American Funds The Growth Fund of America® Class R-5 (RGAFX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
79.32
+0.43 (0.55%)
Oct 29, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
39.94%
Fund Assets 292.04B
Expense Ratio 0.34%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover 31.00%
Dividend (ttm) 4.85
Dividend Yield 6.15%
Dividend Growth 124.00%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 15, 2023
Previous Close 78.89
YTD Return 25.69%
1-Year Return 50.86%
5-Year Return 114.49%
52-Week Low 57.38
52-Week High 79.67
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 318
Inception Date May 15, 2002

About RGAFX

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 RGAFX
Index S&P 500 TR

Performance

RGAFX had a total return of 50.86% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 10.78%, including dividends.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol Provider Name Expense Ratio
FNITX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class M 0.90%
FDTCX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor Diversified Stock Fund - Class C 1.63%
FNIAX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class A 0.65%
FDTEX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor Diversified Stock Fund - Class M 1.12%
FDTIX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor Diversified Stock Fund - Class I 0.59%

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%
GAFFX Class F-3 0.30%
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%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 15, 2023 $4.848 Dec 18, 2023
Dec 16, 2022 $2.1643 Dec 19, 2022
Dec 17, 2021 $6.2639 Dec 20, 2021
Dec 18, 2020 $3.0613 Dec 21, 2020
Dec 20, 2019 $3.7887 Dec 23, 2019
Dec 21, 2018 $5.2513 Dec 24, 2018
Full Dividend History