C000011165 Performance — Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2035 Fund, Class A

Data updated: 2026-10-13

C000011165 returned +3.44% year to date and +8.15% over one year to Jul 2026. Annualised returns are +10.12% over 3 years and +5.90% over 5 years. The fund trailed its Target-Date category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $134, against $146 for the category, and to $108 over one year, against $116. Volatility over the past three years was 9.23% a year. In the 12 months to Jul 2026 the fund took in a net $31.5M, and assets reached $412.23M.

C000011165 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2035 Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Target-Date category average over the same months.

PeriodC000011165Category average
1 year (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)$108$116
3 years (Aug 2023 – Jul 2026)$134$146
5 years (Aug 2021 – Jul 2026)$133$142
Since data start (Aug 2019 – Jul 2026)$159$186

C000011165 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jul 2026, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
YTD+3.44%
1 year+8.15%
3 years (annualised)+10.12%
5 years (annualised)+5.90%

C000011165 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2035 Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2026 (Jan–Jul)+3.44%
2025+10.48%
2024+17.37%
2023+8.62%
2022−8.46%
2021+14.60%
2020+2.09%
2019 (Aug–Dec)+1.84%

C000011165 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026−0.3%0.0%−3.2%+5.0%+2.5%+0.5%−0.9%—————
2025+3.6%−1.4%−3.8%+0.5%+3.4%+2.8%+0.7%+0.8%+1.9%+1.3%+0.8%−0.3%
2024+7.5%−3.5%+2.4%+3.3%+1.1%+1.5%+4.0%−2.3%+1.5%+1.9%+2.7%−3.5%
2023+3.6%+0.6%+2.4%−2.1%+1.4%+2.9%+0.2%−1.6%−3.7%−0.9%+1.5%+4.5%
2022−0.8%−4.4%+0.8%−1.5%+4.3%−5.1%+0.5%+3.2%−4.9%−2.0%+3.6%−2.1%
2021+6.0%+2.5%+1.5%+1.2%+0.5%+1.3%+1.0%+2.1%−2.9%+1.5%−2.7%+2.1%
2020+1.0%+5.8%−8.4%−4.5%+3.6%+1.6%+2.9%−1.8%−1.8%+2.2%−0.5%+2.8%
2019———————+0.5%+1.0%−1.0%−0.1%+1.4%

C000011165 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Aug 2023 – Jul 2026.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 9.23%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: 0.61 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +7.55% (Jan 2024)
  • Worst month: −3.77% (Mar 2025)

C000011165 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2035 Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $31.5M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $138.5M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 1.29×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Jul 2026$6.0M$6.6M−$605K
Jun 2026$10.4M$10.3M$105K
May 2026$3.7M$6.4M−$2.7M
Apr 2026$5.4M$9.6M−$4.3M
Mar 2026$11.4M$12.7M−$1.3M
Feb 2026$10.8M$5.5M$5.4M
Jan 2026$7.3M$11.9M−$4.6M
Dec 2025$22.9M$7.1M$15.8M
Nov 2025$13.3M$10.4M$2.9M
Oct 2025$23.6M$12.3M$11.3M
Sep 2025$12.8M$6.5M$6.3M
Aug 2025$11.1M$7.9M$3.2M

C000011165 Assets Under Management

Net assets of Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2035 Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2026-07-31$412.23M
2026-04-30$406.66M
2026-01-31$400.02M
2025-10-31$392.64M
2025-07-31$356.56M
2025-04-30$320.90M
2025-01-31$332.20M
2024-10-31$310.70M
2024-07-31$284.49M
2024-04-30$250.40M
2024-01-31$231.93M
2023-10-31$197.34M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.