American Funds The Growth Fund of America® Class F-2 (GFFFX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
80.87
+6.44 (8.65%)
Jun 26, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
9.82%
Fund Assets 301.59B
Expense Ratio 0.40%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover 25.00%
Dividend (ttm) 6.85
Dividend Yield 8.56%
Dividend Growth 42.49%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 18, 2024
Previous Close 74.43
YTD Return 0.35%
1-Year Return 10.36%
5-Year Return 90.45%
52-Week Low 62.08
52-Week High 84.86
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 318
Inception Date Aug 1, 2008

About GFFFX

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
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol GFFFX
Share Class Class F-2
Index S&P 500 TR

Performance

GFFFX had a total return of 10.36% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 14.40%.

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 Fund - Class Z 0.53%
FNICX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class C 1.65%
FFIDX Fidelity Fidelity Fund 0.43%
FDESX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor Diversified Stock Fund - Class O 0.41%
FNITX Fidelity Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund - Class 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

34.34% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 5.51%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 4.69%
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 4.03%
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 3.90%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund n/a 3.69%
Eli Lilly and Company LLY 3.14%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 2.78%
Netflix, Inc. NFLX 2.48%
Alphabet Inc. GOOG 2.13%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated VRTX 2.00%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 18, 2024 $6.8486 Dec 19, 2024
Dec 15, 2023 $4.8065 Dec 18, 2023
Dec 16, 2022 $2.1308 Dec 19, 2022
Dec 17, 2021 $6.2336 Dec 20, 2021
Dec 18, 2020 $3.034 Dec 21, 2020
Dec 20, 2019 $3.7624 Dec 23, 2019
Full Dividend History