Back to top
more

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

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

$86.32 USD

+0.78 (0.91%)

Zacks MF Rank

This is our Mutual Fund rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for Mutual Fund's over the next 6 months:

Zacks Rank Definition
1 Strong Buy
2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

Zacks Mutual Fund Rank FAQ - Learn more about the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank
Zacks Mutual Fund Rank Home - All Zacks Rank resources in one place
Zacks Premium - The only way to get access to the Zacks Rank

1-Strong Buy of 5 1        

View All Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1's

Latest Performance as of Jul 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 5.59 68
3 months 3.12 57
6 months 4.96 66
1 Year 12.48 59
3 Year 20.28 10
5 Year 10.45 34
10 Year 14.46 27

* 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 Jul 31, 2026

1 Year 14.82
5 Year 10.68
10 Year 14.97
Since Inception 13.58

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -8.07 19.01 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 5.5919.8828.4037.12-30.7319.2737.7728.06-2.9818.278.36
% Total Return Rel to Index -0.801.663.3810.87-12.52-9.4019.37-3.431.41-3.51-3.57
% Total Return Rel to Peer -0.557.179.0114.12-11.03-2.7817.85-0.363.88-2.390.54
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 3.001.001.001.005.004.001.004.002.004.003.00
% Dividends 0.000.220.280.350.150.030.150.350.260.230.22
% Yield 0.000.240.350.300.280.040.210.630.540.450.48
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%