American Funds New World Fund® Class A (NEWFX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
77.89
+0.36 (0.46%)
Jan 17, 2025, 8:01 PM EST
5.50%
Fund Assets 62.17B
Expense Ratio 0.99%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 2.82
Dividend Yield 3.41%
Dividend Growth 53.11%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 19, 2024
Previous Close 77.53
YTD Return 1.06%
1-Year Return 9.34%
5-Year Return 24.11%
52-Week Low 73.61
52-Week High 86.07
Beta (5Y) 0.84
Holdings 594
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 Cl A
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating Above Average
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol NEWFX
Index MSCI AC World NR USD

Performance

NEWFX had a total return of 9.34% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 7.43%, including dividends.

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

23.15% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2330 5.95%
Tencent Holdings Limited 0700 2.62%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 2.61%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund n/a 2.57%
MercadoLibre, Inc. MELI 1.85%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 1.78%
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 1.65%
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 1.51%
Novo Nordisk A/S NOVO.B 1.35%
Max Healthcare Institute Limited MAXHEALTH 1.27%
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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