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American Balanced Fund Class R-1 Shs: (MF: RLBAX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Jul 8, 2026 05:18 PM ET

$40.21 USD

-0.08 (-0.20%)

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 May 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 9.13 16
3 months 4.84 25
6 months 8.39 26
1 Year 23.43 16
3 Year 16.35 21
5 Year 8.40 22
10 Year 9.28 37

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 75.91
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -37.61
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 494.58

Load Adjusted Returns as of May 31, 2026

1 Year 15.52
5 Year 7.20
10 Year 8.35
Since Inception 9.51

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 -1.32 NA NA NA
2025 -0.43 8.15 5.35 2.74
2024 5.95 2.22 5.15 0.14
2023 2.58 3.71 -3.03 8.41
2022 -4.21 -10.03 -6.13 7.55
2021 3.58 5.21 -0.78 6.24

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 9.1316.5714.0611.84-13.0014.8910.0518.26-3.4814.207.73
% Total Return Rel to Index -0.12-1.64-10.95-14.405.20-13.79-8.34-13.220.91-7.59-4.20
% Total Return Rel to Peer 1.563.392.43-2.110.751.70-1.22-0.502.081.051.38
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 2.001.002.004.002.003.004.004.002.003.002.00
% Dividends 0.030.150.450.170.170.150.190.330.300.180.25
% Yield 0.090.360.380.420.570.430.581.091.100.610.93
Capital Gains ($) 0.002.321.740.000.181.030.920.591.010.980.61
Expense Ratio 0.001.331.321.331.331.321.331.361.371.371.38

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