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American Balanced Fund, Class A Shs: (MF: ABALX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Nov 13, 2026 05:21 PM ET

$40.10 USD

-0.08 (-0.20%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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1-Strong Buy of 5 1        

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Latest Performance as of Oct 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 8.10 28
3 months -0.29 68
6 months 2.11 57
1 Year 9.43 31
3 Year 17.21 14
5 Year 8.16 9
10 Year 9.75 22

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 84.96
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -36.97
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 580.76

Load Adjusted Returns as of Oct 31, 2026

1 Year 4.09
5 Year 7.50
10 Year 8.93
Since Inception 9.78

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -1.12 11.33 -2.87 NA
2025 -0.23 8.35 5.53 2.96
2024 6.16 2.42 5.35 0.33
2023 2.79 3.94 -2.89 8.64
2022 -4.02 -9.89 -5.91 7.71
2021 3.74 5.43 -0.59 6.46

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 8.0917.4614.9412.72-12.3515.7610.8719.20-2.7015.128.60
% Total Return Rel to Index -3.66-0.75-10.07-13.525.85-12.91-7.52-12.281.68-6.67-3.33
% Total Return Rel to Peer 1.324.293.31-1.241.402.57-0.390.432.861.962.25
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 1.001.002.004.002.002.003.003.001.002.002.00
% Dividends 0.330.440.720.400.400.400.400.540.520.400.44
% Yield 0.981.041.881.211.301.091.211.761.901.341.63
Capital Gains ($) 0.002.321.740.000.181.030.920.591.010.980.61
Expense Ratio 0.550.550.560.570.560.560.580.580.570.570.59

* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%