PEYAX Fees and Costs — Putnam Large Cap Value Fund, CL A

Data updated: 2026-09-25

The net expense ratio is 0.85%: a 0.45% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 0.15% other expenses. This share class carries a maximum front-end sales load of 5.75% and a deferred sales charge of up to 1.00%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $8.2M in broker commissions, 0.0219% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 18%.

PEYAX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of PEYAX. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses0.15%
Gross expense ratio0.85%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.85%
Sales charges
Max front load5.75%
Max deferred load1.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

PEYAX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in PEYAX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,249 over 5 years, cutting the return by 2.14% 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
Sales charges$673$575$575
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.85%)$84$263$456
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$7$12
Lost growth on money paid in costs$29$104$206
Total costs$788$949$1,249
Value after costs$9,712$10,628$11,514
Impact on return, per year7.88%2.95%2.14%

PEYAX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0219%
  • Total broker commissions: $8.2M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $478.4B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 18%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $29.5M
  • Net income from securities lending: $67K (0.000% of average net assets)

PEYAX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$1.2M17.94%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1.2M17.58%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$986K14.57%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$792K11.71%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$691K10.21%
JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC$520K7.69%
UBS Securities LLC$513K7.59%
Piper Sandler & Co.$342K5.06%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$282K4.18%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$234K3.46%

PEYAX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$151.7B32.53%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$75.2B16.13%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$74.3B15.93%
Bank of Montreal$57.8B12.38%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$44.4B9.51%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$29.8B6.40%
BofA Securities, Inc.$21.4B4.59%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$6.9B1.48%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$2.8B0.61%
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited$2.0B0.44%

Putnam Large Cap Value Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000118172Class R60.52%none
PEIYXCL Y0.60%none
C000118171Class R50.62%none
PEYAXCL A0.85%5.75%
PEQRXClass R1.10%none
PEQCXCL C1.60%none
PEQNXCL B1.65%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.