American Funds Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund® Class F-3 (SFTEX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
9.89
+0.02 (0.20%)
Apr 24, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
0.61%
Fund Assets 850.64M
Expense Ratio 0.24%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.28
Dividend Yield 2.87%
Dividend Growth 18.39%
Payout Frequency Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date Mar 31, 2025
Previous Close 9.87
YTD Return 0.08%
1-Year Return 3.00%
5-Year Return 5.25%
52-Week Low n/a
52-Week High n/a
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 1152
Inception Date Jan 27, 2017

About SFTEX

The American Funds Short-Term Tax Exempt Bond Fund® Class F-3 (SFTEX) seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax, consistent with its maturity and quality standards, and to preserve capital. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in securities that are exempt from regular federal income tax.

Category Muni National Short
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol SFTEX
Share Class Class F-3
Index Bloomberg Municipal Short 1-5 Y TR

Performance

SFTEX had a total return of 3.00% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 1.23%.

Other Share Classes

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

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
ASTFX Class F-2 0.32%
ASTEX Class A 0.43%
FSTTX Class F-1 0.61%
TAFSX Class T 0.54%

Top 10 Holdings

7.31% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
United States Treasury Bills 0% B 0 04.15.25 0.97%
PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC DEV FING AUTH SOLID WASTE DISP REV 4.6% PA PASDEV 10.01.2046 0.86%
PEFA INC IOWA GAS PROJ REV 5% IA PEFUTL 09.01.2049 0.84%
MONTGOMERY CNTY MD REV 2.9% MD MONGEN 12.01.2041 0.78%
STRATEGIC HSG FIN CORP TRAVIS CNTY TEX MULTIFAMILY HSG REV 3.5% TX SRTMFH 09.01.2041 0.74%
NEW YORK N Y CITY TRANSITIONAL FIN AUTH REV 3.6% n/a 0.69%
MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS FIN CORP MISS GULF OPPORTUNITY ZONE 3.6% MS MSSDEV 12.01.2030 0.66%
ARIZONA ST INDL DEV AUTH MULTIFAMILY HSG REV 5% AZ AZSMFH 11.01.2058 0.62%
CALIFORNIA CMNTY CHOICE FING AUTH CLEAN ENERGY PROJ REV 5% CA CCEDEV 02.01.2055 0.59%
MISSION TEX ECONOMIC DEV CORP SOLID WASTE DISP REV 4.25% n/a 0.55%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Mar 31, 2025 $0.02452 Apr 1, 2025
Feb 28, 2025 $0.02424 Mar 3, 2025
Jan 31, 2025 $0.02382 Feb 3, 2025
Dec 31, 2024 $0.02739 Jan 2, 2025
Nov 29, 2024 $0.02267 Dec 2, 2024
Oct 31, 2024 $0.02355 Nov 1, 2024
Full Dividend History