American Funds New World Fund Class A (NEWFX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
97.58
+0.21 (0.22%)
Dec 5, 2025, 8:10 AM EST
11.69%
Fund Assets 74.19B
Expense Ratio 0.99%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover 37.00%
Dividend (ttm) 2.82
Dividend Yield 2.73%
Dividend Growth 53.11%
Payout Frequency Annual
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 19, 2024
Previous Close 97.37
YTD Return 19.34%
1-Year Return 15.51%
5-Year Return 23.39%
52-Week Low 74.74
52-Week High 104.64
Beta (5Y) 0.76
Holdings 579
Inception Date Jun 17, 1999

About NEWFX

The fund invests primarily in common stocks of companies with significant exposure to countries with developing economies and/or markets. Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 35% of its assets in equity and debt securities of issuers primarily based in qualified countries that have developing economies and/or markets.

Fund Family Capital Group
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating Above Average
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol NEWFX
Share Class Class A
Index MSCI AC World NR USD

Performance

NEWFX had a total return of 15.51% in the past year. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 10.23%, including dividends.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol Share Class Expense Ratio
RNWGX Class R-6 0.57%
FNWFX Class F-3 0.57%
RNWFX Class R-5 0.62%
FWWNX Class 529-f-3 0.63%

Top 10 Holdings

24.64% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2330 6.53%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund n/a 3.68%
MercadoLibre, Inc. MELI 2.43%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 2.14%
Tencent Holdings Limited 0700 2.02%
SK hynix Inc. 000660 1.84%
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 1.71%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 1.56%
Airbus SE AIR 1.45%
Nu Holdings Ltd. NU 1.28%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 19, 2024 $2.8205 Dec 20, 2024
Dec 14, 2023 $1.8421 Dec 15, 2023
Dec 15, 2022 $0.5894 Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2021 $5.9304 Dec 17, 2021
Dec 17, 2020 $0.085 Dec 18, 2020
Dec 20, 2019 $2.5757 Dec 23, 2019
Full Dividend History