C000174674 Fees and Costs — Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2050 Fund, Class R6

Data updated: 2026-10-13

The net expense ratio is 0.59% (1.26% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2026 the fund paid $112K in broker commissions, 0.0421% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 18%.

C000174674 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000174674. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.51%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.08%
Gross expense ratio1.26%
Fee waiver−0.67%
Net expense ratio0.59%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—

C000174674 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000174674, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $398 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.66% 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 0.59%)$62$194$338
Trading costs (broker commissions)$4$14$24
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$10$36
Total costs$66$218$398
Value after costs$10,434$11,358$12,365
Impact on return, per year0.66%0.66%0.66%

C000174674 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): 0.0421%
  • Total broker commissions: $112K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): —
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 18%

C000174674 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$34K30.66%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$30K26.63%
Mischler Financial Group, Inc.$19K17.38%
Citadel Securities LLC$12K10.38%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$10K9.23%
Flow Traders U.S. Institutional Trading LLC$5K4.09%
Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP$1K0.98%
Old Mission Markets LLC$6270.56%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$800.07%

Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2050 Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000174674Class R60.59%none
C000011146Class Y0.69%none
C000222432Class R50.70%none
C000222431Class R40.84%none
C000011141Class A0.94%5.75%
C000222433Class R31.09%none
C000011145Class R1.35%none
C000011143Class C1.69%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.