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

Fund Assets	306.38B
Expense Ratio	0.30%
Min. Investment	$250
Turnover	25.00%
Dividend (ttm)	6.93
Dividend Yield	9.01%
Dividend Growth	42.33%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 18, 2024

Previous Close	76.72
YTD Return	31.15%
1-Year Return	30.76%
5-Year Return	106.40%
52-Week Low	61.53
52-Week High	85.25
Beta (5Y)	1.10
Holdings	318
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 30.76% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 15.58%, including dividends.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
FNICX	Fidelity	Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class C	1.42%
FZANX	Fidelity	Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class Z	0.28%
FDTIX	Fidelity	null	0.56%
FINSX	Fidelity	Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class I	0.40%
FDTOX	Fidelity	null	0.76%

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
RGAGX	Class R-6	0.30%
RGAFX	Class R-5	0.34%
FFAFX	Class 529-f-3	0.35%
GFFFX	Class F-2	0.40%

Top 10 Holdings

34.60% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Meta Platforms, Inc.	META	5.89%
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	5.86%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund	n/a	3.76%
Amazon.com, Inc.	AMZN	3.67%
Broadcom Inc.	AVGO	3.38%
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	3.31%
Apple Inc.	AAPL	2.38%
Eli Lilly and Company	LLY	2.24%
Tesla, Inc.	TSLA	2.10%
Netflix, Inc.	NFLX	2.01%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 18, 2024	$6.9259	Dec 19, 2024
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