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American Balanced Fund Class R-5 Shs: (MF: RLBFX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Mar 13, 2026 05:18 PM ET

$37.67 USD

-0.13 (-0.34%)

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 4.28 17
3 months 3.68 37
6 months 10.64 5
1 Year 19.62 4
3 Year 16.68 7
5 Year 10.10 4
10 Year 10.53 12

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) NA
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -36.78
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 566.61

Load Adjusted Returns as of Feb 28, 2026

1 Year 17.76
5 Year 9.37
10 Year 9.80
Since Inception 8.70

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2025 -0.16 8.41 5.61 3.02
2024 6.25 2.46 5.44 0.39
2023 2.85 3.97 -2.79 8.70
2022 -3.95 -9.82 -5.87 7.81
2021 3.83 5.49 -0.52 6.52

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 4.2817.7615.2613.00-12.1016.0711.1719.47-2.4615.418.86
% Total Return Rel to Index 1.21-0.45-9.76-13.236.09-12.60-7.22-12.011.92-6.37-3.07
% Total Return Rel to Peer 0.984.583.62-0.951.642.89-0.090.713.102.262.51
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 1.001.000.004.001.002.003.003.001.002.001.00
% Dividends 0.000.530.810.480.470.480.470.610.580.460.50
% Yield 0.001.262.131.471.561.321.452.002.141.561.86
Capital Gains ($) 0.002.321.740.000.181.030.920.591.010.980.61
Expense Ratio 0.000.300.300.300.300.300.300.320.330.330.34

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