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George Putnam Balanced Fund Class R5: (MF: PGELX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Nov 13, 2026 05:35 PM ET

$29.30 USD

-0.10 (-0.34%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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2-Buy of 5   2      

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Latest Performance as of Oct 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 8.58 17
3 months 0.95 15
6 months 3.90 19
1 Year 9.02 35
3 Year 17.58 8
5 Year 8.11 11
10 Year 10.76 5

* 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) NA

Load Adjusted Returns as of Oct 31, 2026

1 Year 10.48
5 Year 8.95
10 Year 10.55
Since Inception 9.54

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -2.07 9.93 0.25 NA
2025 -2.64 7.93 6.21 2.38
2024 7.56 3.13 5.31 0.04
2023 5.74 5.92 -2.64 10.24
2022 -5.66 -11.45 -4.59 5.77
2021 2.11 5.96 0.36 5.12

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 8.5814.2616.8720.21-15.6914.1615.6924.46-2.8915.378.19
% Total Return Rel to Index -3.18-3.95-8.14-6.022.50-14.51-2.70-7.021.49-6.42-3.74
% Total Return Rel to Peer 1.801.085.246.25-1.940.984.425.702.672.221.84
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 2.002.001.001.004.003.002.001.001.002.002.00
% Dividends 0.350.440.540.300.210.200.220.590.300.200.25
% Yield 1.491.481.951.761.040.750.912.621.540.981.39
Capital Gains ($) 0.001.800.710.000.401.691.230.801.350.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.660.690.710.720.710.710.720.720.730.740.73

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