PGSBX Fees and Costs — Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund, CL B

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 1.72%: a 0.39% management fee, a 1.00% 12b-1 fee plus 0.33% other expenses. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 5.00%. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $11K in broker commissions, 0.0027% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 1013%.

PGSBX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of PGSBX. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2024.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.39%
12b-1 fee1.00%
Other expenses0.33%
Gross expense ratio1.72%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.72%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load5.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

PGSBX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in PGSBX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,062 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.81% 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$516$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.72%)$181$559$963
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$28$98
Total costs$697$588$1,062
Value after costs$9,803$10,988$11,701
Impact on return, per year6.97%1.81%1.81%

PGSBX 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): 0.0027%
  • Total broker commissions: $11K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $85.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 1013%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

PGSBX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$11K100.00%

PGSBX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$27.1B31.77%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$11.7B13.73%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$11.3B13.26%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$10.6B12.40%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$9.5B11.13%
BofA Securities, Inc.$5.7B6.69%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$4.9B5.72%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$4.1B4.76%
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.$375.6M0.44%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$74.6M0.09%

Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000200295CL R60.51%none
PUSYXCL Y0.67%none
PGSIXCL A0.92%4.00%
PGVRXCL R1.17%none
PGVCXCL C1.67%none
PGSBXCL B1.72%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.