Putnam High Income Fund Fundamentals

PCF Fund  USD 6.81  0.03  0.44%   
Putnam High Income fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Putnam High's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Putnam Fund. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Putnam High's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Putnam High fund.
  
This module does not cover all equities due to inconsistencies in global equity categorizations. Continue to Equity Screeners to view more equity screening tools.

Putnam High Income Fund Price To Earning Analysis

Putnam High's Price to Earnings ratio is typically used for current valuation of a company and is one of the most popular ratios that investors monitor daily. Holding a low PE stock is less risky because when a company's profitability falls, it is likely that earnings will also go down as well. In other words, if you start from a lower position, your downside risk is limited. There are also some investors who believe that low Price to Earnings ratio reflects the low pricing because a given company is in trouble. On the other hand, a higher PE ratio means that investors are paying more for each unit of profit.

P/E

 = 

Market Value Per Share

Earnings Per Share

More About Price To Earning | All Equity Analysis

Current Putnam High Price To Earning

    
  113.44 X  
Most of Putnam High's fundamental indicators, such as Price To Earning, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Putnam High Income is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
Generally speaking, the Price to Earnings ratio gives investors an idea of what the market is willing to pay for the company's current earnings.
Competition

Based on the latest financial disclosure, Putnam High Income has a Price To Earning of 113 times. This is much higher than that of the Financial Services family and significantly higher than that of the Asset Management category. The price to earning for all United States funds is notably lower than that of the firm.

Putnam High Income Fundamental Drivers Relationships

Comparative valuation techniques use various fundamental indicators to help in determining Putnam High's current stock value. Our valuation model uses many indicators to compare Putnam High value to that of its competitors to determine the firm's financial worth. You can analyze the relationship between different fundamental ratios across Putnam High competition to find correlations between indicators driving Putnam High's intrinsic value. More Info.
Putnam High Income is rated top fund in price to earning among similar funds. It also is rated top fund in price to book among similar funds fabricating about  0.01  of Price To Book per Price To Earning. The ratio of Price To Earning to Price To Book for Putnam High Income is roughly  141.80 . Comparative valuation analysis is a catch-all technique that is used if you cannot value Putnam High by discounting back its dividends or cash flows. It compares the stock's price multiples to nearest competition to determine if the stock is relatively undervalued or overvalued.

Putnam Price To Earning Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Putnam High's direct or indirect competition against its Price To Earning to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the funds which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Putnam High could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Putnam High by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Putnam High is currently under evaluation in price to earning among similar funds.

Putnam Fundamentals

About Putnam High Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Putnam High Income's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Putnam High using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Putnam High Income based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this fund, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.
High Income Securities Fund is a closed-ended balanced income mutual fund launched and managed by Putnam Investment Management, LLC. The fund is co-managed by Putnam Investments Limited. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in both convertible bonds and convertible preferred stocks. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against a composite index comprising of 50 percent JPMorgan Developed High Yield Index and 50 percent BofA Merrill Lynch AllConvertibles Speculative Quality Index. The fund was formerly known as Putnam High Income Securities Fund High Income Securities Fund was formed on July 9, 1987 and is domiciled in the United States.

Currently Active Assets on Macroaxis

Other Information on Investing in Putnam Fund

Putnam High financial ratios help investors to determine whether Putnam Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Putnam with respect to the benefits of owning Putnam High security.
Money Flow Index
Determine momentum by analyzing Money Flow Index and other technical indicators
Idea Breakdown
Analyze constituents of all Macroaxis ideas. Macroaxis investment ideas are predefined, sector-focused investing themes
Portfolio Suggestion
Get suggestions outside of your existing asset allocation including your own model portfolios