PHSBX — Putnam Global Health Care Fund
Data updated: 2026-07-27
PHSBX — Putnam Global Health Care Fund. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Health Care Equity · $1.46B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
PHSBX Fund Overview
PHSBX — Putnam Global Health Care Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Putnam Global Health Care Fund, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core Health Care Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Putnam Global Health Care Fund
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Health Care Equity
- Assets under management: $1.46B
- 1-year return: 26.0%
- Ticker: PHSBX
- SEC CIK: 0000357295
- SEC series ID: S000005666
- Share class ID: C000015516
PHSBX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Putnam Global Health Care Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Eli Lilly & Co. | 13.15% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8.46% |
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 6.93% |
| AbbVie, Inc. | 6.05% |
| Novartis AG | 5.13% |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 4.88% |
| AstraZeneca plc | 4.67% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 4.50% |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | 4.04% |
| Sanofi SA | 3.23% |
PHSBX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Putnam Global Health Care Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.2% |
| Other | 1.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.6% |
PHSBX Performance
Total returns for PHSBX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 26.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 8.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 14.1% |
PHSBX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PHSBX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 10.9%
PHSBX Costs and Fees
PHSBX costs about $182 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.82%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.82%
- Portfolio turnover: 67%
- Brokerage commissions: 12.24 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PHSBX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, Putnam Global Health Care Fund had net outflows of $187.24M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$13.19M |
| 2026-04 | −$12.70M |
| 2026-03 | −$12.63M |
| 2026-02 | −$13.68M |
| 2026-01 | −$10.55M |
| 2025-12 | −$11.76M |
PHSBX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Putnam Global Health Care Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
PHSBX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Putnam Global Health Care Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-23
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-12-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-11-10
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-11-13
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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.