profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Putnam Premier Income
$3.28-0.61% today
-9.1% in 1 year
1-year low $3.211-year high $3.65
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $12.55 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Putnam Premier Income sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$19.5 million in 2022 to $25.7 million in 2025, with $25.0 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Putnam Premier Income vs. similar companies
Putnam Premier Income grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam Premier Income | 12.5× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 36.9× · Expensive | ||
 Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund | 6.9× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund | 6.7× · Cheap | ||
 PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund | 8.6× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Putnam Premier Income's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -20 | 2 | 33 | 26 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -20 | 1 | 32 | 25 | |
| -0.20 | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0.26 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 104.8% | 51.4% | 97.9% | 97.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,047 | 696 | 533 | 469 |
| Cash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total debt | – | – | – | – |
| Total liabilities | 638 | 327 | 165 | 106 |
| 410 | 370 | 368 | 363 | |
| 102 | 97 | 94 | 96 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -5.0% | 0.3% | 8.7% | 6.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 12.5×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 12.2×
- –
- –
- 0.0%
- 8.0%
- 9.0%
Profitability
- –
- 100.3%
- 97.1%
- 99.9%
- 6.8%
- 2.9%
- 6.9%
- 4.4%
- 6.8%
- –
Growth
- +272.2%
- –
- –
- −5.4%
- −1.2%
Financial health
- -0.1×
- 0.00
- 0.0%
- –
- 0.01
- 0.01
- 0.04
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 42%of 754
Top 43%of 883
Top 1%of 880
Bottom 28%of 929
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2025 | 0.08 | – | – |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 0.15 | – | – |
| Apr 26, 2024 | 0.19 | – | – |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 0.00 | – | – |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 0.01 | – | – |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -0.11 | – | – |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -0.10 | – | – |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -0.19 | – | – |
9.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$90a year at today's yield, before tax
−5.4%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.31 in 2015 → $0.31 in 2025
How safe it looks
0.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
33No pass
Benjamin Graham
65Pass
Philip Fisher
59No pass
Peter Lynch
100Pass
Joel Greenblatt
24No pass
Charlie Munger
59No pass
Terry Smith
50No pass
Questions about Putnam Premier Income
Is Putnam Premier Income a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Putnam Premier Income AI analysis
What does Putnam Premier Income do?
Putnam Premier Income Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Putnam Investment Management, LLC. The fund is co-managed by Putnam Investments Limited. It invests in the public fixed income markets across the globe. It is in Asset Management - Income.
Does Putnam Premier Income pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 9.0% a year.
Is Putnam Premier Income stock halal?
No. Putnam Premier Income does not pass our halal screen: its main business, interest-based asset management, is not permitted. How we check
How has Putnam Premier Income stock done over the past year?
Down 9.1% over the past twelve months, to $3.28. It traded between $3.21 and $3.65 and is 10.1% below its high.
Who are Putnam Premier Income's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Putnam Premier Income's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.