American Funds The Growth Fund of America Class A (AGTHX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
80.22
+0.95 (1.20%)
Dec 19, 2025, 4:00 PM EST
7.13%
Fund Assets340.04B
Expense Ratio0.63%
Min. Investment$250
Turnover32.00%
Dividend (ttm)8.60
Dividend Yield10.73%
Dividend Growth28.59%
Payout FrequencyAnnual
Ex-Dividend DateDec 17, 2025
Previous Close79.27
YTD Return7.74%
1-Year Return7.13%
5-Year Return57.86%
52-Week Low62.29
52-Week High90.94
Beta (5Y)1.11
Holdings331
Inception DateNov 30, 1973

About AGTHX

The investment seeks growth of capital. The fund invests primarily in common stocks and seeks to invest in companies that appear to offer superior opportunities for growth of capital. It may invest up to 25% of its assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States. The investment adviser uses a system of multiple portfolio managers in managing the fund's assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the fund is divided into segments managed by individual managers.

Fund Family Capital Group
Category Large Growth
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol AGTHX
Share Class Class A
Index S&P 500 TR

Performance

AGTHX had a total return of 7.13% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 12.58%.

Equivalent Funds

These are funds that follow the same index from the other major fund companies.

SymbolProviderNameExpense Ratio
FZANXFidelityFidelity Advisor New Insights Z0.53%
FNICXFidelityFidelity Advisor New Insights C1.65%
FFIDXFidelityFidelity Fund0.43%
FDESXFidelityFidelity Advisor Diversified Stock Fund Class O0.41%
FNITXFidelityFidelity Advisor New Insights M1.15%

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
RGAGXClass R-60.30%
GAFFXClass F-30.30%
RGAFXClass R-50.34%
FFAFXClass 529-f-30.35%

Top 10 Holdings

36.60% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
NVIDIA CorporationNVDA5.81%
Microsoft CorporationMSFT4.97%
Meta Platforms, Inc.META4.90%
Broadcom Inc.AVGO4.55%
Amazon.com, Inc.AMZN3.43%
Tesla, Inc.TSLA2.91%
Eli Lilly and CompanyLLY2.82%
Netflix, Inc.NFLX2.45%
Alphabet, Inc.GOOGL2.40%
Capital Group Central Cash Fundn/a2.35%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 17, 2025$8.604Dec 18, 2025
Dec 18, 2024$6.691Dec 19, 2024
Dec 15, 2023$4.671Dec 18, 2023
Dec 16, 2022$2.006Dec 19, 2022
Dec 17, 2021$6.0786Dec 20, 2021
Dec 18, 2020$2.905Dec 21, 2020
Full Dividend History