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American Balanced Fund, Class C Shs: (MF: BALCX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Sep 25, 2026 05:17 PM ET

$39.78 USD

+0.11 (0.28%)

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 Aug 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 9.09 28
3 months -0.06 93
6 months 4.77 55
1 Year 15.32 18
3 Year 15.34 17
5 Year 8.06 15
10 Year 9.17 35

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 76.26
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -37.64
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 504.63

Load Adjusted Returns as of Aug 31, 2026

1 Year 17.53
5 Year 8.71
10 Year 9.39
Since Inception 7.37

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -1.32 11.15 NA NA
2025 -0.39 8.14 5.35 2.73
2024 5.98 2.22 5.17 0.11
2023 2.58 3.74 -3.06 9.65
2022 -4.20 -10.06 -6.09 7.85
2021 3.54 5.21 -0.78 6.28

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 9.0916.5914.0813.11-12.7514.8810.0518.27-3.4414.587.69
% Total Return Rel to Index -2.18-1.62-10.93-13.135.45-13.79-8.35-13.220.94-7.21-4.23
% Total Return Rel to Peer 1.453.412.45-0.841.001.69-1.22-0.492.121.431.34
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 2.001.002.003.002.003.004.004.002.002.002.00
% Dividends 0.070.160.460.530.250.150.180.330.300.270.25
% Yield 0.170.390.380.410.850.430.571.101.130.930.94
Capital Gains ($) 0.002.321.740.000.171.030.910.591.010.980.61
Expense Ratio 1.301.301.311.321.311.311.321.341.361.371.38

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