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American Balanced Fund, Class 529-a Shares: (MF: CLBAX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Apr 2, 2026 05:31 PM ET

$37.06 USD

+0.03 (0.08%)

Zacks MF Rank

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1 Strong Buy
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 Feb 28, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 4.22 21
3 months 3.60 40
6 months 10.47 8
1 Year 19.27 7
3 Year 16.35 13
5 Year 9.77 7
10 Year 10.19 20

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 83.30
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -37.02
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 530.40

Load Adjusted Returns as of Feb 28, 2026

1 Year 13.47
5 Year 8.29
10 Year 9.08
Since Inception 10.30

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2025 -0.24 8.34 5.56 2.93
2024 6.16 2.39 5.36 0.32
2023 2.78 3.90 -2.87 8.61
2022 -4.03 -9.89 -5.93 7.72
2021 3.74 5.40 -0.60 6.46

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 4.2217.4414.9112.67-12.3715.7110.8119.11-2.7815.068.48
% Total Return Rel to Index 1.17-0.77-10.11-13.575.82-12.96-7.58-12.371.60-6.72-3.45
% Total Return Rel to Peer 0.944.263.28-1.291.372.52-0.450.342.781.912.13
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 1.001.000.004.002.002.004.003.001.002.002.00
% Dividends 0.000.420.700.380.380.380.380.520.500.380.41
% Yield 0.001.041.901.211.301.081.201.751.861.311.59
Capital Gains ($) 0.002.321.740.000.181.030.920.591.010.980.61
Expense Ratio 0.000.580.590.610.600.600.620.640.650.650.67

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