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American Century Utilities Fund Investor Class: (MF: BULIX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Oct 2, 2026 05:29 PM ET

$17.44 USD

+0.06 (0.35%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
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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 0.84 57
3 months -4.60 42
6 months -10.53 70
1 Year 3.42 66
3 Year 14.74 19
5 Year 6.23 43
10 Year 6.32 93

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 192.13
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -41.13
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 389.51

Load Adjusted Returns as of Aug 31, 2026

1 Year 14.95
5 Year 9.40
10 Year 6.68
Since Inception 7.87

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 9.20 -0.73 NA NA
2025 4.71 5.17 7.24 -1.13
2024 6.45 3.68 19.81 -5.99
2023 -3.36 -3.52 -8.88 8.90
2022 0.67 -7.57 -5.96 8.78
2021 1.13 -0.57 1.02 11.93

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 0.8416.7724.31-7.49-4.8113.71-1.6619.931.820.6023.59
% Total Return Rel to Index -3.92-1.44-0.70-33.7413.39-14.97-20.06-11.556.21-21.1911.66
% Total Return Rel to Peer 1.091.555.55-6.97-0.27-1.92-3.93-4.093.27-13.1112.21
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 3.001.002.005.004.005.004.005.002.005.001.00
% Dividends 0.160.480.410.380.380.330.590.560.710.580.54
% Yield 0.802.302.062.452.161.663.092.794.013.102.68
Capital Gains ($) 0.001.640.000.000.811.020.840.000.430.730.74
Expense Ratio 0.660.650.660.660.650.660.670.670.670.670.68

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