PGEBX — George Putnam Balanced Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-24
PGEBX — George Putnam Balanced Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Balanced Allocation · $2.34B AUM · 1.71% expense ratio · 21.0% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
PGEBX Fund Overview
PGEBX — George Putnam Balanced Fund is a US mutual fund managed by George Putnam Balanced Fund, categorised as Balanced Allocation. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: George Putnam Balanced Fund
- Category: Balanced Allocation
- Assets under management: $2.34B
- 1-year return: 21.0%
- Ticker: PGEBX
- SEC CIK: 0000081259
- SEC series ID: S000005597
- Share class ID: C000015265
PGEBX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of George Putnam Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp. | 4.34% |
| Putnam Short Term Investment Fund | 4.24% |
| Alphabet, Inc. | 3.84% |
| Microsoft Corp. | 3.54% |
| Apple, Inc. | 3.21% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.03% |
| United States of America | 2.30% |
| Broadcom, Inc. | 2.25% |
| United States of America | 1.76% |
| Lam Research Corp. | 1.72% |
PGEBX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of George Putnam Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 62.9% |
| Fixed Income | 27.7% |
| Securitized | 9.1% |
| Other | 4.2% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.5% |
PGEBX Performance
Total returns for PGEBX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 21.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 3.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.8% |
PGEBX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PGEBX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 11.0%
PGEBX Costs and Fees
PGEBX costs about $171 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.71%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.71%
- Portfolio turnover: 97%
- Brokerage commissions: 3.91 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PGEBX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, George Putnam Balanced Fund had net inflows of $28.67M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $556.57K |
| 2026-03 | −$9.99M |
| 2026-02 | −$10.05M |
| 2026-01 | −$11.99M |
| 2025-12 | $118.48M |
| 2025-11 | −$11.74M |
PGEBX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of George Putnam Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States of America | 2.30% |
| United States of America | 1.76% |
| United States of America | 1.64% |
| United States of America | 1.16% |
| United States of America | 0.98% |
| United States of America | 0.65% |
| United States of America | 0.65% |
| United States of America | 0.64% |
| United States of America | 0.64% |
| United States of America | 0.63% |
PGEBX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official George Putnam Balanced Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.