American Funds College Enrollment529-F-1 (CENFX)

Fund Assets	3.51B
Expense Ratio	0.71%
Min. Investment	$250
Turnover	5.00%
Dividend (ttm)	0.39
Dividend Yield	4.05%
Dividend Growth	19.27%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 23, 2025

Previous Close	9.74
YTD Return	1.56%
1-Year Return	3.90%
5-Year Return	12.23%
52-Week Low	9.51
52-Week High	9.97
Beta (5Y)	0.19
Holdings	7
Inception Date	Sep 14, 2012

About CENFX

American Funds College Enrollment Fund Class 529-F-1 is a target-enrollment mutual fund within the American Funds College Target Date Series, designed for families using 529 plans who have students already in or near college. Its primary objective is to provide current income while preserving capital, aligning the portfolio to a conservative stance appropriate for short education funding horizons. The fund invests predominantly in underlying American Funds fixed income strategies, including short-term and intermediate investment-grade bond funds, with additional allocations to mortgage-backed securities and balanced strategies to maintain diversification. This structure concentrates exposure in high-quality bonds while retaining limited equity and multi-sector bond sleeves for stability and incremental income. By emphasizing income generation and lower volatility, the fund serves as a final-stage option in college savings glide paths, aiming to reduce sequence-of-returns risk as tuition payments near. It is actively managed by Capital Group’s multi-manager system, offering a disciplined approach to asset allocation and risk management tailored to education funding needs.

• Fund Family: Capital Group
• Category: Short-Term Bond
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: High
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: CENFX
• Share Class: Class 529-f-1
• Index: Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate 1-5 Years TR USD

Performance

CENFX had a total return of 3.90% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 2.02%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
FTAOX	Class 529-f-3	0.34%
FAADX	Class 529-f-2	0.41%
CENAX	Class 529-a	0.66%
CENEX	Class 529-e	0.91%

Top Holdings

Name	Symbol	Weight
American Funds ST Bd Fd of Amer R-6	RMMGX	40.02%
American Fds Itmt Bd Fd of Amer R-6	RBOGX	31.02%
American Funds Mortgage R-6	RMAGX	10.00%
American Funds American Mutual R-6	RMFGX	9.01%
American Funds American Balanced R-6	RLBGX	5.01%
American Funds Strategic Bond R-6	RANGX	4.99%
Cash And Other Assets Less Liablities	n/a	-0.03%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 23, 2025	$0.3942	Dec 24, 2025
Dec 23, 2024	$0.3305	Dec 24, 2024
Dec 21, 2023	$0.3544	Dec 22, 2023
Dec 22, 2022	$0.2338	Dec 23, 2022
Dec 22, 2021	$0.1145	Dec 23, 2021
Dec 22, 2020	$0.3803	Dec 23, 2020

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Historical data is provided by Tiingo. Delayed stock pricing data is provided by Twelve Data. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Aug 27, 2026

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