C000227198 Fees and Costs — Putnam Sustainable Leaders ETF

Data updated: 2026-07-27

The net expense ratio is 0.59% (0.60% before fee waivers). There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $224K in broker commissions, 0.0334% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 45%.

C000227198 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000227198. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.59%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.00%
Gross expense ratio0.60%
Fee waiver−0.01%
Net expense ratio0.59%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000227198 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000227198, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $393 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.65% 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$11$19
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$10$36
Total costs$65$215$393
Value after costs$10,435$11,361$12,370
Impact on return, per year0.65%0.65%0.65%

C000227198 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0334%
  • Total broker commissions: $224K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $23.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 45%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000227198 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
PIPER SANDLER & CO.$39K17.62%
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.$38K17.11%
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$31K13.87%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$29K13.03%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$27K12.29%
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC.$18K8.10%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$16K7.34%
UBS Securities LLC$12K5.36%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$6K2.79%
ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INC.$6K2.50%

C000227198 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.$15.8M66.44%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$6.6M27.87%
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC$1.3M5.68%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC$1K0.01%

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.