Active Equities

Small Cap Growth Fund (Class Y)  (PSYGX)

Seeking to capitalize on growing small companies

Small Cap Growth Fund received an  Overall Morningstar Rating™  of  
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Small Cap Growth Fund (PSYGX)

Highlights

Objective

The fund seeks capital appreciation.

Strategy and process

  • Small companies: Often overlooked by Wall Street analysts, the stocks of small companies can represent attractive opportunities.
  • A focus on growth: Small companies tend to be flexible and innovative, and can often expand their earnings at faster rates than larger companies.
  • A disciplined process: The portfolio manager uses a disciplined bottom-up fundamental investment process that focuses on quality and growth.

Fund price

 Yesterday’s close 52-week high 52-week low
Net asset value $53.20
1.78% | $0.93 		$53.61
01/16/20 		$40.57
01/29/19
(Optional)

Fund facts as of 12/31/19

Total net assets
$514.65M
Turnover (fiscal year end)
37%
Dividend frequency
Annually
Number of holdings
82
Fiscal year-end
June
CUSIP / Fund code
746763499 / 1852
Inception date
11/03/03
Category
Growth
Open to new investors
Ticker
PSYGX

Management team

William J. Monroe, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Manager commentary | Q4 2019

Small caps likely to see robust earnings

Portfolio Manager Bill Monroe identifies sectors where he is finding opportunities.

Performance

  • Total return (%) as of 12/31/19

  • Annual performance as of 12/31/19

Annualized Total return (%) as of 12/31/19

Annualized performance 1 yr. 3 yrs. 5 yrs. 10 yrs.
Before sales charge 37.98% 17.57% 11.48% 13.96%
After sales charge N/A N/A N/A N/A
Russell 2000 Growth Index 28.48%12.49%9.34%13.01%

Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted past performance, which cannot guarantee future results. Share price, principal value, and return will vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell your shares. Performance assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes. Returns before sales charge do not reflect the current maximum sales charges as indicated below. Had the sales charge been reflected, returns would be lower. Returns at public offering price (after sales charge) for class A and class M shares reflect the current maximum initial sales charges of 5.75% and 3.50% for equity funds and 4.00% and 3.25% for income funds (2.25% for class A of Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund, Short-Term Municipal Income, Short Duration Bond Fund, and Fixed Income Absolute Return Fund), respectively. Class B share returns reflect the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), which is 5% in the first year, declining to 1% in the sixth year, and is eliminated thereafter (except for Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund, Putnam Short Duration Bond Fund, Putnam Fixed Income Absolute Return Fund, and Putnam Short-Term Municipal Income Fund, which is 1% in the first year, declining to 0.5% in the second year, and is eliminated thereafter). Class C shares reflect a 1% CDSC the first year that is eliminated thereafter. Performance for class B, C, M, N, R, and Y shares prior to their inception is derived from the historical performance of class A shares, adjusted for the applicable sales charge (or CDSC) and, except for class Y shares, the higher operating expenses for such shares (with the exception of Putnam Tax-Free High Yield Fund and Putnam AMT-Free Municipal Fund, which are based on the historical performance of class B shares). Performance for class A, C, and Y shares of Putnam Mortgage Opportunities Fund before their inception is derived from the historical performance of class I shares, which have been adjusted for the applicable sales charge (or CDSC) and the higher operating expenses for such shares. Returns at public offering price (after sales charge) for class N shares reflect the current maximum initial sales charge of 1.50%. Class R5/R6 shares, available to qualified employee-benefit plans only, are sold without an initial sales charge and have no CDSC. Class Y shares are generally only available for corporate and institutional clients and have no initial sales charge. Performance for class R5/R6 shares before their inception are derived from the historical performance of class Y shares, which have not been adjusted for the lower expenses; had they, returns would have been higher. Class A shares of Putnam money market funds have no initial sales charge. For a portion of the period, some funds had expenses limitations or had been sold on a limited basis with limited assets and expenses, without which returns would be lower.

Performance snapshot

  Before sales charge After sales charge
1 mt. as of 12/31/19 0.04% -
YTD as of 01/27/20 2.71% -

Risk-adjusted performance as of 12/31/19

Alpha (3 yrs.) 5.65
Sharpe ratio (3 yrs.) 0.98
Treynor ratio (3 yrs.) 16.85
Information ratio (3 yrs.) 1.03

Volatility as of 12/31/19

Standard deviation (3 yrs.) 16.25%
Beta 0.95
R-squared 0.91

Capture ratio as of 12/31/19

Up-market (3 yrs.) 106.88
Down-market (3 yrs.) 83.74

Lipper rankings as of 12/31/19

Time period Rank/Funds in category Percentile ranking
1 yr. 51/630 9%
3 yrs. 152/561 28%
5 yrs. 130/489 27%
10 yrs. 113/372 31%
Lipper category: Small-Cap Growth Funds

Morningstar Ratings™ as of 12/31/19

Time period Funds in category Morningstar Rating™
Overall 571
3 yrs. 571
5 yrs. 505
10 yrs. 379
Morningstar category: Small Growth

Distributions

Record/Ex dividend date 12/05/19
Payable date 12/09/19
Income --
Extra income --
Short-term cap. gain --
Long-term cap. gain $0.945

Lipper rankings are based on total return without sales charge relative to all share classes of funds with similar objectives as determined by Lipper. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

The Morningstar RatingTM for funds, or "star rating", is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, and separate accounts) with at least a three-year history. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product's monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are: 100% three-year rating for 36-59 months of total returns, 60% five-year rating/40% three-year rating for 60-119 months of total returns, and 50% 10-year rating/30% five-year rating/20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the 10-year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10-year period, the most recent three-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods.

The up-market capture ratio is used to evaluate how well an investment manager performed relative to an index during periods when that index has risen. The ratio is calculated by dividing the manager’s returns by the returns of the index during the up-market, and multiplying that factor by 100. The down-market capture ratio is used to evaluate how well an investment manager performed relative to an index during periods when that index has dropped. The ratio is calculated by dividing the manager’s returns by the returns of the index during the down-market and multiplying that factor by 100.

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Holdings

Five Below 3.07%
Cable One 2.74%
Planet Fitness 2.36%
Trex 2.34%
Novanta 2.32%
Mercury Systems 2.31%
Hamilton Lane 2.28%
Heico Corp 2.03%
Quidel Corp 2.00%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions 1.98%
Top 10 holdings, percent of portfolio 23.43%

Portfolio composition as of 12/31/19

Common stock 97.06%
Cash and net other assets 2.94%

Equity statistics as of 12/31/19

Median market cap $3.10B
Weighted average market cap $4.18B
Price to book 7.14
Price to earnings 38.13

Fund characteristics will vary over time.

Due to rounding, percentages may not equal 100%.

Consider these risks before investing: Investments in small and/or midsize companies increase the risk of greater price fluctuations. Growth stocks may be more susceptible to earnings disappointments, and the market may not favor growth-style investing. The value of investments in the fund's portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including general economic, political or financial market conditions, investor sentiment and market perceptions, government actions, geopolitical events or changes, and factors related to a specific issuer, geography, industry or sector. These and other factors may lead to increased volatility and reduced liquidity in the fund's portfolio holdings. These risks are generally greater for small and midsize companies. From time to time, the fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in companies in one or more related industries or sectors, which would make the fund more vulnerable to adverse developments affecting those industries or sectors. You can lose money by investing in the fund.

Top industry sectors as of 12/31/19

Health care 30.97%
Information technology 21.27%
Industrials 17.26%
Consumer discretionary 13.80%
Financials 5.87%
Real estate 2.97%
Cash and net other assets 2.94%
Communication services 2.74%
Materials 1.56%
 
Other		 0.62%
Unclassified 0.62%

The unclassified sector (where applicable) includes exchange traded funds and other securities not able to be classified by sector.

Sectors will vary over time.

Expenses

Expense ratio

 Class A Class B Class C Class R Class R6 Class Y
Total expense ratio 1.20% 1.95% 1.95% 1.45% 0.79% 0.95%
What you pay 1.20% 1.95% 1.95% 1.45% 0.79% 0.95%

Sales charge

 Breakpoint Class A Class B Class C Class R Class R6 Class Y
$0-$49,999 5.75% / 5.00% 0.00% / 4.00% 0.00% / 1.00% -- -- --
$50,000-$99,999 4.50% / 3.75% 0.00% / 4.00% 0.00% / 1.00% -- -- --
$100,000-$249,999 3.50% / 2.75% -- 0.00% / 1.00% -- -- --
$250,000-$499,999 2.50% / 2.00% -- 0.00% / 1.00% -- -- --
$500,000-$999,999 2.00% / 1.75% -- 0.00% / 1.00% -- -- --
$1M-$4M 0.00% / 1.00% -- -- -- -- --
$4M-$50M 0.00% / 0.50% -- -- -- -- --
$50M+ 0.00% / 0.25% -- -- -- -- --

CDSC

  Class A (sales for $1,000,000+) Class B Class C Class R Class R6 Class Y
0 to 9 mts. 1.00% 5.00% 1.00% -- -- --
9 to 12 mts. 1.00% 5.00% 1.00% -- -- --
2 yrs. 0.00% 4.00% 0.00% -- -- --
3 yrs. 0.00% 3.00% 0.00% -- -- --
4 yrs. 0.00% 3.00% 0.00% -- -- --
5 yrs. 0.00% 2.00% 0.00% -- -- --
6 yrs. 0.00% 1.00% 0.00% -- -- --
7+ yrs. 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% -- -- --

Trail commissions

  Class A Class B Class C Class R Class R6 Class Y
  0.25% 0.25% 1.00% 0.50% 0.00% 0.00%
  NA NA NA NA NA NA
  NA NA NA NA NA NA

For sales and trail commission information on purchases over $1 million and participant-directed qualified retirement plans, see a Putnam fund prospectus and the statement of additional information.

The Russell 2000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index of those companies in the small-cap Russell 2000 Index chosen for their growth orientation. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Consider these risks before investing: Investments in small and/or midsize companies increase the risk of greater price fluctuations. Growth stocks may be more susceptible to earnings disappointments, and the market may not favor growth-style investing. The value of investments in the fund's portfolio may fall or fail to rise over extended periods of time for a variety of reasons, including general economic, political or financial market conditions, investor sentiment and market perceptions, government actions, geopolitical events or changes, and factors related to a specific issuer, geography, industry or sector. These and other factors may lead to increased volatility and reduced liquidity in the fund's portfolio holdings. These risks are generally greater for small and midsize companies. From time to time, the fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in companies in one or more related industries or sectors, which would make the fund more vulnerable to adverse developments affecting those industries or sectors. You can lose money by investing in the fund.