PCIYX Fees and Costs — Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund, Class Y

Data updated: 2025-12-12

The net expense ratio is 0.63%: a 0.42% management fee plus 0.21% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $5K in broker commissions, 0.0007% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 30%.

PCIYX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of PCIYX. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.42%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.21%
Gross expense ratio0.63%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.63%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

PCIYX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in PCIYX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $397 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 0.63%)$66$207$361
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$10$36
Total costs$66$218$397
Value after costs$10,434$11,359$12,365
Impact on return, per year0.66%0.66%0.66%

PCIYX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0007%
  • Total broker commissions: $5K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $755.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 30%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

PCIYX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$3K62.11%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K37.89%

PCIYX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$85.2M16.45%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$78.3M15.10%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$74.5M14.38%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$68.4M13.20%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$56.5M10.90%
Piper Sandler & Co.$43.2M8.33%
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.$36.6M7.06%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$35.6M6.87%
BofA Securities, Inc.$22.0M4.25%
Mesirow Financial, Inc.$18.0M3.48%

Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
PCIYXClass Y0.63%none
PCTEXClass A0.88%4.00%
PCTBXClass B1.49%none
PCTCXClass 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.