American Funds The Growth Fund of America Class A (AGTHX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
95.18
+0.18 (0.19%)
At close: Dec 5, 2025
6.68%
Fund Assets 337.93B
Expense Ratio 0.63%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover 25.00%
Dividend (ttm) 6.69
Dividend Yield 9.43%
Dividend Growth 43.25%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 18, 2024
Previous Close 95.00
YTD Return 20.48%
1-Year Return 15.27%
5-Year Return 77.36%
52-Week Low 66.09
52-Week High 96.49
Beta (5Y) 1.11
Holdings 331
Inception Date Nov 30, 1973

About AGTHX

The investment seeks growth of capital. 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 AGTHX
Share Class Class A
Index S&P 500 TR

Performance

AGTHX had a total return of 15.27% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 23.47%, including dividends.

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%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 18, 2024 $6.691 Dec 19, 2024
Dec 15, 2023 $4.671 Dec 18, 2023
Dec 16, 2022 $2.006 Dec 19, 2022
Dec 17, 2021 $6.0786 Dec 20, 2021
Dec 18, 2020 $2.905 Dec 21, 2020
Dec 20, 2019 $3.655 Dec 23, 2019
Full Dividend History