GFACX Mutual Fund — American Funds The Growth Fund of America Class C

American Funds The Growth Fund of America Class C (GFACX)

Updated October 16, 2026.

GFACX is a Mutual Fund. its trailing-12-month yield is 11.58%, its expense ratio is 0.72%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 76/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 964.3% over the past 25.5 years, 22.9 points behind SPY at 987.2%.

American Funds The Growth Fund of America Class C is a mutual fund that invests primarily in common stocks of companies positioned for capital growth, with up to a quarter of assets potentially in non-U.S. securities; the fund employs a multiple-manager approach where individual portfolio managers oversee different segments of the portfolio. The fund carries a current distribution rate in the mid-single digits with annual distributions and an expense ratio of 0.72%. The fund appeals to growth-oriented investors seeking diversified equity exposure managed through a collaborative team structure.

GFACX performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 964.3% over the past 25.5 years, 22.9 points behind SPY at 987.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 9.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 13.9%.

GFACX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

76 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

8.80%

Issuer

Capital Group

Asset type

Mutual Fund

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/30/1973

Expense ratio

0.72%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

11.58%

Last close

$72.23 (as of 2026-10-16)

NAV

$72.81 as of 2026-09-30; source eodhd (stale)

Premium / discount

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

AUM

$351,399,330,000

Average volume

0.0

Dividend

$8.364

Ex-dividend date

12/17/2025

Payment date

12/18/2025

Beta

1.22

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (11.58%) 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.

GFACX risks and drawbacks

Payments are annual, 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 13.9%.

Who may consider GFACX — and who may not

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

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