C000011179 Performance — Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2025 Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2025-06-24

C000011179 returned +5.58% over one year to Apr 2025. Annualised returns are +4.06% over 3 years and +3.56% over 5 years. The fund trailed its Target-Date category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $113, against $123 for the category, and to $106 over one year, against $109. Volatility over the past three years was 7.12% a year. In the 12 months to Apr 2025 the fund took in a net $123.7M, and assets reached $372.80M.

C000011179 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2025 Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Target-Date category average over the same months.

PeriodC000011179Category average
1 year (May 2024 – Apr 2025)$106$109
3 years (May 2022 – Apr 2025)$113$123
5 years (May 2020 – Apr 2025)$119$152
Since data start (Aug 2019 – Apr 2025)$114$148

C000011179 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Apr 2025, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+5.58%
3 years (annualised)+4.06%
5 years (annualised)+3.56%

C000011179 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2025 Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2025 (Jan–Apr)+0.64%
2024+10.72%
2023+3.54%
2022−5.84%
2021+5.73%
2020−1.79%
2019 (Aug–Dec)+1.11%

C000011179 Monthly Returns

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

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025+2.3%+0.2%−2.0%+0.2%————————
2024+5.5%−2.7%+1.6%+1.2%+1.6%+1.1%+2.6%−2.2%+1.2%+1.6%+1.4%−2.4%
2023+2.2%+0.5%+1.9%−1.8%+0.6%+1.1%−0.6%−1.3%−2.9%−0.6%+0.6%+3.8%
2022−0.3%−2.5%+0.2%−0.9%+2.5%−3.2%+0.4%+1.4%−3.1%−1.3%+2.0%−0.8%
2021+3.2%+1.2%+0.6%+0.4%+0.1%+0.7%+0.6%+0.6%−2.2%+0.8%−1.5%+1.1%
2020+0.2%+2.9%−5.7%−2.6%+2.3%+1.0%+1.5%−1.4%−0.9%+0.4%−0.8%+1.7%
2019———————−0.2%+0.4%+0.1%+0.3%+0.7%

C000011179 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over May 2022 – Apr 2025.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 7.12%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.06 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +5.48% (Jan 2024)
  • Worst month: −3.24% (Jun 2022)

C000011179 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2025 Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $123.7M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $236.4M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 2.10×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Apr 2025$12.7M$14.2M−$1.5M
Mar 2025$20.6M$11.0M$9.6M
Feb 2025$19.6M$12.0M$7.6M
Jan 2025$21.2M$5.1M$16.1M
Dec 2024$31.8M$6.2M$25.6M
Nov 2024$25.1M$19.0M$6.2M
Oct 2024$21.1M$4.6M$16.4M
Sep 2024$21.5M$7.7M$13.8M
Aug 2024$21.1M$10.3M$10.8M
Jul 2024$13.9M$8.1M$5.8M
Jun 2024$11.4M$7.6M$3.8M
May 2024$16.6M$7.0M$9.6M

C000011179 Assets Under Management

Net assets of Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2025 Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2025-04-30$372.80M
2025-01-31$362.08M
2024-10-31$318.98M
2024-07-31$275.90M
2024-04-30$242.91M
2024-01-31$222.76M
2023-10-31$196.20M
2023-07-31$207.23M
2023-04-30$207.57M
2023-01-31$208.49M
2022-10-31$196.04M
2022-07-31$202.09M

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.