American Funds The Growth Fund of America A (AGTHX)

39.34
Net Asset Value
+0.90%
1 Day
+14.53%
Year-to-Date
Overall Morningstar Rating
Large growth
Style or Category
5.75
Sales Expenses
0.71%
Expense Ratio
Below Average
Morningstar Risk Rating™
Investment Objective 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 a portion of its assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States. The investment adviser uses a system of multiple portfolio counselors in managing the fund's assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the fund is divided into segments managed by individual counselors who decide how their respective segments will be invested.

Performance

1 month-1.26% 3 years+14.16%
3 months+6.87% 5 years+4.55%
1 year+27.25% Since inception+13.61%
Data through --

Peer Comparisonvs. Large growth

 AGTHXCategory
Performance 5-yr return+4.55%+5.42%
Expense ratio0.71%1.28%
Risk 5 year sharpe ratio0.280.30
Net assets$123.2B$2.1B
Average market cap$40.3B$45.3B
Average P/E19.019.9
Portfolio turnover18%18%

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Fund Management and Purchase Info

Fund familyAmerican Funds
Fund manager & tenureJames Drasdo / 27 Years
Minimal initial investment$250.00
Minimum IRA investment$250.00

Holdings

Other100.00%
U.S. stock--
International stock--
Fixed income--
Cash--
Top 5 Sectors
Portfolio weighting
Financial service 13.10%
Industrial materials 12.71%
Energy 11.94%
Healthcare 10.96%
Consumer service 9.43%
Top 10 Holdings
Portfolio weighting
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc4.36%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc3.82%
GOOG Google, Inc. Class A3.12%
HD Home Depot, Inc.2.61%
CMCSA Comcast Corp Class A1.98%
ORCL Oracle Corporation1.77%
PM Philip Morris International, Inc.1.73%
EOG EOG Resources1.69%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc1.26%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation1.24%

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