Putnam VT Small Cap Growth Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-27
C000010861 — Putnam VT Small Cap Growth Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Mid Cap Growth Equity · $37.22M AUM · 0.87% expense ratio · 21.5% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000010861 Fund Overview
Putnam VT Small Cap Growth Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Putnam Variable Trust, categorised as United States Mid Cap Growth 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 Mid Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $37.22M
- 1-year return: 21.5%
- SEC CIK: 0000822671
- SEC series ID: S000003883
- Share class ID: C000010861
C000010861 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Putnam VT Small Cap Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Putnam Cash Collateral Pool LLC | 4.04% |
| Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 3.40% |
| Comfort Systems USA, Inc. | 3.22% |
| Nova Ltd. | 3.17% |
| Carpenter Technology Corp. | 2.96% |
| RBC Bearings, Inc. | 2.74% |
| Bloom Energy Corp. | 2.35% |
| Ensign Group, Inc. (The) | 2.28% |
| Fabrinet | 2.14% |
| Putnam Short Term Investment Fund | 1.97% |
C000010861 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Putnam VT Small Cap Growth Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.0% |
| Other | 2.0% |
C000010861 Performance
Total returns for C000010861 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -0.1% |
| 1 year | 21.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.7% |
C000010861 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000010861, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 12.1%
C000010861 Costs and Fees
C000010861 costs about $87 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.87%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.92%
- Portfolio turnover: 62%
- Brokerage commissions: 11.33 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000010861 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Putnam VT Small Cap Growth Fund had net inflows of $1.75M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $1.93M |
| 2026-02 | −$417.72K |
| 2026-01 | $424.05K |
| 2025-12 | −$289.42K |
| 2025-11 | −$40.04K |
| 2025-10 | $56.85K |
C000010861 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Putnam VT Small Cap Growth Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000010861 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Putnam VT Small Cap Growth 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.