PPT

Putnam Premier Income Trust

May 15 • 04:00PM ET

3.45

-0.04 -1.15 %

Financial • Closed-End Fund - Debt • USA • Small • NYSE

May 15, 8:06 AMPutnam Premier Income Trust to rename Franklin Premier Income Trust around July 15, 2026, with no changes to objectives or ticker

Peers: PFN PFL PTY PDI PIM

| Held by: PCEF

Index	-	P/E	11.13	EPS (ttm)	0.31	Insider Own	-	Shs Outstand	95.57M	Perf Week	-2.27%
Market Cap	329.71M	Forward P/E	-	EPS next Y	-	Insider Trans	-	Shs Float	95.56M	Perf Month	-2.27%
Enterprise Value	-	PEG	-	EPS next Q	-	Inst Own	41.94%	Short Float	0.13%	Perf Quarter	-4.70%
Income	-	P/S	15.76	EPS this Y	-	Inst Trans	-	Short Ratio	0.89	Perf Half Y	-5.48%
Sales	20.93M	P/B	0.91	EPS next Y	-	ROA	-	Short Interest	0.13M	Perf YTD	-2.54%
Book/sh	3.77	P/C	-	EPS next 5Y	-	ROE	-	52W High	3.77 -8.49%	Perf Year	-5.48%
Cash/sh	-	P/FCF	-	EPS past 3/5Y	- -	ROIC	-	52W Low	3.42 0.73%	Perf 3Y	-2.68%
Dividend Est.	-	EV/EBITDA	-	Sales past 3/5Y	- -	Gross Margin	-	Volatility	0.75% 0.67%	Perf 5Y	-25.81%
Dividend TTM	0.31 (9.04%)	EV/Sales	-	EPS Y/Y TTM	-	Oper. Margin	-	ATR (14)	0.03	Perf 10Y	-26.13%
Dividend Ex-Date	May 21, 2026	Quick Ratio	-	Sales Y/Y TTM	-	Profit Margin	-	RSI (14)	38.66	Recom	-
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	0.00% -5.36%	Current Ratio	-	EPS Q/Q	59.20%	SMA20	-1.40%	Beta	0.27	Target Price	-
Payout	119.35%	Debt/Eq	-	Sales Q/Q	-19.10%	SMA50	-1.79%	Rel Volume	0.97	Prev Close	3.49
Employees	-	LT Debt/Eq	-	Earnings	-	SMA200	-4.26%	Avg Volume	144.93K	Price	3.45
IPO	Feb 19, 1988	Option/Short	No / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	- -	Trades		Volume	141,260	Change	-1.15%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Mar-01-07	Initiated	Stifel Nicolaus	Hold

May-15-26 08:00AM	Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and Putnam Premier Income Trust Announce Upcoming Name Changes (Business Wire)
May-14-26 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distributions for Certain Closed-End Funds for the Months of June, July and August 2026 (Business Wire)
Apr-29-26 08:00AM	Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and Putnam Premier Income Trust Announce Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Business Wire)
Feb-23-26 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distributions for Certain Closed-End Funds for the Months of March, April and May 2026 (Business Wire)
Jan-30-26 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Availability of 19(a) Notices for Certain Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
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Dec-31-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Taxable Funds (Business Wire)
Nov-28-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Taxable Funds (Business Wire)
Nov-20-25 08:00AM	Franklin Advisers, Inc. Announces Distributions for Putnam Closed-End Funds for the Months of December 2025, January and February 2026 (Business Wire)
Oct-31-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces 19(A) Notices for Closed-End Taxable Funds (Business Wire)
Sep-08-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Taxable Funds (Business Wire)
Aug-07-25 08:30AM	Franklin Templeton Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Taxable Funds (Business Wire)
08:00AM	Franklin Advisers, Inc. Announces Distributions for Putnam Closed-End Funds for the Months of August, September, October and November 2025 (Business Wire)
Jul-08-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distribution Rates for Putnam Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jun-06-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distribution Rates for Putnam Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
May-07-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distribution Rates for Putnam Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
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Apr-28-25 08:54AM	Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust, Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust and Putnam Premier Income Trust Announce Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Business Wire)
Apr-07-25 10:35AM	CORRECTING and REPLACING Franklin Templeton Announces Distribution Rates for Putnam Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distribution Rates for Putnam Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Mar-07-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distribution Rates for Putnam Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Feb-10-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distribution Rates for Putnam Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jan-17-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Closed-End Funds Announce Share Repurchases for the Fourth Quarter of 2024 (Business Wire)
Jan-08-25 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distribution Rates for Putnam Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Dec-09-24 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distribution Rates for Putnam Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Nov-07-24 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Oct-28-24 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Announces Distribution Rates for Putnam Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Oct-09-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Sep-30-24 08:30AM	Putnam Closed-End Funds Announce Renewal of Current Share Repurchase Program (Business Wire)
08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Sep-12-24 01:13AM	SIT Investment Associates Inc's Strategic Acquisition in Putnam Premier Income Trust (GuruFocus.com)
Sep-11-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
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Aug-06-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-end Funds (Business Wire)
Jul-19-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces Transfer of Closed-End Fund Management Contracts to Franklin Advisers (Business Wire)
Jul-16-24 08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Closed-End Funds Announce Share Repurchases for the Second Quarter of 2024 (Business Wire)
Jul-10-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jul-01-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
May-20-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
May-08-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Apr-19-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
08:00AM	Franklin Templeton Closed-End Funds Announce Share Repurchases for the First Quarter of 2024 (Business Wire)
Apr-10-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Mar-25-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Mar-06-24 09:48AM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Feb-07-24 08:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jan-29-24 10:33AM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Dec-06-23 03:32PM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Aug-01-23 03:47PM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Nov-09-22 06:52PM	Perpetual Rejects Revised $1.22 Billion Takeover Offer as Too Low (The Wall Street Journal)
Sep-08-22 02:32PM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Apr-07-22 03:42PM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Mar-07-22 04:30PM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jan-25-22 05:38PM	Arbor Wealth Management, LLC Buys Wells Fargo, Activision Blizzard Inc, Amcor PLC, Sells Altice ... (GuruFocus.com)
Dec-14-21 08:38PM	VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF Buys Dassault Aviation SA, Innovent Biologics Inc, ... (GuruFocus.com)
Aug-02-21 04:47PM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Feb-19-21 10:28AM	Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Putnam Premier Income (Benzinga)
Dec-21-20 10:17AM	Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Putnam Premier Income (Benzinga)
Nov-20-20 10:18AM	Understanding Putnam Premier Income's Ex-Dividend Date (Benzinga)
Apr-15-20 04:39PM	Annual Meeting of Putnam Closed-End Fund Shareholders to Be Held on April 24, 2020 Solely by Means of Remote Communication (Business Wire)
Jan-24-20 09:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-end Funds (Business Wire)
Nov-22-19 09:00AM	Putnam Investments Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Nov-13-19 01:23PM	Putnam Investments Announces 19(a) Notices for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Oct-18-19 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Oct-09-19 02:07PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Sep-20-19 10:48AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Sep-11-19 03:36PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-end Funds (Business Wire)
Sep-10-19 01:00PM	Putnam Investments to Hold Webcasts for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jul-31-19 01:50PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-end Funds (Business Wire)
Jul-10-19 02:23PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-end Funds (Business Wire)
Jun-28-19 08:30AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jun-12-19 03:42PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
May-17-19 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
May-08-19 03:20PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jan-10-19 10:55AM	Putnam Investments to Hold Webcasts for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jul-07-17 08:23AM	These 7% Dividends Just Got The Ultimate 'Buy' Rating (Forbes)
Apr-12-17 03:07PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Mar-17-17 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Mar-08-17 04:54PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Feb-08-17 04:07PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jan-27-17 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
06:51AM	[$$] How Not to Buy a Closed-End Fund (Barrons.com)
Jan-11-17 10:18AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Nov-23-16 01:04PM	PUTNAM PREMIER INCOME TRUST Financials
Oct-21-16 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Oct-03-16 05:18AM	Perisai Bondholders Reject Oil Rig Contractors Proposal (Bloomberg)
Sep-13-16 02:45PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Aug-04-16 02:30AM	Perpetual Ltd. :PPT-AU: Earnings Analysis: For the six months ended December 31, 2015 : August 4, 2016 (Capital Cube)
Jun-24-16 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Jun-09-16 10:09AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
May-20-16 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
May-11-16 03:50PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Apr-13-16 04:17PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Mar-18-16 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Mar-09-16 04:57PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Feb-10-16 04:21PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
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Jan-29-16 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Dec-21-15 04:49PM	Putnam Announces Ex-Dividend Date Change for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Oct-16-15 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Sep-18-15 09:00AM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)
Sep-09-15 12:44PM	Putnam Announces Distribution Rates for Closed-End Funds (Business Wire)

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. The fund primarily invests in U.S. high-grade and high-yield bonds with an average credit quality of BBB by S&P Corporation. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Barclays Capital Government Bond Index. Putnam Premier Income Trust was formed on February 29, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.

Principal Accounting OfficerMs. Janet C. Smith

Portfolio ManagerMr. Robert L. Davis C.F.A.

Portfolio ManagerMr. Brett S. Kozlowski C.F.A.

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