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American Fds, The Tax-exempt Bond Fund Of America, Class F-1 Shs: (MF: AFTFX)
(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Jun 16, 2025 08:00 PM ET
$12.10 USD
0.00 (NA)
Zacks MF Rank
2-Buy of 5 2
Latest Performance as of May 31, 2025
| Total Return %* | Percentile Rank Objective | |
|---|---|---|
| YTD | -1.23 | 59 |
| 3 months | -2.47 | 56 |
| 6 months | -2.43 | 57 |
| 1 Year | 2.01 | 62 |
| 3 Year | 1.71 | 60 |
| 5 Year | 0.76 | 67 |
| 10 Year | 1.87 | 43 |
* Annual for three years and beyond.
| Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) | 19.74 |
| Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) | -2.97 |
| Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) | 75.84 |
Load Adjusted Returns as of May 31, 2025
| 1 Year | 2.00 |
| 5 Year | 1.11 |
| 10 Year | 1.91 |
| Since Inception | 5.61 |
Quarterly Return
| 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.26 | NA | NA | NA |
| 2024 | -0.04 | 0.62 | 2.72 | -1.06 |
| 2023 | 2.54 | 0.07 | -3.36 | 7.29 |
| 2022 | -5.75 | -3.98 | -3.31 | 3.55 |
| 2021 | -0.10 | 1.72 | -0.42 | 0.74 |
| 2020 | -0.83 | 2.10 | 1.28 | 2.00 |
Annual Return
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Total Return | -1.23 | 2.21 | 6.39 | -9.39 | 1.93 | 4.61 | 7.08 | 0.65 | 5.15 | -0.28 | 2.98 |
| % Total Return Rel to Index | -0.26 | 1.28 | 0.00 | -0.86 | 0.41 | -0.58 | -0.48 | -0.63 | -0.29 | -0.52 | -0.31 |
| % Total Return Rel to Peer | -0.49 | -0.64 | 0.76 | -0.35 | -0.33 | 0.73 | 0.52 | -0.28 | 0.69 | -0.18 | 1.17 |
| % Perf Quintile vs Peer* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 |
| % Dividends | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.40 |
| % Yield | 1.16 | 2.69 | 2.71 | 1.95 | 1.75 | 2.04 | 2.38 | 2.59 | 2.53 | 2.37 | 2.92 |
| Capital Gains ($) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.67 |
* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%