George Putnam Balanced Fund Class A NMFQS:PGEOX

Allocation--50% to 70% Equity | Franklin Templeton Investments

$27.37

↑ $0.00 (0.00%)

Last Updated: Feb 11, 2026

Fund Information

Fund Category Allocation--50% to 70% Equity

Fund Family Franklin Templeton Investments

Fund Style Large Blend

ISIN US37252M1080

CUSIP 37252M108

Inception Date 1937-11-05

Domicile United States

Country USA

Fiscal Year End July

NAV Chart

Fund Metrics

Net Assets $2.28 Billion

Share Class Net Assets $1.54 Billion

Expense Ratio 0.91%

Expense Ratio Date 2025-12-01

Dividend Yield 0.01%

Morning Star Rating -

Morning Star Risk Rating -

Morning Star Category -

Performance

YTD Return 1.52%

1-Year Return 13.50%

3-Year Return 15.59%

5-Year Return 9.34%

NAV $27.37

Previous Close Price $27.37

Last Update 2025-12-31

Dividend Information

Dividend Yield 0.01%

Dividend (ttm) 0.17

Dividend Growth -58.12%

Payout Frequency Annual

Ex-Dividend Date n/a

Ratings

Morning Star Rating -

Morning Star Risk Rating -

Morning Star Category -

Beta (5Y) 1.23

About George Putnam Balanced Fund Class A

The fund invests mainly in a combination of bonds and common stocks (growth or value stocks or both) of large U.S. companies, with a greater focus on common stocks. For example, the managers may purchase stocks of companies with stock prices that reflect a value lower than that which the managers place on the company.

Detailed Metrics

Market Cap Distribution

AverageMarketCap 448083.36%

Giant 29.52%

Large 23.82%

Medium 8.84%

Micro 0.00%

Small 1.15%

Value & Growth Metrics

Book-Value Growth % 8.62%

Cash-Flow Growth % 5.51%

Dividend Yield % 1.14%

Historical Earnings % 9.55%

Long-Term Earnings % 10.66%

Asset Allocation

Type	Net %	Long %	Short %	Category Average	benchmark
Bond	36.38%	36.82%	0.44%	42.35%	35.38%
Cash	-0.07%	0.27%	0.34%	12.77%	0.00%
Non US Stock	1.77%	1.77%	0.00%	8.75%	8.03%
Not Classified	0.29%	0.29%	0.00%	0.66%	0.00%
Other	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	8.25%	4.52%
US Stock	61.62%	61.62%	0.00%	53.77%	52.07%

Top Holdings

Name	Weight	Owned	Change
COMMON STOCK	1.35%	-	-
SHORT TERM INV FUND	4.27%	-	-
U.S. T. NOTE	1.67%	-	-
Putnam Short Term Investment Fund, Class P	5.12%	-	-
Microsoft Corp.	4.71%	-	-
NVIDIA Corp.	4.58%	-	-
Apple, Inc.	3.19%	-	-
Alphabet, Inc., Class A	2.96%	-	-
Amazon.com, Inc.	2.90%	-	-
Broadcom, Inc.	2.46%	-	-
U.S. Treasury Notes	1.68%	-	-
Tesla, Inc.	1.67%	-	-

See the full breakdown of PGEOX fund's asset allocation and top holdings .

Sector Weights

Category	Subcategory	Amount %	Category Avg	Stocks %	Benchmark
Bond Sector	Cash and Equivalents	2.34%	15.88%	0.64%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Corporate	2.34%	19.62%	31.98%	40.75%
Bond Sector	Derivative	2.34%	6.52%	0.00%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Government	2.34%	40.60%	42.81%	50.02%
Bond Sector	Municipal	2.34%	0.16%	0.11%	0.04%
Bond Sector	Securitized	2.34%	17.23%	24.46%	9.18%
Cyclical	Basic Materials	2.35%	2.83%	0.00%	2.56%
Cyclical	Consumer Cyclical	9.21%	10.42%	0.00%	10.55%
Cyclical	Financial Services	13.11%	15.67%	0.00%	14.69%
Cyclical	Real Estate	2.04%	1.76%	0.00%	2.24%
Defensive	Consumer Defensive	4.93%	4.96%	0.00%	4.71%
Defensive	Healthcare	10.76%	10.74%	0.00%	9.68%
Defensive	Utilities	2.34%	3.08%	0.00%	2.35%
Sensitive	Communication Services	11.46%	9.41%	0.00%	9.70%
Sensitive	Energy	3.48%	3.23%	0.00%	3.06%
Sensitive	Industrials	6.82%	9.83%	0.00%	9.65%
Sensitive	Technology	33.51%	28.07%	0.00%	30.83%

World Regions

Region	Subregion	Category Average	Stocks Percent	Benchmark
Americas	Latin America	0.33%	-	0.29%
Americas	North America	87.25%	98.14%	87.95%
Greater Asia	Asia Developed	1.82%	0.41%	0.94%
Greater Asia	Asia Emerging	1.03%	-	0.95%
Greater Asia	Australasia	0.42%	-	0.70%
Greater Asia	Japan	1.84%	-	2.46%
Greater Europe	Africa/Middle East	0.25%	-	0.29%
Greater Europe	Europe Developed	5.12%	0.47%	4.94%
Greater Europe	Europe Emerging	0.06%	-	0.08%
Greater Europe	United Kingdom	1.88%	0.98%	1.41%

Dividend History

Date	Amount	Unadjusted Amount	Currency	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Period
2024-11-26	$0.239	$0.239	USD	-	-	-	-
2024-08-28	$0.086	$0.086	USD	-	2024-08-28	2024-08-30	Quarterly
2024-05-28	$0.086	$0.086	USD	2024-05-28	2024-05-28	2024-05-30	Quarterly
2024-02-27	$0.075	$0.075	USD	2024-02-27	2024-02-27	2024-02-29	Quarterly
2023-11-28	$0.075	$0.075	USD	2023-11-28	2023-11-28	2023-11-30	Quarterly
2023-08-28	$0.061	$0.061	USD	2023-08-28	2023-08-28	2023-08-30	Quarterly
2023-05-25	$0.061	$0.061	USD	2023-05-25	2023-05-25	2023-05-30	Quarterly
2023-02-24	$0.055	$0.055	USD	2023-02-24	2023-02-24	2023-02-28	Quarterly
2022-11-28	$0.055	$0.055	USD	-	2022-11-28	2022-11-30	Quarterly
2022-08-26	$0.041	$0.041	USD	-	2022-08-26	2022-08-30	Quarterly
2022-05-25	$0.041	$0.041	USD	2022-05-26	2022-05-25	2022-05-27	Quarterly
2022-02-24	$0.036	$0.036	USD	2022-02-24	2022-02-24	2022-02-28	Quarterly
2021-11-26	$0.036	$0.036	USD	2021-11-26	2021-11-26	2021-11-30	Quarterly
2021-08-26	$0.036	$0.036	USD	2021-08-26	2021-08-26	2021-08-30	Quarterly
2021-05-26	$0.036	$0.036	USD	2021-05-26	2021-05-26	2021-05-28	Quarterly
2021-02-24	$0.036	$0.036	USD	2021-02-24	2021-02-24	2021-02-26	Quarterly
2020-11-25	$0.047	$0.047	USD	2020-11-25	2020-11-25	2020-11-30	Quarterly
2020-08-26	$0.047	$0.047	USD	2020-08-26	2020-08-26	2020-08-28	Quarterly
2020-05-27	$0.071	$0.071	USD	2020-05-27	2020-05-27	2020-05-29	Quarterly
2020-02-26	$0.071	$0.071	USD	2020-02-26	2020-02-26	2020-02-28	Quarterly
2019-11-26	$0.322	$0.322	USD	2019-11-26	2019-11-26	2019-11-29	Quarterly
2019-08-28	$0.071	$0.071	USD	2019-08-28	2019-08-28	2019-08-30	Quarterly
2019-05-28	$0.071	$0.071	USD	2019-05-17	2019-05-28	2019-05-30	Quarterly
2019-02-26	$0.071	$0.071	USD	2019-01-25	2019-02-26	2019-02-28	Quarterly
2018-11-28	$0.071	$0.071	USD	2018-11-28	2018-11-28	2018-11-30	Quarterly
2018-08-28	$0.066	$0.066	USD	2018-08-03	2018-08-28	2018-08-30	Quarterly
2018-05-25	$0.059	$0.059	USD	2018-05-18	2018-05-25	2018-05-30	Quarterly
2018-02-26	$0.059	$0.059	USD	2018-01-26	2018-02-26	2018-02-28	Quarterly
2017-11-28	$0.059	$0.059	USD	2017-11-17	2017-11-28	2017-11-30	Quarterly
2017-08-28	$0.054	$0.054	USD	2017-08-09	2017-08-28	2017-08-30	Quarterly
2017-05-25	$0.054	$0.054	USD	-	2017-05-25	2017-05-30	Quarterly
2017-02-24	$0.054	$0.054	USD	2017-01-27	2017-02-24	2017-02-28	Quarterly
2016-11-28	$0.052	$0.052	USD	2016-11-18	2016-11-28	2016-11-30	Quarterly
2016-08-26	$0.052	$0.052	USD	2016-08-08	2016-08-26	2016-08-30	Quarterly
2016-05-25	$0.052	$0.052	USD	2016-05-20	2016-05-25	2016-05-27	Quarterly
2016-02-25	$0.052	$0.052	USD	2016-01-29	2016-02-25	2016-02-29	Quarterly
2015-11-30	$0.052	$0.052	USD	2015-11-20	2015-11-25	2015-11-30	Quarterly
2015-08-27	$0.045	$0.045	USD	2015-08-06	2015-08-26	2015-08-28	Quarterly
2015-05-28	$0.045	$0.045	USD	2015-05-22	2015-05-27	2015-05-29	Quarterly
2015-02-26	$0.045	$0.045	USD	2015-01-22	2015-02-25	2015-02-27	Quarterly
2014-11-26	$0.045	$0.045	USD	2014-11-13	2014-11-25	2014-11-28	Quarterly
2014-08-28	$0.057	$0.057	USD	2014-08-27	2014-08-27	2014-08-29	Quarterly
2014-05-29	$0.057	$0.057	USD	2014-05-16	2014-05-28	2014-05-30	Quarterly
2014-02-27	$0.053	$0.053	USD	2014-01-24	2014-02-26	2014-02-28	Quarterly
2013-11-27	$0.053	$0.053	USD	2013-11-22	2013-11-26	2013-11-29	Quarterly
2013-08-29	$0.050	$0.050	USD	2013-08-09	2013-08-28	2013-08-30	Quarterly
2013-05-29	$0.050	$0.050	USD	2013-05-17	2013-05-28	2013-05-30	Quarterly
2013-02-27	$0.050	$0.050	USD	2013-02-22	2013-02-26	2013-02-28	Quarterly
2012-11-29	$0.050	$0.050	USD	2012-11-09	2012-11-28	2012-11-30	Quarterly
2012-08-29	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2012-08-28	2012-08-30	Quarterly
2012-05-29	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2012-05-25	2012-05-30	Quarterly
2012-02-28	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2012-02-27	2012-02-29	Quarterly
2011-11-29	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2011-11-28	2011-11-30	Quarterly
2011-08-29	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2011-08-26	2011-08-30	Quarterly
2011-05-26	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2011-05-25	2011-05-27	Quarterly
2011-02-25	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2011-02-24	2011-02-28	Quarterly
2010-11-29	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2010-11-26	2010-11-30	Quarterly
2010-08-27	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2010-08-26	2010-08-30	Quarterly
2010-05-27	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2010-05-26	2010-05-28	Quarterly
2010-02-25	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2010-02-24	2010-02-26	Quarterly
2009-11-30	$0.050	$0.050	USD	-	2009-11-25	2009-11-30	Quarterly
2009-08-27	$0.098	$0.098	USD	-	2009-08-26	2009-08-28	Quarterly
2009-05-28	$0.098	$0.098	USD	-	2009-05-27	2009-05-29	Quarterly
2009-02-26	$0.129	$0.129	USD	-	2009-02-25	2009-02-27	Quarterly
2008-11-26	$0.251	$0.251	USD	-	2008-11-25	2008-11-28	Other
2008-11-25	$0.157	$0.157	USD	-	-	-	-
2008-08-28	$0.157	$0.157	USD	-	2008-08-27	2008-08-29	Quarterly
2008-05-29	$0.157	$0.157	USD	-	2008-05-28	2008-05-30	Quarterly
2008-02-26	$0.126	$0.126	USD	-	2008-02-25	2008-02-29	Quarterly
2007-11-27	$1.769	$1.769	USD	-	2007-11-26	2007-11-30	Other
2007-11-26	$0.240	$0.240	USD	-	-	-	-
2007-08-27	$0.117	$0.117	USD	-	2007-08-24	2007-08-30	Quarterly
2007-05-22	$0.117	$0.117	USD	-	2007-05-21	2007-05-30	Quarterly
2007-02-21	$0.113	$0.113	USD	-	2007-02-20	2007-02-28	Quarterly
2006-11-22	$1.712	$1.712	USD	-	2006-11-21	2006-11-30	Other
2006-11-21	$0.192	$0.192	USD	-	-	-	-
2006-08-23	$0.099	$0.099	USD	-	2006-08-22	2006-08-30	Quarterly
2006-05-22	$0.099	$0.099	USD	-	2006-05-19	2006-05-30	Quarterly
2006-02-21	$0.099	$0.099	USD	-	2006-02-17	2006-02-28	Quarterly
2005-11-22	$0.575	$0.575	USD	-	2005-11-21	2005-11-30	Other
2005-11-21	$0.201	$0.201	USD	-	-	-	-
2005-08-23	$0.098	$0.098	USD	-	2005-08-22	2005-08-30	Quarterly
2005-05-20	$0.098	$0.098	USD	-	2005-05-19	2005-05-27	Quarterly
2005-02-18	$0.077	$0.077	USD	-	2005-02-17	2005-02-28	Quarterly
2004-11-22	$0.077	$0.077	USD	-	2004-11-19	2004-11-30	Quarterly
2004-08-23	$0.077	$0.077	USD	-	2004-08-20	2004-08-30	Quarterly
2004-05-21	$0.077	$0.077	USD	-	2004-05-20	2004-05-28	Quarterly
2004-02-20	$0.077	$0.077	USD	-	2004-02-19	2004-02-27	Quarterly
2003-11-21	$0.086	$0.086	USD	-	2003-11-20	2003-11-28	Quarterly
2003-08-21	$0.088	$0.088	USD	-	-	-	-
2003-05-21	$0.086	$0.086	USD	-	2003-05-20	2003-05-30	Quarterly
2003-02-21	$0.086	$0.086	USD	-	2003-02-20	2003-02-28	Quarterly
2002-11-22	$0.124	$0.124	USD	-	2002-11-21	2002-11-29	Quarterly
2002-09-19	$0.049	$0.049	USD	-	2002-09-18	2002-09-20	Quarterly
2002-08-21	$0.124	$0.124	USD	-	2002-08-20	2002-08-30	Quarterly
2002-05-21	$0.124	$0.124	USD	-	2002-05-20	2002-05-30	Quarterly
2002-02-21	$0.124	$0.124	USD	-	2002-02-20	2002-02-28	Quarterly
2001-11-23	$0.124	$0.124	USD	-	2001-11-21	2001-11-30	Quarterly
2001-08-21	$0.124	$0.124	USD	-	2001-08-20	2001-08-30	Quarterly
2001-05-22	$0.133	$0.133	USD	-	2001-05-21	2001-05-30	Quarterly
2001-02-21	$0.133	$0.133	USD	-	2001-02-20	2001-02-28	Quarterly
2000-11-22	$0.133	$0.133	USD	-	2000-11-21	2000-11-30	Quarterly
2000-08-22	$0.133	$0.133	USD	-	2000-08-21	2000-08-30	Quarterly
2000-05-23	$0.147	$0.147	USD	-	2000-05-22	2000-05-30	Quarterly
2000-02-22	$0.150	$0.150	USD	-	-	-	-
1999-11-23	$1.352	$1.352	USD	-	1999-11-22	1999-11-30	Other
1999-11-22	$0.150	$0.150	USD	-	-	-	-
1999-08-23	$0.147	$0.147	USD	-	1999-08-20	1999-08-31	Quarterly
1999-05-21	$0.147	$0.147	USD	-	1999-05-20	1999-05-28	Quarterly
1999-02-23	$0.147	$0.147	USD	-	1999-02-22	1999-02-26	Quarterly
1998-11-23	$1.325	$1.325	USD	-	1998-11-20	1998-11-30	Other
1998-11-20	$0.150	$0.150	USD	-	-	-	-
1998-08-21	$0.147	$0.147	USD	-	1998-08-20	1998-08-31	Quarterly
1998-05-21	$0.147	$0.147	USD	-	1998-05-20	1998-05-29	Quarterly
1998-02-21	$0.147	$0.147	USD	-	1998-02-20	1998-02-27	Quarterly
1997-11-20	$0.150	$0.150	USD	-	1997-11-19	1997-11-28	Other
1997-08-18	$0.147	$0.147	USD	-	1997-08-20	1997-08-29	Quarterly
1997-05-16	$0.147	$0.147	USD	-	1997-05-20	1997-05-30	Quarterly
1997-02-21	$0.138	$0.138	USD	-	1997-02-20	1997-02-28	Quarterly
1996-11-20	$0.237	$0.237	USD	-	1996-11-20	1996-11-29	Quarterly
1996-08-21	$0.138	$0.138	USD	-	1996-08-20	1996-08-30	Quarterly
1996-05-21	$0.138	$0.138	USD	-	1996-05-20	1996-05-31	Quarterly
1996-02-20	$0.138	$0.138	USD	-	1996-02-16	1996-02-29	Quarterly
1995-11-24	$0.771	$0.771	USD	-	1995-11-22	1995-11-30	Other
1995-11-22	$0.157	$0.157	USD	-	-	-	-
1995-08-22	$0.138	$0.138	USD	-	1995-08-21	1995-08-31	Quarterly
1995-05-23	$0.138	$0.138	USD	-	1995-05-22	1995-05-31	Quarterly
1995-02-22	$0.138	$0.138	USD	-	1995-02-21	1995-02-28	Quarterly
1994-11-22	$0.453	$0.453	USD	-	1994-11-21	1994-11-30	Other
1994-11-21	$0.140	$0.140	USD	-	-	-	-
1994-08-11	$0.138	$0.138	USD	-	1994-08-10	1994-08-22	Quarterly
1994-05-11	$0.138	$0.138	USD	-	1994-05-10	1994-05-23	Quarterly
1994-02-11	$0.147	$0.147	USD	-	1994-02-10	1994-02-22	Quarterly
1993-11-15	$0.740	$0.740	USD	-	1993-11-12	1993-11-22	Other
1993-11-12	$0.150	$0.150	USD	-	-	-	-
1993-08-11	$0.157	$0.157	USD	-	1993-08-10	1993-08-20	Quarterly
1993-05-11	$0.157	$0.157	USD	-	1993-05-10	1993-05-20	Quarterly
1993-02-11	$0.157	$0.157	USD	-	1993-02-10	1993-02-22	Quarterly
1992-11-16	$0.640	$0.640	USD	-	1992-11-13	1992-11-20	Other
1992-11-13	$0.170	$0.170	USD	-	-	-	-
1992-08-11	$0.167	$0.167	USD	-	1992-08-10	1992-08-20	Quarterly
1992-05-12	$0.167	$0.167	USD	-	1992-05-11	1992-05-20	Quarterly
1992-02-11	$0.167	$0.167	USD	-	1992-02-10	1992-02-20	Quarterly
1991-11-15	$0.521	$0.521	USD	-	1991-11-14	1991-11-21	Other
1991-11-14	$0.170	$0.170	USD	-	-	-	-
1991-08-06	$0.167	$0.167	USD	-	1991-08-12	1991-08-21	Quarterly
1991-05-13	$0.167	$0.167	USD	-	1991-05-10	1991-05-21	Quarterly
1991-02-11	$0.170	$0.170	USD	-	1991-02-11	1991-02-21	Quarterly
1990-11-14	$0.678	$0.678	USD	-	1990-11-13	1990-11-21	Other
1990-11-13	$0.170	$0.170	USD	-	-	-	-
1990-09-04	$0.167	$0.167	USD	-	1990-08-31	1990-09-10	Quarterly
1990-06-01	$0.167	$0.167	USD	-	1990-05-31	1990-06-11	Quarterly
1990-02-28	$0.170	$0.170	USD	-	-	-	-
1989-11-30	$0.310	$0.310	USD	-	-	-	-
1989-08-31	$0.170	$0.170	USD	-	-	-	-
1989-05-31	$0.170	$0.170	USD	-	-	-	-
1989-02-28	$0.160	$0.160	USD	-	-	-	-
1988-11-30	$0.240	$0.240	USD	-	-	-	-
1988-08-31	$0.160	$0.160	USD	-	-	-	-
1988-05-31	$0.160	$0.160	USD	-	-	-	-
1988-02-29	$0.160	$0.160	USD	-	-	-	-
1987-11-30	$0.200	$0.200	USD	-	-	-	-
1987-08-31	$0.200	$0.200	USD	-	-	-	-
1987-05-29	$0.200	$0.200	USD	-	-	-	-
1987-02-27	$0.200	$0.200	USD	-	-	-	-
1986-11-28	$0.200	$0.200	USD	-	-	-	-
1986-08-29	$0.200	$0.200	USD	-	-	-	-
1986-05-30	$0.200	$0.200	USD	-	-	-	-