1,593% |
| Compound annual growth, 38.1 years | +7.7% |
FT records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $8.20 on Apr 17, 2026
- All time low close
- $0.2936 on Dec 17, 1990
- 52 week high
- $8.22 on Apr 17, 2026
- 52 week low
- $6.95 on Sep 28, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -54.8% from May 23, 2007 to Nov 20, 2008, recovered Mar 8, 2010
- Best single session
- +12.2% on Oct 13, 2008
- Worst single session
- -15.3% on Mar 18, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 10.2%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 46%
- Growth of 1 since 1988
- 16.9×
- Best calendar year
- 2009, +70%
- Worst calendar year
- 2008, -41%
FT price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1988 starts on Sep 26, 1988; 2026 runs to Nov 12, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $7.78 | $8.22 | $6.95 | $7.35 | -5.1% | 10.6M | 218 |
| 2025 | $6.60 | $7.85 | $6.18 | $7.75 | +17.0% | 11.2M | 250 |
| 2024 | $5.62 | $7.02 | $5.41 | $6.62 | +18.4% | 12.3M | 252 |
| 2023 | $5.28 | $5.80 | $4.95 | $5.59 | +6.6% | 10.2M | 250 |
| 2022 | $6.11 | $6.15 | $4.68 | $5.24 | -14.0% | 14.4M | 251 |
| 2021 | $5.07 | $6.28 | $4.96 | $6.10 | +20.3% | 11M | 251 |
| 2020 | $5.02 | $5.34 | $3.00 | $5.07 | +1.8% | 15.6M | 253 |
| 2019 | $3.83 | $5.13 | $3.78 | $4.98 | +29.2% | 17.3M | 252 |
| 2018 | $4.09 | $4.11 | $3.66 | $3.86 | -6.2% | 12.9M | 242 |
| 2017 | $3.63 | $4.20 | $3.62 | $4.11 | +13.3% | 9.5M | 240 |
| 2016 | $2.90 | $3.72 | $2.60 | $3.63 | +24.8% | 12.7M | 243 |
| 2015 | $3.32 | $3.48 | $2.75 | $2.91 | -13.1% | 11.2M | 249 |
| 2014 | $3.03 | $3.44 | $3.01 | $3.35 | +9.9% | 10.6M | 252 |
| 2013 | $2.96 | $3.28 | $2.74 | $3.04 | +4.9% | 13.4M | 252 |
| 2012 | $2.61 | $3.08 | $1.92 | $2.90 | +12.0% | 14.4M | 250 |
| 2011 | $2.28 | $2.62 | $2.03 | $2.59 | +13.4% | 13.8M | 252 |
| 2010 | $1.94 | $2.38 | $1.71 | $2.29 | +17.8% | 13.7M | 251 |
| 2009 | $1.14 | $2.00 | $0.9670 | $1.94 | +70.2% | 17.1M | 242 |
| 2008 | $1.93 | $1.97 | $0.8357 | $1.14 | -40.9% | 12M | 244 |
| 2007 | $1.79 | $2.02 | $1.53 | $1.93 | +6.4% | 10.4M | 238 |
| 2006 | $1.49 | $1.82 | $1.48 | $1.81 | +20.7% | 11.9M | 242 |
| 2005 | $1.37 | $1.53 | $1.34 | $1.50 | +9.3% | 12.9M | 252 |
| 2004 | $1.24 | $1.38 | $1.11 | $1.37 | +10.4% | 11.8M | 252 |
| 2003 | $1.01 | $1.25 | $0.9907 | $1.24 | +23.0% | 17.1M | 252 |
| 2002 | $1.46 | $1.59 | $0.8466 | $1.01 | -30.2% | 10.9M | 251 |
| 2001 | $1.19 | $1.49 | $1.07 | $1.45 | +20.2% | 8.8M | 248 |
| 2000 | $0.9963 | $1.24 | $0.9416 | $1.20 | +22.1% | 11.6M | 245 |
| 1999 | $1.28 | $1.30 | $0.9600 | $0.9872 | -22.8% | 9.2M | 245 |
| 1998 | $1.22 | $1.30 | $1.15 | $1.28 | +5.2% | 8.2M | 233 |
| 1997 | $0.9974 | $1.22 | $0.9435 | $1.22 | +23.5% | 12M | 253 |
| 1996 | $0.8843 | $1.01 | $0.8728 | $0.9839 | +11.3% | 10.2M | 239 |
| 1995 | $0.6905 | $0.9224 | $0.6794 | $0.8843 | +28.1% | 9.9M | 238 |
| 1994 | $0.7178 | $0.7740 | $0.6237 | $0.6905 | -5.1% | 10.1M | 246 |
| 1993 | $0.6189 | $0.7520 | $0.6097 | $0.7279 | +17.6% | 17.8M | 253 |
| 1992 | $0.4963 | $0.6324 | $0.4926 | $0.6189 | +22.6% | 18M | 251 |
| 1991 | $0.3156 | $0.5327 | $0.3083 | $0.5047 | +59.9% | 9.7M | 229 |
| 1990 | $0.4247 | $0.4500 | $0.2936 | $0.3156 | -24.6% | 12.6M | 253 |
| 1989 | $0.4135 | $0.4729 | $0.3907 | $0.4183 | +1.2% | 7.3M | 242 |
| 1988 | $0.4342 | $0.4396 | $0.3999 | $0.4135 | n/a | 2.7M | 63 |
FT monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | $7.35 | +0.4% |
| October 2026 | $7.32 | +4.0% |
| September 2026 | $7.04 | -8.7% |
| August 2026 | $7.71 | -2.7% |
| July 2026 | $7.92 | -1.9% |
| June 2026 | $8.07 | +0.8% |
| May 2026 | $8.01 | -1.4% |
| April 2026 | $8.12 | +3.0% |
| March 2026 | $7.88 | -2.9% |
| February 2026 | $8.11 | +2.6% |
| January 2026 | $7.91 | +2.0% |
| December 2025 | $7.75 | -0.8% |
About the FT data
Daily bars. 9,419 sessions from Sep 26, 1988 to Nov 12, 2026, one row per NYSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Oct 23, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are NYSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Sep 26, 1988, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/nyse%3AFT/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on NYSE
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