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Putnam High Yield Fund Class M: (MF: PHYMX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Oct 2, 2026 05:47 PM ET

$5.17 USD

+0.02 (0.39%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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Latest Performance as of Aug 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 3.07 22
3 months 1.01 36
6 months 2.09 38
1 Year 5.33 21
3 Year 8.02 32
5 Year 3.49 62
10 Year 4.42 54

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 47.45
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -22.82
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 238.71

Load Adjusted Returns as of Aug 31, 2026

1 Year 3.00
5 Year 2.77
10 Year 4.44
Since Inception 3.89

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -0.28 2.56 NA NA
2025 0.55 3.63 2.47 1.48
2024 1.57 1.00 4.43 0.29
2023 3.22 1.43 0.28 6.42
2022 -4.22 -10.38 -1.25 3.72
2021 0.68 2.74 0.50 0.68

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 3.068.367.4611.75-12.104.675.3013.84-4.136.5415.00
% Total Return Rel to Index 0.48-0.34-0.71-1.70-0.92-0.61-1.82-0.46-2.05-0.96-2.13
% Total Return Rel to Peer 0.571.110.030.33-3.100.070.472.15-1.591.053.31
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 2.002.003.003.005.003.002.003.005.002.002.00
% Dividends 0.200.300.400.270.240.240.250.270.270.290.31
% Yield 3.215.525.705.694.673.924.234.554.944.795.17
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Expense Ratio 1.231.241.281.301.291.260.000.641.281.291.32

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