American Funds The Growth Fund of America Class F-1 (GFAFX)

Fund Assets	337.93B
Expense Ratio	0.67%
Min. Investment	$250
Turnover	25.00%
Dividend (ttm)	6.65
Dividend Yield	7.50%
Dividend Growth	43.25%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 18, 2024

Previous Close	88.66
YTD Return	20.20%
1-Year Return	15.58%
5-Year Return	79.96%
52-Week Low	61.70
52-Week High	90.05
Beta (5Y)	1.10
Holdings	331
Inception Date	Nov 30, 1973

About GFAFX

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: Capital Group
• Category: Large Growth
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: GFAFX
• Share Class: Class F-1
• Index: S&P 500 TR

Performance

GFAFX had a total return of 15.58% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 15.39%.

Equivalent Funds

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

Symbol	Provider	Name	Expense Ratio
FZANX	Fidelity	Fidelity Advisor New Insights Z	0.53%
FNICX	Fidelity	Fidelity Advisor New Insights C	1.65%
FFIDX	Fidelity	Fidelity	0.43%
FDESX	Fidelity	Fidelity Advisor Diversified Stock O	0.41%
FNITX	Fidelity	Fidelity Advisor New Insights M	1.15%

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%
RGAFX	Class R-5	0.34%
FFAFX	Class 529-f-3	0.35%

Top 10 Holdings

36.60% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	5.81%
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	4.97%
Meta Platforms, Inc.	META	4.90%
Broadcom Inc.	AVGO	4.55%
Amazon.com, Inc.	AMZN	3.43%
Tesla, Inc.	TSLA	2.91%
Eli Lilly and Company	LLY	2.82%
Netflix, Inc.	NFLX	2.45%
Alphabet, Inc.	GOOGL	2.40%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund	n/a	2.35%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 18, 2024	$6.648	Dec 19, 2024
Dec 15, 2023	$4.6407	Dec 18, 2023
Dec 16, 2022	$1.9728	Dec 19, 2022
Dec 17, 2021	$6.014	Dec 20, 2021
Dec 18, 2020	$2.8661	Dec 21, 2020
Dec 20, 2019	$3.6245	Dec 23, 2019