C000039836 Performance — Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund, CL C

Data updated: 2025-10-27

C000039836 returned −1.67% over one year to Aug 2025. Annualised returns are +1.40% over 3 years and −0.71% over 5 years. The fund trailed its Intermediate Municipal Bond category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $104, against $108 for the category, and to $98 over one year, against $101. Volatility over the past three years was 7.17% a year. In the 12 months to Aug 2025 the fund lost a net $6.8M, and assets reached $174.20M.

C000039836 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Intermediate Municipal Bond category average over the same months.

PeriodC000039836Category average
1 year (Sep 2024 – Aug 2025)$98$101
3 years (Sep 2022 – Aug 2025)$104$108
5 years (Sep 2020 – Aug 2025)$97$102
Since data start (Sep 2019 – Aug 2025)$98$104

C000039836 Trailing Returns

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

PeriodTotal return
1 year−1.67%
3 years (annualised)+1.40%
5 years (annualised)−0.71%

C000039836 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2025 (Jan–Aug)−3.87%
2024+6.09%
2023+5.26%
2022−10.77%
2021+1.23%
2020+0.87%
2019 (Sep–Dec)+0.34%

C000039836 Monthly Returns

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

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025+0.2%−1.6%−2.0%−0.9%−0.5%+0.7%−0.5%+0.8%————
2024−0.3%+2.7%−0.3%−1.6%−0.2%+0.8%+0.6%+1.9%+1.7%−1.5%+1.1%+1.1%
2023+2.9%0.0%−1.0%−0.2%+1.9%−1.4%0.0%+0.9%+6.7%−1.7%−2.9%+0.2%
2022−2.1%0.0%+1.1%−3.1%−2.7%−2.2%+2.4%−1.7%+4.9%−1.2%−3.9%−2.5%
2021+0.4%+0.4%+0.4%+0.5%+0.3%−0.4%+0.6%+0.2%+0.7%−0.2%−0.9%−0.7%
2020+1.4%+0.1%+3.2%−1.8%−3.1%−0.4%+1.5%+0.7%+1.2%−0.3%0.0%−1.4%
2019————————+0.1%−0.1%−0.6%+0.9%

C000039836 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Sep 2022 – Aug 2025.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 7.17%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.43 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +6.73% (Sep 2023)
  • Worst month: −3.93% (Nov 2022)

C000039836 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$6.8M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $44.0M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.87×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Aug 2025$3.4M$6.7M−$3.4M
Jul 2025$3.0M$3.2M−$221K
Jun 2025$4.1M$6.0M−$1.9M
May 2025$5.7M$8.0M−$2.3M
Apr 2025$6.6M$7.3M−$663K
Mar 2025$3.9M$5.1M−$1.2M
Feb 2025$3.8M$3.1M$724K
Jan 2025$3.6M$3.7M−$122K
Dec 2024$2.4M$3.4M−$1.0M
Nov 2024$5.4M$1.4M$4.0M
Oct 2024$2.2M$3.0M−$817K
Sep 2024$0$0$0

C000039836 Assets Under Management

Net assets of Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2025-08-31$174.20M
2025-05-31$179.06M
2025-02-28$190.51M
2024-11-30$192.64M
2024-08-31$187.81M
2024-05-31$180.74M
2024-02-29$185.99M
2023-11-30$172.18M
2023-08-31$168.44M
2023-05-31$169.33M
2023-02-28$164.21M
2022-11-30$149.00M

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.