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Franklin FTSE Australia ETF (FLAU) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Every Closelook reading that exists for FLAU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Same market, other index family

FLAU vs EWA

FLAU and EWA both follow Australia through a different index family. Expense ratio 0.09% for FLAU, 0.50% for EWA. Gap = FLAU minus EWA, in percentage points.

WindowFLAUEWAGap
1 year+12.01%+11.46%+0.55
3 years+14.75%+14.18%+0.57
5 years+7.69%+7.21%+0.48
Since both trade (8.9 y)+7.78%+7.02%+0.76
Calendar yearFLAUEWAGap
2026 ytd+12.42%+12.63%−0.21
2025+15.99%+13.35%+2.64
2024+1.81%+1.60%+0.20
2023+12.58%+13.81%−1.22
2022−5.58%−5.92%+0.34
2021+9.90%+8.93%+0.96
2020+11.00%+8.29%+2.72
2019+23.38%+22.45%+0.94
2018−10.17%−11.27%+1.10

Total return of both funds (distributions reinvested, after all fund costs), same dates, in dollars; windows annualised, as of 2026-09-22. A cheaper fund can still return less when the other index holds more of the stock that ran. All pairs · descriptive, not advice.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.06%, semi-annual · last 0.49 USD on 2026-06-26

Dividends and capital return

What FLAU pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.07 USD per share · a 3.06% yield on the 2026-09-22 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-22
  • Change on the year +1.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.05 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.49 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-26
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.55 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.94 USD · 2025: 1.03 USD · 2026: 0.49 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-15

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.24 · down 0.66 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-21

About Franklin FTSE Australia ETF

Franklin FTSE Australia ETF (FLAU) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelook tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelook page. It is a constituent of Closelook benchmark ETF set.

closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Franklin FTSE Australia ETF (FLAU)?

Franklin FTSE Australia ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading as FLAU on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelook tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

How does Closelook use FLAU?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote Franklin FTSE Australia ETF as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelook covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does FLAU trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.2% vs the 50-day and +3.2% vs the 200-day average, 11.4% below the 52-week high and +20% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

Does Franklin FTSE Australia ETF pay a dividend?

Franklin FTSE Australia ETF has paid 1.07 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.06% on the 2026-09-22 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.49 USD on 2026-06-26. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for FLAU, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelook names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.