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George Putnam Balanced Class A: (MF: PGEOX)
(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Jan 15, 2026 05:51 PM ET
$27.27 USD
+0.05 (0.18%)
Zacks MF Rank
2-Buy of 5 2
Latest Performance as of Dec 31, 2025
| Total Return %* | Percentile Rank Objective | |
|---|---|---|
| YTD | 13.98 | 39 |
| 3 months | 2.33 | 37 |
| 6 months | 8.61 | 19 |
| 1 Year | 13.99 | 39 |
| 3 Year | 16.81 | 8 |
| 5 Year | 8.82 | 14 |
| 10 Year | 10.14 | 7 |
* Annual for three years and beyond.
| Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) | 66.34 |
| Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) | -47.05 |
| Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) | 486.94 |
Load Adjusted Returns as of Dec 31, 2025
| 1 Year | 7.79 |
| 5 Year | 7.61 |
| 10 Year | 9.52 |
| Since Inception | 8.71 |
Quarterly Return
| 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.70 | 7.86 | 6.13 | 2.33 |
| 2024 | 7.44 | 3.08 | 5.26 | 0.00 |
| 2023 | 5.66 | 5.85 | -2.69 | 10.18 |
| 2022 | -5.71 | -11.52 | -4.63 | 5.68 |
| 2021 | 2.07 | 5.89 | 0.31 | 5.05 |
Annual Return
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Total Return | 13.98 | 16.58 | 19.92 | -15.92 | 13.90 | 15.37 | 24.11 | -3.17 | 15.02 | 7.92 |
| % Total Return Rel to Index | -4.23 | -8.43 | -6.32 | 2.28 | -14.77 | -3.02 | -7.37 | 1.21 | -6.77 | -4.01 |
| % Total Return Rel to Peer | 0.81 | 4.95 | 5.96 | -2.16 | 0.71 | 4.10 | 5.34 | 2.39 | 1.86 | 1.57 |
| % Perf Quintile vs Peer* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| % Dividends | 0.39 | 0.48 | 0.25 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.53 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.20 |
| % Yield | 1.28 | 1.74 | 1.16 | 0.82 | 0.53 | 0.94 | 2.34 | 1.25 | 1.04 | 1.11 |
| Capital Gains ($) | 1.80 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 1.69 | 1.23 | 0.80 | 1.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 1.00 |
* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%