American Funds New World Fund® Class A (NEWFX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
88.83
-0.10 (-0.11%)
Jul 2, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT
10.60%
Fund Assets 66.48B
Expense Ratio 0.99%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover 37.00%
Dividend (ttm) 2.82
Dividend Yield 2.99%
Dividend Growth 53.11%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 19, 2024
Previous Close 88.93
YTD Return 15.26%
1-Year Return 14.63%
5-Year Return 47.99%
52-Week Low 70.44
52-Week High 88.93
Beta (5Y) 0.78
Holdings 611
Inception Date Jun 17, 1999

About NEWFX

The fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies with significant exposure to countries with developing economies and/or markets. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 35% of its assets in equity and debt securities of issuers primarily based in qualified countries that have developing economies and/or markets.

Fund Family American Funds
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol NEWFX
Share Class Class A
Index MSCI AC World NR USD

Performance

NEWFX had a total return of 14.63% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 7.84%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
RNWGX Class R-6 0.57%
FNWFX Class F-3 0.57%
RNWFX Class R-5 0.62%
FWWNX Class 529-f-3 0.63%

Top 10 Holdings

22.59% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD 2330 5.69%
CAPITAL GROUP CENTRAL CASH FUND CMQXX 4.06%
MercadoLibre, Inc. MELI 2.54%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 2.00%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 0700 1.84%
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 1.36%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. BBVA 1.31%
Nu Holdings Ltd. NU 1.30%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 1.26%
AAR Corp. AIR 1.23%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 19, 2024 $2.8205 Dec 20, 2024
Dec 14, 2023 $1.8421 Dec 15, 2023
Dec 15, 2022 $0.5894 Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2021 $5.9304 Dec 17, 2021
Dec 17, 2020 $0.085 Dec 18, 2020
Dec 20, 2019 $2.5757 Dec 23, 2019
Full Dividend History