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The Growth Fund Of America Class 529-c Shares: (MF: CGFCX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Oct 23, 2026 05:18 PM ET

$71.46 USD

-0.37 (-0.52%)

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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 Sep 30, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 9.11 51
3 months 0.10 52
6 months 18.92 18
1 Year 10.71 51
3 Year 23.56 15
5 Year 10.45 40
10 Year 14.54 29

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 125.09
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -49.34
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 1,072.45

Load Adjusted Returns as of Sep 30, 2026

1 Year 9.60
5 Year 10.45
10 Year 14.54
Since Inception 12.81

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -8.25 18.79 0.10 NA
2025 -6.60 17.74 6.62 1.46
2024 12.30 3.58 5.02 4.28
2023 10.96 10.41 -2.61 14.06
2022 -10.87 -22.14 -2.89 1.99
2021 2.27 8.08 0.76 6.27

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 9.1118.9627.4136.10-31.2718.3736.7527.08-3.6825.057.55
% Total Return Rel to Index -3.630.742.399.85-13.07-10.3018.35-4.400.713.25-4.38
% Total Return Rel to Peer -0.206.248.0113.10-11.57-3.6816.83-1.333.174.37-0.26
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 4.001.001.001.005.004.002.004.002.002.003.00
% Dividends 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
% Yield 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Capital Gains ($) 0.008.366.384.301.846.012.733.274.823.232.53
Expense Ratio 1.391.401.401.441.411.381.421.451.461.481.52

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