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Putnam ESG Core Bond ETF (Class A)  (PCRB)

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Putnam ESG Core Bond ETF (PCRB)

NAV as of 03/24/23

$49.78

Market data all data below as of 03/24/23

Closing market price $49.93
30-day median bid-ask spread 0.16%
Day high $49.95
Day low $49.93
Premium/Discount 0.30%
30-day average trading volume 11,767
Net assets and outstanding shares Download CSV

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ETF facts as of 12/31/22

Ticker
PCRB
Intraday NAV Ticker
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CUSIP
746729607
Inception date
01/19/23
Total net assets
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Total expense ratio
0.35%
Open to new investors
Category
Taxable Income
Turnover (fiscal year-end)
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Dividend frequency (view rate)
Monthly
Fiscal year-end
August

Objective

Putnam ESG Core Bond ETF seeks high current income consistent with what Putnam Management believes to be prudent risk.

Strategy and process

  • Diverse opportunitiesInvests across sectors of the U.S. bond market, including mortgage-backed securities, corporate bonds, and other government obligations
  • Bottom-up processPursues benchmark outperformance mainly through security selection, while subsector allocations within the benchmark and macro strategies also serve as potential alpha generators
  • Integrated ESG approachIncorporates consideration of material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues that managers view as additive to the fundamental understanding of each issuer

Yield

Distribution rate as of 03/24/2023 3.62%
30-day SEC yield as of 02/28/2023 3.18%

Management team

Literature

Fund information
Fact Sheet - Shareholder approved (PDF)

Legal documents
Summary Prospectus (PDF)
Statutory Prospectus (PDF)
Statement of Additional Information (SAI) (PDF)

Performance

Performance data will be shown after the fund has been in operation for a full calendar quarter.

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 for periods of less than one year are not annualized. Market performance is determined using the bid/ask midpoint at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Market performance does not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times throughout the day.

Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV), may trade at a discount or premium to NAV, and are not individually redeemed from the fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

The fund has limited public trading history.

 

Yield

Distribution rate as of 03/24/2023 3.62%
30-day SEC yield as of 02/28/2023 3.18%

Distributions

Record date 03/23/23
Ex-date 03/22/23
Payable date 03/27/23
Income $0.15
Extra income --
Short-term cap. gain --
Long-term cap. gain --

Historical premium/discount

Number of days at premium --
Number of days at NAV --
Number of days at discount --

Holdings

Portfolio holdings

Full portfolio holdings Download XLSX

The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index of U.S. investment-grade fixed income securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Consider these risks before investing: Investing with a focus on companies or issuers that exhibit a commitment to ESG factors may result in the fund investing in certain types of companies or issuers that underperform the market as a whole. In evaluating an investment opportunity, we may make investment decisions based on information and data that is incomplete or inaccurate. Due to changes in the products or services of the companies and issuers in which the fund invests, the fund may temporarily hold securities that are inconsistent with its ESG investment criteria.

Fixed-income investments are subject to interest-rate risk (the risk of bond prices falling if interest rates rise) and credit risk (the risk of an issuer defaulting on interest or principal payments). Interest-rate risk is generally greater for longer-term bonds, and credit risk is generally greater for below-investment-grade bonds. Risks associated with derivatives include increased investment exposure (which may be considered leverage) and, in the case of over-the-counter instruments, the potential inability to terminate or sell derivatives positions and the potential failure of the other party to the instrument to meet its obligations. Unlike bonds, funds that invest in bonds have fees and expenses. Funds that invest in government securities are not guaranteed. Mortgage-backed investments, unlike traditional debt investments, are also subject to prepayment risk, which means that they may increase in value less than other bonds when interest rates decline and decline in value more than other bonds when interest rates rise. The fund may have to invest the proceeds from prepaid investments in other investments with less attractive terms and yields.

The value of investments in the fund's portfolio may fall or fail to rise over 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. Our investment techniques, analyses, and judgments may not produce the outcome we intend. You can lose money by investing in the fund.

Credit qualities are shown as a percentage of the fund's net assets. A bond rated BBB or higher is considered investment grade. This chart reflects the highest security rating provided by one or more of Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch. Ratings and portfolio credit quality will vary over time. Net cash represent the market value weights of cash, derivatives, and short-term securities in the portfolio. The fund itself has not been rated by an independent rating agency.