Putnam VT Equity Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-27
C000010883 — Putnam VT Equity Income Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Large Cap Value Equity · $2.49B AUM · 0.54% expense ratio · 18.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000010883 Fund Overview
Putnam VT Equity Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Putnam Variable Trust, categorised as United States Large Cap Value 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 Large Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $2.49B
- 1-year return: 18.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000822671
- SEC series ID: S000003894
- Share class ID: C000010883
C000010883 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Putnam VT Equity Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Citigroup, Inc. | 4.02% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 3.58% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | 3.41% |
| Putnam Short Term Investment Fund | 3.17% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 3.03% |
| NextEra Energy, Inc. | 2.47% |
| Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 2.40% |
| Philip Morris International, Inc. | 2.32% |
| General Motors Co. | 2.28% |
| McKesson Corp. | 2.21% |
C000010883 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Putnam VT Equity Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 96.5% |
| Other | 3.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.1% |
C000010883 Performance
Total returns for C000010883 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.9% |
| 1 year | 18.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 18.3% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 13.4% |
C000010883 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000010883, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 9.1%
C000010883 Costs and Fees
C000010883 costs about $54 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.54%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.54%
- Portfolio turnover: 21%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.83 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000010883 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Putnam VT Equity Income Fund had net inflows of $178.48M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $192.76M |
| 2026-02 | $7.80M |
| 2026-01 | −$14.26M |
| 2025-12 | −$3.37M |
| 2025-11 | $4.40M |
| 2025-10 | $2.75M |
C000010883 Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Putnam VT Equity Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States of America | 0.01% |
C000010883 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Putnam VT Equity Income 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.