American Funds The Growth Fund of America Class F-3 (GAFFX)

Fund Assets	270.93B
Expense Ratio	0.30%
Min. Investment	$250
Turnover	31.00%
Dividend (ttm)	4.87
Dividend Yield	6.49%
Dividend Growth	121.25%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 15, 2023

Previous Close	74.54
YTD Return	17.26%
1-Year Return	32.61%
5-Year Return	102.43%
52-Week Low	56.72
52-Week High	74.20
Beta (5Y)	1.09
Holdings	336
Inception Date	Jan 27, 2017

About GAFFX

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: American Funds
• Category: Large Growth
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: GAFFX
• Index: S&P 500 TR

Performance

GAFFX had a total return of 32.61% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 7.27%, including dividends.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
FINSX	Fidelity	Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class I	0.40%
FLCNX	Fidelity	Fidelity Contrafund K6	0.45%
FTQGX	Fidelity	Fidelity Focused Stock Fund	0.51%
FFIDX	Fidelity	Fidelity Fund	0.46%
FNIAX	Fidelity	Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class A	0.65%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
AGTHX	Class A	0.63%
CGFFX	Class 529-f-1	0.73%
RGABX	Class R-2	1.39%
CGFCX	Class 529-c	1.44%

Top 10 Holdings

34.24% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	6.09%
Meta Platforms, Inc.	META	5.44%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund	n/a	4.35%
Broadcom Inc.	AVGO	3.56%
Amazon.com, Inc.	AMZN	3.56%
Cash And Other Assets Less Liablities	n/a	3.14%
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	2.30%
Eli Lilly and Company	LLY	2.15%
Netflix, Inc.	NFLX	1.88%
Alphabet Inc.	GOOG	1.78%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 15, 2023	$4.8662	Dec 18, 2023
Dec 16, 2022	$2.1994	Dec 19, 2022
Dec 17, 2021	$6.3119	Dec 20, 2021
Dec 18, 2020	$3.0906	Dec 21, 2020
Dec 20, 2019	$3.818	Dec 23, 2019
Apr 26, 2019	$0.018	n/a