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The Bond Fund Of America, Class R-1 Shares: (MF: RBFAX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Apr 2, 2026 05:22 PM ET

$11.33 USD

+0.02 (0.18%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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Latest Performance as of Feb 28, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 1.57 48
3 months 1.32 63
6 months 2.97 60
1 Year 5.06 79
3 Year 3.94 95
5 Year -0.47 95
10 Year 1.68 89

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 24.42
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -15.78
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 64.04

Load Adjusted Returns as of Feb 28, 2026

1 Year 6.07
5 Year -1.18
10 Year 1.67
Since Inception 5.70

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2025 2.58 1.14 1.66 0.56
2024 -1.00 -0.07 5.04 -3.36
2023 2.61 -1.62 -3.30 6.50
2022 -5.66 -5.40 -4.75 1.82
2021 -3.15 1.48 -0.01 0.04

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 1.576.070.413.95-13.45-1.6813.197.21-0.882.341.76
% Total Return Rel to Index 0.07-1.30-0.85-1.57-0.43-0.135.69-1.51-0.89-1.20-0.88
% Total Return Rel to Peer -0.31-0.94-3.45-2.43-3.92-2.357.26-0.760.26-1.66-3.36
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 5.004.000.005.004.005.001.004.003.004.005.00
% Dividends 0.050.350.390.320.200.090.580.200.200.120.09
% Yield 0.252.943.352.931.660.643.851.451.530.930.69
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.000.000.000.010.070.430.170.000.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.001.331.331.331.311.291.331.351.371.371.37

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