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The Growth Fund Of America Class 529-a Shares: (MF: CGFAX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Jun 18, 2026 05:21 PM ET

$86.21 USD

+1.51 (1.78%)

Zacks MF Rank

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5 Strong Sell

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1-Strong Buy of 5 1        

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Latest Performance as of May 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 10.02 39
3 months 11.98 21
6 months 10.12 41
1 Year 27.75 33
3 Year 26.42 8
5 Year 12.32 24
10 Year 15.33 23

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 135.19
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -48.78
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 1,164.10

Load Adjusted Returns as of May 31, 2026

1 Year 13.80
5 Year 8.61
10 Year 13.30
Since Inception 13.27

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -8.07 NA NA NA
2025 -6.43 17.96 6.83 1.66
2024 12.55 3.76 5.23 4.48
2023 11.15 10.64 -2.43 14.27
2022 -10.70 -21.98 -2.70 2.19
2021 2.46 8.28 0.96 6.48

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 10.0219.8828.4037.12-30.7319.2737.7728.06-2.9818.278.36
% Total Return Rel to Index -3.301.663.3810.87-12.52-9.4019.37-3.431.41-3.51-3.57
% Total Return Rel to Peer -2.677.179.0114.12-11.03-2.7817.85-0.363.88-2.390.54
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 4.001.001.001.005.004.001.004.002.004.003.00
% Dividends 0.000.220.280.350.150.030.150.350.260.230.22
% Yield 0.000.240.260.300.280.040.210.630.540.450.48
Capital Gains ($) 0.008.366.384.301.846.012.733.274.820.002.53
Expense Ratio 0.630.620.650.670.640.640.680.700.700.710.74

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