Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-27
C000010843 — Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Health Care Equity · $141.30M AUM · 0.75% expense ratio · 6.5% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000010843 Fund Overview
Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Putnam Variable Trust, categorised as United States Health Care Equity. 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: United States Health Care Equity
- Assets under management: $141.30M
- 1-year return: 6.5%
- SEC CIK: 0000822671
- SEC series ID: S000003874
- Share class ID: C000010843
C000010843 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 10.75% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9.17% |
| AbbVie, Inc. | 6.02% |
| Novartis AG | 5.23% |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 4.94% |
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 4.93% |
| AstraZeneca plc | 4.92% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 4.51% |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | 4.06% |
| Sanofi SA | 3.58% |
C000010843 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.7% |
| Other | 2.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.1% |
C000010843 Performance
Total returns for C000010843 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -3.1% |
| 1 year | 6.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 8.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.1% |
C000010843 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000010843, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 17.0%
C000010843 Costs and Fees
C000010843 costs about $75 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.75%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.75%
- Portfolio turnover: 78%
- Brokerage commissions: 15.84 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000010843 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund had net outflows of $12.36M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $3.62M |
| 2026-02 | −$998.35K |
| 2026-01 | −$1.24M |
| 2025-12 | −$472.44K |
| 2025-11 | −$2.00M |
| 2025-10 | −$1.72M |
C000010843 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000010843 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Putnam VT Global Health Care 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.