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American Funds Short-term Tax-exempt Bond Fund - Class F-3: (MF: SFTEX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Apr 2, 2026 05:26 PM ET

$10.07 USD

+0.01 (0.10%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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3-Hold of 5     3    

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Latest Performance as of Feb 28, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 1.34 62
3 months 1.74 13
6 months 2.34 43
1 Year 4.39 78
3 Year 3.98 73
5 Year 1.78 33
10 Year NA NA

* Annual for three years and beyond.

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

Load Adjusted Returns as of Feb 28, 2026

1 Year 4.32
5 Year 1.47
10 Year NA
Since Inception 1.83

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2025 1.03 1.14 1.64 0.43
2024 0.13 0.58 2.33 -0.37
2023 1.23 -0.45 -0.93 3.66
2022 -2.77 -0.52 -1.35 1.81
2021 -0.09 0.27 -0.14 -0.11

Annual Return

202620252024202320222021202020192018
% Total Return 1.344.322.683.48-2.85-0.073.293.311.08
% Total Return Rel to Index 0.62-3.051.41-2.0410.161.46-4.20-5.411.07
% Total Return Rel to Peer 0.38-1.830.62-0.747.50-1.31-4.01-3.281.86
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 1.005.000.004.001.003.005.005.001.00
% Dividends 0.040.270.270.220.110.060.140.160.15
% Yield 0.212.562.582.601.120.631.321.571.48
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.020.020.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.000.250.250.250.330.390.390.440.44

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