American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund® Class F-1 (FSTTX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
9.90
+0.01 (0.10%)
Apr 29, 2025, 8:06 AM EDT
0.71%
Fund Assets 1.93B
Expense Ratio 0.61%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.24
Dividend Yield 2.47%
Dividend Growth 20.71%
Payout Frequency Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date Mar 31, 2025
Previous Close 9.89
YTD Return 0.54%
1-Year Return 3.39%
5-Year Return 4.24%
52-Week Low 9.81
52-Week High 10.05
Beta (5Y) 0.38
Holdings 1152
Inception Date Aug 10, 2009

About FSTTX

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in, or derive at least 80% of its income from, securities that are exempt from regular federal income tax and that do not subject the investors to federal alternative minimum tax. The fund invests primarily in debt securities rated AA- or better or Aa3 or better, or unrated but determined by the fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Its aggregate portfolio will have a dollar-weighted average effective maturity no greater than three years.

Category Muni National Short
Performance Rating Below Average
Risk Rating Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol FSTTX
Share Class Class F-1
Index Bloomberg Municipal Short 1-5 Y TR

Performance

FSTTX had a total return of 3.39% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 1.04%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
SFTEX Class F-3 0.24%
ASTFX Class F-2 0.32%
ASTEX Class A 0.43%
TAFSX Class T 0.54%

Top 10 Holdings

7.31% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
United States Treasury Bills 0% B 0 04.15.25 0.97%
PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC DEV FING AUTH SOLID WASTE DISP REV 4.6% PA PASDEV 10.01.2046 0.86%
PEFA INC IOWA GAS PROJ REV 5% IA PEFUTL 09.01.2049 0.84%
MONTGOMERY CNTY MD REV 2.9% MD MONGEN 12.01.2041 0.78%
STRATEGIC HSG FIN CORP TRAVIS CNTY TEX MULTIFAMILY HSG REV 3.5% TX SRTMFH 09.01.2041 0.74%
NEW YORK N Y CITY TRANSITIONAL FIN AUTH REV 3.6% n/a 0.69%
MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS FIN CORP MISS GULF OPPORTUNITY ZONE 3.6% MS MSSDEV 12.01.2030 0.66%
ARIZONA ST INDL DEV AUTH MULTIFAMILY HSG REV 5% AZ AZSMFH 11.01.2058 0.62%
CALIFORNIA CMNTY CHOICE FING AUTH CLEAN ENERGY PROJ REV 5% CA CCEDEV 02.01.2055 0.59%
MISSION TEX ECONOMIC DEV CORP SOLID WASTE DISP REV 4.25% n/a 0.55%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Mar 31, 2025 $0.02016 Apr 1, 2025
Feb 28, 2025 $0.02148 Mar 3, 2025
Jan 31, 2025 $0.02066 Feb 3, 2025
Dec 31, 2024 $0.02386 Jan 2, 2025
Nov 29, 2024 $0.01871 Dec 2, 2024
Oct 31, 2024 $0.02084 Nov 1, 2024
Full Dividend History