C000202931 Performance — Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund, Class R6

Data updated: 2025-10-27

C000202931 returned −0.20% over one year to Aug 2025. Annualised returns are +2.91% over 3 years and +0.84% over 5 years. The fund beat its Long-Term Municipal Bond category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $109, against $107 for the category, and to $100 over one year, against $98. Volatility over the past three years was 6.73% a year. In the 12 months to Aug 2025 the fund took in a net $12.1M, and assets reached $144.54M.

C000202931 Growth of $100

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

PeriodC000202931Category average
1 year (Sep 2024 – Aug 2025)$100$98
3 years (Sep 2022 – Aug 2025)$109$107
5 years (Sep 2020 – Aug 2025)$104$100
Since data start (Sep 2019 – Aug 2025)$106$102

C000202931 Trailing Returns

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

PeriodTotal return
1 year−0.20%
3 years (annualised)+2.91%
5 years (annualised)+0.84%

C000202931 Annual Returns

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

YearTotal return
2025 (Jan–Aug)−2.52%
2024+6.72%
2023+6.81%
2022−10.01%
2021+4.17%
2020+1.35%
2019 (Sep–Dec)+0.80%

C000202931 Monthly Returns

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

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025+0.3%−1.1%−1.8%−0.5%−0.5%+0.9%−0.5%+0.8%————
2024−0.1%+2.5%−0.1%−1.1%−0.1%+0.6%+0.9%+1.5%+1.6%−1.3%+1.2%+1.0%
2023+3.1%+0.1%−0.9%0.0%+2.3%−1.2%+0.4%+0.9%+6.0%−1.2%−2.8%+0.2%
2022−2.5%+0.1%+1.1%−3.2%−2.8%−2.3%+2.8%−1.7%+5.2%−0.8%−3.8%−2.2%
2021+1.0%+1.0%+0.4%+1.0%+0.8%−0.3%+0.7%+0.4%+0.7%−0.3%−0.7%−0.7%
2020+1.8%+0.4%+3.0%−2.3%−5.2%−0.1%+2.3%+1.7%+1.9%−0.2%0.0%−1.6%
2019————————+0.1%0.0%−0.7%+1.4%

C000202931 Risk

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

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 6.73%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.24 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +6.05% (Sep 2023)
  • Worst month: −3.81% (Nov 2022)

C000202931 Fund Flows

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

  • 12-month net flow: $12.1M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $38.3M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 1.46×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Aug 2025$2.5M$4.8M−$2.3M
Jul 2025$3.8M$3.1M$778K
Jun 2025$1.8M$3.4M−$1.5M
May 2025$3.1M$1.3M$1.8M
Apr 2025$11.4M$2.5M$8.8M
Mar 2025$836K$1.7M−$831K
Feb 2025$2.8M$3.7M−$928K
Jan 2025$2.1M$1.0M$1.1M
Dec 2024$4.5M$1.7M$2.8M
Nov 2024$3.4M$1.7M$1.7M
Oct 2024$2.1M$1.3M$795K
Sep 2024$0$0$0

C000202931 Assets Under Management

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

Report dateNet assets
2025-08-31$144.54M
2025-05-31$147.27M
2025-02-28$142.76M
2024-11-30$140.79M
2024-08-31$139.22M
2024-05-31$133.92M
2024-02-29$136.86M
2023-11-30$132.00M
2023-08-31$129.55M
2023-05-31$129.42M
2023-02-28$127.45M
2022-11-30$125.55M

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.