Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT)

• Market cap: $358M
• 1 day: 0%
• 5 days: 0.81%
• 1 month: 1.9%
• 3 months: 2.74%
• 6 months: 4.75%
• Year to date: 4.75%
• 1 year: 0.54%
• 5 years: -17.22%
• 10 years: -23.94%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Asset Management

About: Putnam Premier Income Trust is a Massachusetts business trust operating as a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. The fund is currently operating as a diversified fund. Its investment objective is to seek high current income consistent with the preservation of capital by allocating its investments to the U.S. government sector.

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

22% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 28 | Existing positions reduced: 23

5% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $136M [Q1] → $144M (+$7.36M) [Q2]

1.17% more ownership

Funds ownership: 39.54% [Q1] → 40.7% (+1.17%) [Q2]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q1] → 1 (+0) [Q2]

9% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 10 | Existing positions closed: 11

4% less funds holding

Funds holding: 89 [Q1] → 85 (-4) [Q2]

100% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $20K