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

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76.26 +0.87 +1.15%

17/01 - Closed. Currency in USD

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Total Assets: 6.7B

Type: Fund

Market: United States

Issuer: American Funds

Underlying: S&P 500 TR

Asset Class: Equity

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Find basic information about the American Funds The Growth Fund Of America® Class F-1 mutual fund such as total assets, risk rating, Min. investment, market cap and category. Learn about the fund's agencies rating and risk rating, transparent information about the fund's management personal, policies of invested allocation and diversification, past performance. In addition we provide you related news, analysis tools, interactive charts and analysis articles. You may add GFAFX MF to your portfolio and watchlist to keep track with the fund's performance and users commentary.

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1-Year Change20.43%

Prev. Close75.39

Risk Rating

TTM Yield0.33%

ROE29.22%

IssuerAmerican Funds

Turnover25%

ROA13.04%

Inception DateMar 15, 2001

Total Assets6.7B

Expenses0.66%

Min. Investment250

Market Cap257.09B

CategoryLarge Growth

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	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	1284	1045	1284	1219	2003	3582
Fund Return	28.37%	4.46%	28.37%	6.82%	14.9%	13.61%
Place in category	614	675	614	576	573	474
% in Category	55	60	55	58	60	62

Top Equity Funds by American Funds

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds Growth Fund Amer A	155.72B	28.43	6.87	13.67
American Funds American Balanced A	111.66B	14.95	4.82	8.14
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	94.95B	24.95	10.70	11.82
American Funds Washington Mutual A	89.08B	19.01	8.49	11.36
VA CollegeAmerica 529 AMCAP 529A	85.7B	21.11	4.12	10.86

Top Funds for Large Growth Category

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds Growth Fund Amer A	155.72B	28.43	6.87	13.67
Fidelity Contrafund	128.94B	35.97	10.77	15.29
Fidelity Contrafund K	128.94B	36.05	10.85	15.38
Vanguard Growth Index Adm	89.5B	32.66	9.19	15.75
JPMorgan Large Cap Growth R6	68.22B	34.17	10.63	17.87

Top Holdings

Name	ISIN	Weight %	Last	Change %
Meta Platforms	US30303M1027	5.89	612.77	+0.24%
Microsoft	US5949181045	5.86	429.03	+1.05%
Amazon.com	US0231351067	3.67	225.94	+2.39%
Broadcom	US11135F1012	3.38	237.44	+3.50%
NVIDIA	US67066G1040	3.31	137.71	+3.10%

Technical Summary

Type	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
Moving Averages	Buy	Buy	Strong Buy
Technical Indicators	BUY	Strong Sell	Strong Buy
Summary	Buy	Neutral	Strong Buy

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