Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-27
C000010885 — Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Balanced Allocation · $298.75M AUM · 0.63% expense ratio · 14.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
C000010885 Fund Overview
Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Putnam Variable Trust, categorised as Balanced Allocation. 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: Balanced Allocation
- Assets under management: $298.75M
- 1-year return: 14.9%
- SEC CIK: 0000822671
- SEC series ID: S000003895
- Share class ID: C000010885
C000010885 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Putnam Short Term Investment Fund | 5.90% |
| NVIDIA Corp. | 4.13% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 3.40% |
| United States of America | 3.14% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 3.12% |
| Apple, Inc. | 2.92% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 2.59% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 1.92% |
| Lam Research Corp. | 1.70% |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | 1.40% |
C000010885 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 61.8% |
| Fixed Income | 27.0% |
| Securitized | 10.3% |
| Other | 5.9% |
C000010885 Performance
Total returns for C000010885 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -2.1% |
| 1 year | 14.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 14.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.2% |
C000010885 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000010885, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 7.3%
C000010885 Costs and Fees
C000010885 costs about $63 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.63%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.63%
- Portfolio turnover: 107%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.77 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000010885 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund had net inflows of $3.28M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | $20.39M |
| 2026-02 | −$1.80M |
| 2026-01 | −$2.07M |
| 2025-12 | −$2.02M |
| 2025-11 | −$1.71M |
| 2025-10 | −$2.23M |
C000010885 Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States of America | 3.14% |
| United States of America | 1.07% |
| United States of America | 1.06% |
| United States of America | 0.93% |
| United States of America | 0.91% |
| United States of America | 0.78% |
| United States of America | 0.76% |
| United States of America | 0.72% |
| United States of America | 0.70% |
| United States of America | 0.54% |
C000010885 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced 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.