CWGCX Mutual Fund — American Funds Capital World Growth and Income Fund Class C

American Funds Capital World Growth and Income Fund Class C (CWGCX)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CWGCX is a Mutual Fund. its distribution rate is 8.86%, its trailing-12-month yield is 8.86%, its expense ratio is 1.48%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 79/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 773.1% over the past 25.5 years, 214.1 points behind SPY at 987.2%.

American Funds Capital World Growth and Income Fund Class C is a mutual fund that invests in established companies worldwide, emphasizing those with dividend potential, including significant exposure to developing markets and multiple currencies. The fund carries a modest distribution rate paid quarterly and has an expense ratio of 1.48%. It appeals to global equity investors seeking a combination of growth and income from an internationally diversified portfolio.

CWGCX performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 773.1% over the past 25.5 years, 214.1 points behind SPY at 987.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 15.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 10.6%.

CWGCX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

79 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

7.00%

Issuer

Capital Group

Asset type

Mutual Fund

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/26/1993

Expense ratio

1.48%

Distribution rate

8.86%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

8.86%

Last close

$78.51 (as of 2026-10-16)

NAV

$79.86 as of 2026-09-30; source eodhd (stale)

Premium / discount

N/A (price 2026-10-16, NAV 2026-09-30) (NAV stale)

AUM

$158,352,130,000

Average volume

0.0

Dividend

$0.051

Ex-dividend date

09/14/2026

Beta

0.98

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (8.86%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (8.86%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Capital Group or company page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

CWGCX risks and drawbacks

Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 10.6%.

Who may consider CWGCX — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CWGCX pays quarterly); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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