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The Growth Fund Of America Class A Shares: (MF: AGTHX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Oct 23, 2026 05:18 PM ET

$85.89 USD

-0.44 (-0.51%)

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 Sep 30, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 9.76 45
3 months 0.30 50
6 months 19.38 16
1 Year 11.60 45
3 Year 24.55 10
5 Year 11.34 30
10 Year 14.74 26

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 135.45
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -48.80
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 1,172.34

Load Adjusted Returns as of Sep 30, 2026

1 Year 5.54
5 Year 10.10
10 Year 14.10
Since Inception 13.54

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -8.06 19.02 0.30 NA
2025 -6.42 17.96 6.83 1.68
2024 12.54 3.78 5.23 4.48
2023 11.17 10.66 -2.43 14.29
2022 -10.70 -21.97 -2.70 2.19
2021 2.47 8.30 0.96 6.49

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 9.7519.9228.4237.20-30.7219.3337.7928.11-2.8818.438.45
% Total Return Rel to Index -2.981.703.4010.95-12.51-9.3519.39-3.371.51-3.36-3.48
% Total Return Rel to Peer 0.447.219.0314.20-11.02-2.7217.88-0.313.97-2.240.63
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 3.001.001.001.005.004.001.004.002.004.003.00
% Dividends 0.000.240.310.370.160.060.170.380.300.250.25
% Yield 0.230.250.360.310.300.070.220.660.600.470.53
Capital Gains ($) 0.008.366.384.301.846.012.733.274.820.002.53
Expense Ratio 0.600.600.610.630.600.610.640.630.620.640.66

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