Putnam Premier Income Trust Stock Forecast, Price & News

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Putnam Premier Income Trust saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 26,100 shares, a decrease of 39.0% from the January 28th total of 42,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 365,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.
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Putnam Premier Income Trust's stock was trading at $4.59 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PPT shares have increased by 3.5% and is now trading at $4.75.
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Putnam Premier Income Trust declared a monthly dividend on Tuesday, February 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 24th will be given a dividend of $0.026 per share on Thursday, April 1st. This represents a $0.31 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 23rd.
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Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.28%. PPT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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5 employees have rated Putnam Premier Income Trust CEO Rob Adams on Glassdoor.com. Rob Adams has an approval rating of 80% among Putnam Premier Income Trust's employees.

Some companies that are related to Putnam Premier Income Trust include Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (DEM), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Royce Value Trust (RVT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Tri-Continental (TY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF (EWH), iShares MSCI Australia ETF (EWA), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Boulder Growth & Income Fund (BIF), Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund (FAX) and Tekla Healthcare Investors (HQH).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Putnam Premier Income Trust investors own include AT&T (T), Energy Transfer (ET), AbbVie (ABBV), Enbridge (ENB), Verizon Communications (VZ), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Pembina Pipeline (PBA) and Pfizer (PFE).

Putnam Premier Income Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PPT."

Putnam Premier Income Trust's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Morgan Stanley (1.67%), Arbor Wealth Management LLC (0.84%), Shaker Financial Services LLC (0.72%), Quad Cities Investment Group LLC (0.51%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.43%) and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. (0.33%). Company insiders that own Putnam Premier Income Trust stock include Cooper Gregory and D William Kohli.
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PPT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, Arbor Wealth Management LLC, Resources Investment Advisors LLC., Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc., Raymond James Trust N.A., LPL Financial LLC, and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC.
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PPT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Access Financial Services Inc., Landscape Capital Management L.L.C., Shaker Financial Services LLC, Citigroup Inc., Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Morgan Stanley, and San Luis Wealth Advisors LLC.
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Shares of PPT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of PPT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $4.75.

Putnam Premier Income Trust has a market capitalization of $490.30 million.

The official website for Putnam Premier Income Trust is www.putnam.com.

The investment management company can be reached via phone at 617-292-1000.