Putnam Core Equity Fund
Actively managed U.S. stock fund
As of its 2026 Q2 report, Putnam Core Equity Fund held 145 positions with $6.13B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 40.7% of the fund. Its share classes cost 0.63%–1.7% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, it returned 27.7%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q3 it added 19 new positions and exited 21.
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
The fund invests primarily in common stocks of U.S. companies of any size, selected by the Investment Manager based on valuation, financial strength, growth potential, competitive position, and projected earnings and cash flows. The fund maintains at least 80% of net assets in equity investments. Because returns depend on the Investment Manager's security selections, the fund's performance will diverge from any benchmark.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NVDANVIDIA Corp. | 7.44% | $455.73M | 2.3M | $199.57 |
GOOGAlphabet, Inc. | 6.53% | $399.73M | 1.0M | $381.94 |
AAPLApple, Inc. | 6.12% | $374.75M | 1.4M | $271.35 |
MSFTMicrosoft Corp. | 4.88% | $298.61M | 732.3K | $407.78 |
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc. | 4.45% | $272.32M | 1.0M | $265.06 |
AVGOBroadcom, Inc. | 3.16% | $193.40M | 463.3K | $417.43 |
2.54% | $155.63M | 254.3K | $611.91 | |
2.04% | $125.19M | 485.5K | $257.86 | |
1.85% | $113.32M | 122.7K | $923.77 | |
TSLATesla, Inc. | 1.72% | $105.02M | 275.2K | $381.63 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
All 145 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 97.41% |
| Other | 2.49% |
| Cash & short-term | 1.94% |
| Derivatives | -0.14% |
The outer band is exposure held short — written against the portfolio rather than part of it, which is why it sits outside the ring and why the two are never netted into one figure.
Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.
By sector
- Information Technology
- 30.4%
- Financials
- 16.2%
- Consumer Discretionary
- 11.1%
- Communication Services
- 9.5%
- 10 other sectors
- 32.8%
- Information Technology
- 30.4%
- Financials
- 16.2%
- Consumer Discretionary
- 11.1%
- Communication Services
- 9.5%
- Health Care
- 9.1%
- Industrials
- 6.7%
- Consumer Staples
- 3.7%
- Energy
- 2.4%
- Utilities
- 2.2%
- Other
- 2.2%
- Real Estate
- 2.0%
- Cash
- 1.9%
- Materials
- 1.4%
- International
- 1.2%
How it has done
C000091525 share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 12.25%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
This fund changed legal form during the period shown. The history above is continuous — it spans both eras, and the change is not a gap in reporting.
Fees & fund details
Putnam Core Equity Fund is an actively managed U.S. equity fund. 17% of Putnam Core Equity Fund’s stock holdings are in companies whose revenue grew in the top quartile of U.S. companies over the last five fiscal years (covering 97% of the fund’s equity).
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- United States
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.63% – 1.70%
- Portfolio turnover
- 11.00% a year · as of 2025 Q3
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
19 new· the largest 8
21 exited· the largest 8
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