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American Century High-yield Fund - R5 Class: (MF: ACYIX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Oct 19, 2026 05:11 PM ET

$4.98 USD

-0.01 (-0.20%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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5-Strong Sell of 5         5

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Latest Performance as of Sep 30, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 1.29 21
3 months -1.41 34
6 months 1.62 19
1 Year 2.77 18
3 Year 7.70 26
5 Year 2.88 68
10 Year 4.07 58

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) NA
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -17.02
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 220.18

Load Adjusted Returns as of Sep 30, 2026

1 Year 2.77
5 Year 2.88
10 Year 4.07
Since Inception 5.24

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -0.32 3.07 -1.41 NA
2025 1.03 3.28 2.78 1.45
2024 0.39 1.66 4.46 -0.26
2023 2.84 0.99 -0.03 6.56
2022 -3.43 -9.64 -1.21 3.95
2021 0.32 1.76 1.75 -0.82

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 1.298.816.3410.65-10.393.026.0813.42-3.135.5714.18
% Total Return Rel to Index 1.180.11-1.83-2.800.78-2.25-1.04-0.89-1.05-1.93-2.95
% Total Return Rel to Peer 0.841.56-1.08-0.76-1.39-1.561.251.72-0.590.082.49
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 1.001.005.004.003.005.002.003.004.004.002.00
% Dividends 0.250.310.290.270.240.240.250.270.300.270.30
% Yield 6.555.795.486.374.844.064.254.615.634.545.18
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.500.570.580.580.570.580.580.590.630.650.65

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