Putnam VT Mortgage Securities Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-27
C000010837 — Putnam VT Mortgage Securities Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Long Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond · $24.94M AUM · 0.50% expense ratio · 7.1% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000010837 Fund Overview
Putnam VT Mortgage Securities Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Putnam Variable Trust, categorised as Long Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Putnam Variable Trust
- Category: Long Securitized (MBS/ABS/CMBS) Bond
- Assets under management: $24.94M
- 1-year return: 7.1%
- SEC CIK: 0000822671
- SEC series ID: S000003871
- Share class ID: C000010837
C000010837 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Putnam VT Mortgage Securities Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| FNMA or FHLMC | 26.59% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 24.53% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 16.15% |
| Putnam Short Term Investment Fund | 11.95% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 10.12% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 8.46% |
| FNMA or FHLMC | 4.93% |
| Gnma | 4.17% |
| Gnma | 4.08% |
| Gnma | 4.04% |
C000010837 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Putnam VT Mortgage Securities Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Securitized | 231.9% |
| Other | 11.9% |
| Real Estate | 3.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.4% |
C000010837 Performance
Total returns for C000010837 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 2.1% |
| 1 year | 7.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 7.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 1.0% |
C000010837 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000010837, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 4.0%
C000010837 Costs and Fees
C000010837 costs about $50 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.50%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.00%
- Portfolio turnover: 871%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.65 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000010837 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Putnam VT Mortgage Securities Fund had net outflows of $2.01M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $783.52K |
| 2026-02 | −$311.75K |
| 2026-01 | −$173.32K |
| 2025-12 | −$89.22K |
| 2025-11 | −$873.57K |
| 2025-10 | −$167.01K |
C000010837 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Putnam VT Mortgage Securities Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000010837 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Putnam VT Mortgage Securities Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.