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Putnam High Yield Fund Class R: (MF: PFJAX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Aug 4, 2026 05:35 PM ET

$5.33 USD

+0.04 (0.76%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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3-Hold of 5     3    

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Latest Performance as of Jun 30, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 2.27 21
3 months 2.75 18
6 months 2.27 21
1 Year 6.35 21
3 Year 8.32 34
5 Year 3.43 65
10 Year 4.78 51

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) NA
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) NA
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 235.35

Load Adjusted Returns as of Jun 30, 2026

1 Year 6.35
5 Year 3.43
10 Year 4.78
Since Inception 7.08

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -0.47 2.75 NA NA
2025 0.55 3.63 2.47 1.48
2024 1.57 1.00 4.43 0.30
2023 3.43 1.43 0.09 6.61
2022 -4.23 -10.22 -1.25 3.51
2021 0.51 2.91 0.50 0.51

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 2.278.367.4711.96-12.134.495.3013.83-3.966.3815.00
% Total Return Rel to Index 0.34-0.33-0.71-1.48-0.95-0.78-1.82-0.47-1.89-1.12-2.13
% Total Return Rel to Peer 0.381.110.030.55-3.13-0.090.472.13-1.420.893.31
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 2.002.003.003.005.003.002.003.005.003.002.00
% Dividends 0.150.300.400.270.240.240.250.270.270.290.31
% Yield 2.245.387.235.604.563.824.124.424.814.695.04
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.001.241.281.301.291.261.281.271.281.291.32

* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%