PEIBX Performance — Putnam New York Tax Exempt Income Fund, Class B

Data updated: 2025-10-27

PEIBX returned +6.48% over one year to Aug 2024. Annualised returns are −1.41% over 3 years and +0.15% over 5 years. The fund trailed its Long-Term Municipal Bond category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $96, against $97 for the category, and to $106 over one year, against $107. Volatility over the past three years was 9.18% a year. In the 12 months to Aug 2025 the fund lost a net $38.0M, and assets reached $684.89M.

PEIBX Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Putnam New York 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.

PeriodPEIBXCategory average
1 year (Sep 2023 – Aug 2024)$106$107
3 years (Sep 2021 – Aug 2024)$96$97
5 years (Sep 2019 – Aug 2024)$101$104

PEIBX Trailing Returns

Total returns to Aug 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+6.48%
3 years (annualised)−1.41%
5 years (annualised)+0.15%

PEIBX Annual Returns

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

YearTotal return
2024 (Jan–Aug)+4.74%
2023+5.91%
2022−12.52%
2021+3.49%
2020−0.38%
2019 (Sep–Dec)+0.69%

PEIBX Monthly Returns

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

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024−0.2%+3.2%0.0%−1.4%0.0%+0.5%+0.9%+1.9%————
2023+3.6%−0.3%−0.8%+0.1%+2.1%−1.6%+0.2%+1.0%+7.8%−2.2%−3.5%0.0%
2022−2.8%+0.1%+1.3%−3.4%−3.1%−2.8%+3.1%−2.7%+6.2%−1.3%−4.9%−2.5%
2021+0.8%+0.9%+0.6%+1.1%+0.6%−0.4%+0.7%+0.4%+0.9%−0.3%−1.0%−0.8%
2020+1.8%+0.3%+3.3%−2.6%−5.1%−0.4%+1.5%+1.4%+2.0%−0.3%−0.3%−1.7%
2019————————+0.2%−0.1%−0.8%+1.4%

PEIBX Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Sep 2021 – Aug 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 9.18%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -0.64 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +7.82% (Sep 2023)
  • Worst month: −4.93% (Nov 2022)

PEIBX Fund Flows

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

  • 12-month net flow: −$38.0M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $97.7M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.72×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Aug 2025$6.4M$11.4M−$5.0M
Jul 2025$8.6M$15.1M−$6.5M
Jun 2025$9.7M$12.0M−$2.3M
May 2025$7.4M$15.1M−$7.7M
Apr 2025$10.5M$17.1M−$6.6M
Mar 2025$9.4M$9.0M$391K
Feb 2025$9.7M$17.9M−$8.2M
Jan 2025$8.4M$8.3M$99K
Dec 2024$9.4M$8.8M$543K
Nov 2024$10.8M$9.3M$1.5M
Oct 2024$7.5M$11.7M−$4.2M
Sep 2024$0$0$0

PEIBX Assets Under Management

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

Report dateNet assets
2025-08-31$684.89M
2025-05-31$702.03M
2025-02-28$751.03M
2024-11-30$769.59M
2024-08-31$769.87M
2024-05-31$761.88M
2024-02-29$791.02M
2023-11-30$789.49M
2023-08-31$793.40M
2023-05-31$809.92M
2023-02-28$806.94M
2022-11-30$813.16M

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.