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

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
78.74
-0.40 (-0.51%)
At close: Feb 27, 2026
4.86%
Fund Assets 336.39B
Expense Ratio 0.40%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover 32.00%
Dividend (ttm) 8.77
Dividend Yield 11.08%
Dividend Growth 28.05%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 17, 2025
Previous Close 79.14
YTD Return -1.71%
1-Year Return 16.46%
5-Year Return 69.98%
52-Week Low 55.90
52-Week High 82.48
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 330
Inception Date Aug 1, 2008

About GFFFX

American Funds The Growth Fund of America Class F-2 is a large-cap growth mutual fund managed by a veteran multi-manager team. Its primary goal is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in common stocks of companies that demonstrate strong prospects for growth. The fund employs a flexible investment approach, targeting traditional growth stocks as well as cyclical businesses and turnaround opportunities, providing broad diversification across sectors and industries. It holds a substantial number of positions, with notable allocations to leading technology, healthcare, and consumer companies such as Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Amazon. The portfolio tends to concentrate a significant share of assets in its top holdings while also maintaining broad market exposure through hundreds of investments. With a relatively low expense ratio and annual distribution, the fund appeals to investors seeking consistent exposure to fast-growing U.S. companies. Its approach and scale make it one of the largest and most influential growth-oriented funds in the financial market, often serving as a core portfolio holding for long-term capital growth strategies.

Fund Family Capital Group
Category Large Growth
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol GFFFX
Share Class Class F-2
Index S&P 500 TR

Performance

GFFFX had a total return of 16.46% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 19.30%, 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 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

36.99% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 6.05%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 4.62%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 4.60%
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 3.90%
Eli Lilly and Company LLY 3.75%
Alphabet Inc. GOOGL 3.11%
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 3.10%
Alphabet Inc. GOOG 2.87%
Tesla, Inc. TSLA 2.82%
Apple Inc. AAPL 2.16%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 17, 2025 $8.7699 Dec 18, 2025
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
Full Dividend History