American Funds New World Fund® Class A (NEWFX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
87.32
-0.98 (-1.11%)
Aug 1, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
-1.11%
Fund Assets70.03B
Expense Ratio0.99%
Min. Investment$250
Turnover37.00%
Dividend (ttm)2.82
Dividend Yield2.99%
Dividend Growth53.11%
Payout FrequencyAnnual
Ex-Dividend DateDec 19, 2024
Previous Close88.30
YTD Return14.57%
1-Year Return14.74%
5-Year Return39.92%
52-Week Low70.44
52-Week High90.72
Beta (5Y)0.78
Holdings579
Inception DateJun 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 14.74% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 7.79%.

Other Share Classes

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

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
RNWGXClass R-60.57%
FNWFXClass F-30.57%
RNWFXClass R-50.62%
FWWNXClass 529-f-30.63%

Top 10 Holdings

24.64% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited23306.53%
Capital Group Central Cash Fundn/a3.68%
MercadoLibre, Inc.MELI2.43%
Microsoft CorporationMSFT2.14%
Tencent Holdings Limited07002.02%
SK hynix Inc.0006601.84%
Meta Platforms, Inc.META1.71%
Broadcom Inc.AVGO1.56%
Airbus SEAIR1.45%
Nu Holdings Ltd.NU1.28%

Dividend History

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