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Putnam High Yield Fund Class Y: (MF: PHAYX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Sep 14, 2026 05:45 PM ET

$5.77 USD

-0.02 (-0.35%)

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 Aug 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 3.28 17
3 months 0.87 48
6 months 2.13 37
1 Year 5.70 14
3 Year 8.53 16
5 Year 3.97 43
10 Year 4.92 26

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) NA
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -22.50
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 269.49

Load Adjusted Returns as of Aug 31, 2026

1 Year 7.01
5 Year 3.99
10 Year 5.32
Since Inception 5.62

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -0.15 2.80 NA NA
2025 0.62 3.81 2.55 1.64
2024 1.74 1.21 4.56 0.38
2023 3.49 1.44 0.37 6.64
2022 -4.17 -10.11 -1.06 3.57
2021 0.73 2.82 0.72 0.73

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 3.288.898.0812.38-11.735.095.9114.22-3.537.1515.51
% Total Return Rel to Index 0.730.19-0.09-1.06-0.55-0.18-1.21-0.09-1.45-0.34-1.62
% Total Return Rel to Peer 0.821.640.650.97-2.740.501.082.52-0.991.663.81
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 1.001.002.002.004.002.002.002.004.002.001.00
% Dividends 0.210.330.420.300.260.260.280.300.300.310.33
% Yield 3.165.465.665.694.764.014.324.645.044.915.28
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.730.740.780.800.790.760.780.770.780.790.82

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