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American Funds Short-term Tax-exempt Bd Fd Cl F-2 Shs: (MF: ASTFX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Feb 27, 2026 05:37 PM ET

$10.17 USD

0.00 (NA)

Zacks MF Rank

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1 Strong Buy
2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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3-Hold of 5     3    

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Latest Performance as of Jan 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 0.72 6
3 months 1.01 16
6 months 2.25 75
1 Year 4.35 90
3 Year 3.23 60
5 Year 1.50 33
10 Year 1.59 57

* Annual for three years and beyond.

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

Load Adjusted Returns as of Jan 31, 2026

1 Year 4.26
5 Year 1.40
10 Year 1.57
Since Inception 1.46

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2025 1.01 1.12 1.63 0.43
2024 0.11 0.56 2.31 -0.39
2023 1.22 -0.47 -0.95 3.64
2022 -2.78 -0.53 -1.36 1.79
2021 -0.11 0.25 -0.16 -0.13

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 0.724.262.603.40-2.92-0.153.233.251.001.44-0.19
% Total Return Rel to Index 0.00-3.111.34-2.1110.091.39-4.26-5.470.98-2.10-2.85
% Total Return Rel to Peer 0.00-1.890.55-0.817.44-1.38-4.07-3.341.78-1.00-2.68
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 0.000.000.004.001.003.005.005.001.004.005.00
% Dividends 0.020.260.260.210.110.060.140.160.140.110.09
% Yield NA2.592.602.631.090.581.311.571.451.110.88
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.020.020.000.000.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.000.320.320.320.420.450.450.490.540.570.56

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