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The Growth Fund Of America Class C Shares: (MF: GFACX)

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

$71.41 USD

-0.36 (-0.50%)

Zacks MF Rank

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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 Sep 30, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 9.15 50
3 months 0.12 52
6 months 18.94 18
1 Year 10.77 50
3 Year 23.62 15
5 Year 10.51 40
10 Year 14.59 28

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 126.01
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -49.29
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 1,083.22

Load Adjusted Returns as of Sep 30, 2026

1 Year 9.66
5 Year 10.50
10 Year 14.59
Since Inception 9.39

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -8.23 18.79 0.12 NA
2025 -6.58 17.74 6.63 1.48
2024 12.32 3.59 5.04 4.27
2023 10.98 10.43 -2.60 14.07
2022 -10.87 -22.13 -2.88 1.99
2021 2.27 8.09 0.78 6.28

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 9.1519.0227.4636.18-31.2418.4236.7927.14-3.6525.117.60
% Total Return Rel to Index -3.590.802.439.94-13.04-10.2518.39-4.340.743.32-4.33
% Total Return Rel to Peer -0.156.318.0613.18-11.55-3.6316.88-1.273.204.43-0.21
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 4.001.001.001.005.004.001.004.002.002.003.00
% 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 1.351.351.361.381.361.351.381.411.421.441.46

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