C000158892 Fees and Costs — Putnam Research Fund, Class R6

Data updated: 2026-10-13

The net expense ratio is 0.49%: a 0.53% management fee plus 0.11% other expenses, less a 0.15% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2026 the fund paid $193K in broker commissions, 0.0283% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 65%.

C000158892 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000158892. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.53%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.11%
Gross expense ratio0.64%
Fee waiver−0.15%
Net expense ratio0.49%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—

C000158892 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000158892, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $327 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.54% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.49%)$51$161$281
Trading costs (broker commissions)$3$9$16
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$8$30
Total costs$54$179$327
Value after costs$10,446$11,397$12,435
Impact on return, per year0.54%0.54%0.54%

C000158892 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2026.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0283%
  • Total broker commissions: $193K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $21.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 65%

C000158892 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$39K23.73%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$35K21.37%
UBS Securities LLC$35K21.36%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$12K7.54%
Piper Sandler & Co.$11K6.75%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$9K5.24%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7K4.17%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$7K4.16%
Evercore Group L.L.C.$6K3.47%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$4K2.20%

C000158892 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$7.2M32.93%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$5.1M23.05%
Bank of Montreal$3.0M13.49%
BofA Securities, Inc.$1.9M8.53%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$1.6M7.09%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$1.1M4.88%
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.$948K4.32%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$739K3.37%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$414K1.89%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$99K0.45%

Putnam Research Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
PURYXClass Y0.49%none
C000158892Class R60.49%none
PNRAXClass A0.88%5.75%
PRSRXClass R1.13%none
PRACXClass C1.63%none

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.