Franklin Multi-Asset Defensive Growth Fund C NMFQS:LWLAX

Allocation--30% to 50% Equity | Legg Mason

$13.77

↓ $-0.01 (-0.07%)

Last Updated: Feb 17, 2026

Fund Information

Fund Category Allocation--30% to 50% Equity

Fund Family Legg Mason

Fund Style Large Blend

ISIN US52470J1593

CUSIP 52470J159

Inception Date -

Domicile -

Country USA

Fiscal Year End -

NAV Chart

Fund Metrics

Net Assets $127.30 Million

Share Class Net Assets $-

Expense Ratio 1.92%

Expense Ratio Date -

Dividend Yield 0.02%

Morning Star Rating -

Morning Star Risk Rating -

Morning Star Category -

Performance

YTD Return 1.47%

1-Year Return 9.46%

3-Year Return 7.72%

5-Year Return 3.23%

NAV $13.77

Previous Close Price $13.78

Last Update 2025-12-31

Dividend Information

Dividend Yield 0.02%

Dividend (ttm) 0.17

Dividend Growth -58.12%

Payout Frequency Annual

Ex-Dividend Date n/a

Ratings

Morning Star Rating -

Morning Star Risk Rating -

Morning Star Category -

Beta (5Y) 1.23

About Franklin Multi-Asset Defensive Growth Fund C

The fund is a fund of funds—it invests in other mutual funds and may also invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). It is managed as an asset allocation program and allocates its assets among mutual funds and ETFs managed by the manager and its affiliates. The portfolio managers will allocate between 15% to 45% of the fund's assets to underlying funds that invest in equity and equity-like strategies and between 55% to 85% of the fund's assets to underlying funds that invest in fixed income strategies.

Detailed Metrics

Market Cap Distribution

AverageMarketCap 209116.35%

Giant 16.85%

Large 13.24%

Medium 6.50%

Micro 0.77%

Small 2.35%

Value & Growth Metrics

Book-Value Growth % 8.40%

Cash-Flow Growth % 8.26%

Dividend Yield % 1.45%

Historical Earnings % 11.82%

Long-Term Earnings % 10.82%

Asset Allocation

Type	Net %	Long %	Short %	Category Average	benchmark
Bond	52.93%	53.56%	0.63%	76.46%	55.83%
Cash	4.04%	12.35%	8.31%	28.25%	0.00%
Non US Stock	7.76%	8.28%	0.52%	9.02%	7.88%
Not Classified	1.13%	1.13%	0.00%	1.12%	0.00%
Other	2.57%	3.89%	1.32%	20.18%	4.02%
US Stock	31.57%	31.58%	0.01%	39.84%	32.26%

Top Holdings

Name	Weight	Owned	Change
Western Asset Core Bond Fund	27.32%	-	-
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund	13.64%	-	-
Franklin US Large Cap Equity Fund	8.35%	-	-
ClearBridge Appreciation Fund	3.03%	-	-
BrandywineGLOBAL - Global Flexible Income Fund	12.19%	-	-
BrandywineGLOBAL - Diversified US Large Cap Value Fund	3.13%	-	-
Franklin Systematic Style Premia ETF	2.02%	-	-
BrandywineGLOBAL - Global Unconstrained Bond Fund	3.36%	-	-
Franklin International Equity Fund	2.47%	-	-
Franklin Growth Fund	3.74%	-	-
Franklin U.S. Core Bond ETF	39.30%	-	-
ClearBridge Large Cap Growth Fund	8.07%	-	-
Franklin High Yield Corporate ETF	5.49%	-	-
Putnam Large Cap Value Fund	6.03%	-	-
BrandywineGLOBAL - Flexible Bond Fund	13.42%	-	-
Franklin U.S. Large Cap Equity Fund	9.25%	-	-
Putnam Large Cap Growth Fund	2.42%	-	-

See the full breakdown of LWLAX fund's asset allocation and top holdings .

Sector Weights

Category	Subcategory	Amount %	Category Avg	Stocks %	Benchmark
Bond Sector	Cash and Equivalents	1.64%	15.40%	6.16%	0.01%
Bond Sector	Corporate	1.64%	14.50%	32.92%	30.68%
Bond Sector	Derivative	1.64%	10.72%	11.97%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Government	1.64%	45.94%	28.06%	47.26%
Bond Sector	Municipal	1.64%	1.90%	0.36%	0.03%
Bond Sector	Securitized	1.64%	11.53%	20.53%	22.02%
Cyclical	Basic Materials	3.58%	2.82%	0.00%	2.93%
Cyclical	Consumer Cyclical	11.69%	10.08%	0.00%	10.47%
Cyclical	Financial Services	14.78%	16.24%	0.00%	15.38%
Cyclical	Real Estate	1.01%	3.21%	0.00%	2.28%
Defensive	Consumer Defensive	5.37%	6.12%	0.00%	4.81%
Defensive	Healthcare	10.43%	10.08%	0.00%	9.59%
Defensive	Utilities	1.64%	4.10%	0.00%	2.41%
Sensitive	Communication Services	9.28%	8.63%	0.00%	9.29%
Sensitive	Energy	2.39%	4.21%	0.00%	3.16%
Sensitive	Industrials	9.81%	9.96%	0.00%	10.23%
Sensitive	Technology	30.02%	24.55%	0.00%	29.46%

World Regions

Region	Subregion	Category Average	Stocks Percent	Benchmark
Americas	Latin America	0.46%	0.68%	0.33%
Americas	North America	83.26%	80.09%	82.34%
Greater Asia	Asia Developed	2.09%	3.37%	1.39%
Greater Asia	Asia Emerging	1.68%	2.12%	1.36%
Greater Asia	Australasia	0.57%	0.70%	1.05%
Greater Asia	Japan	2.48%	2.29%	3.68%
Greater Europe	Africa/Middle East	0.40%	0.58%	0.44%
Greater Europe	Europe Developed	6.50%	7.02%	7.21%
Greater Europe	Europe Emerging	0.09%	0.09%	0.12%
Greater Europe	United Kingdom	2.48%	3.06%	2.09%

Dividend History

Date	Amount	Unadjusted Amount	Currency	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Period
2024-12-30	$0.196	$0.196	USD	-	-	-	-
2024-09-30	$0.065	$0.065	USD	-	2024-09-27	2024-09-30	Quarterly
2024-06-28	$0.051	$0.051	USD	-	2024-06-27	2024-06-28	Quarterly
2024-03-28	$0.022	$0.022	USD	-	2024-03-27	2024-03-28	Quarterly
2023-12-28	$0.078	$0.078	USD	-	2023-12-27	2023-12-28	Quarterly
2023-09-29	$0.028	$0.028	USD	-	2023-09-28	2023-09-29	Quarterly
2023-06-30	$0.046	$0.046	USD	-	2023-06-29	2023-06-30	Quarterly
2023-03-31	$0.026	$0.026	USD	-	2023-03-30	2023-03-31	Quarterly
2022-12-29	$0.150	$0.150	USD	-	2022-12-28	2022-12-29	Quarterly
2022-06-30	$0.015	$0.015	USD	2022-06-30	2022-06-29	2022-06-30	Quarterly
2022-03-31	$0.018	$0.018	USD	-	2022-03-30	2022-03-31	Quarterly
2021-12-30	$0.227	$0.227	USD	2021-12-30	2021-12-29	2021-12-30	Quarterly
2021-09-30	$0.043	$0.043	USD	2021-09-30	2021-09-29	2021-09-30	Quarterly
2021-06-30	$0.027	$0.027	USD	2021-06-30	2021-06-29	2021-06-30	Quarterly
2021-03-31	$0.006	$0.006	USD	2021-03-31	2021-03-30	2021-03-31	Quarterly
2020-12-30	$0.146	$0.146	USD	2020-12-30	2020-12-29	2020-12-30	Quarterly
2020-09-30	$0.020	$0.020	USD	2020-09-30	2020-09-29	2020-09-30	Quarterly
2020-06-30	$0.023	$0.023	USD	2020-06-30	2020-06-29	2020-06-30	Quarterly
2020-03-31	$0.038	$0.038	USD	2020-03-31	2020-03-30	2020-03-31	Quarterly
2019-12-27	$0.138	$0.138	USD	2019-12-27	2019-12-26	2019-12-27	Quarterly
2019-09-30	$0.029	$0.029	USD	2019-09-30	2019-09-27	2019-09-30	Quarterly
2019-06-28	$0.041	$0.041	USD	2019-06-28	2019-06-27	2019-06-28	Other
2019-03-29	$0.039	$0.039	USD	2019-03-29	2019-03-28	2019-03-29	Quarterly
2018-12-27	$0.136	$0.136	USD	2018-12-27	2018-12-26	2018-12-27	Other
2018-09-27	$0.046	$0.046	USD	2018-09-27	2018-09-26	2018-09-27	Quarterly
2018-06-28	$0.034	$0.034	USD	2018-06-28	2018-06-27	2018-06-28	Other
2018-03-28	$0.025	$0.025	USD	2018-03-28	2018-03-27	2018-03-28	Quarterly
2017-12-28	$0.130	$0.130	USD	2017-12-28	2017-12-27	2017-12-28	Other
2017-09-29	$0.030	$0.030	USD	2017-09-29	2017-09-28	2017-09-29	Quarterly
2017-06-30	$0.025	$0.025	USD	2017-06-30	2017-06-29	2017-06-30	Other
2017-03-31	$0.019	$0.019	USD	2017-03-31	2017-03-30	2017-03-31	Quarterly
2016-12-28	$0.130	$0.130	USD	2016-12-28	2016-12-27	2016-12-28	Quarterly
2016-09-30	$0.039	$0.039	USD	2016-09-30	2016-09-29	2016-09-30	Quarterly
2016-06-30	$0.036	$0.036	USD	2016-06-30	2016-06-29	2016-06-30	Quarterly
2016-03-31	$0.034	$0.034	USD	2016-03-31	2016-03-30	2016-03-31	Quarterly
2015-12-23	$0.106	$0.106	USD	2015-12-23	2015-12-22	2015-12-23	Quarterly
2015-09-30	$0.032	$0.032	USD	2015-09-30	2015-09-29	2015-09-30	Quarterly
2015-06-30	$0.031	$0.031	USD	2015-06-30	2015-06-29	2015-06-30	Quarterly
2015-03-31	$0.039	$0.039	USD	2015-03-31	2015-03-30	2015-03-31	Quarterly
2014-12-29	$0.121	$0.121	USD	2014-12-29	2014-12-26	2014-12-29	Quarterly
2014-09-30	$0.039	$0.039	USD	2014-09-30	2014-09-29	2014-09-30	Quarterly
2014-06-27	$0.038	$0.038	USD	2014-06-27	2014-06-26	2014-06-27	Quarterly
2014-03-28	$0.029	$0.029	USD	2014-03-28	2014-03-27	2014-03-28	Quarterly
2013-12-30	$0.098	$0.098	USD	2013-12-30	2013-12-27	2013-12-30	Quarterly
2013-09-30	$0.039	$0.039	USD	2013-09-30	2013-09-27	2013-09-30	Quarterly
2013-06-26	$0.033	$0.033	USD	2013-06-26	2013-06-25	2013-06-26	Quarterly
2013-03-28	$0.049	$0.049	USD	2013-03-28	2013-03-27	2013-03-28	Quarterly
2012-12-28	$0.111	$0.111	USD	2012-12-28	2012-12-27	2012-12-28	Quarterly
2012-09-28	$0.052	$0.052	USD	-	2012-09-27	2012-09-28	Other

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