RICHX Mutual Fund — American Funds Investment Company of America® Class R-5E

American Funds Investment Company of America® Class R-5E (RICHX)

Updated October 16, 2026.

RICHX is a Mutual Fund. its distribution rate is 0.96%, its trailing-12-month yield is 9.35%, its expense ratio is 0.41%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 72/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 303.1% over the past 10.9 years, 33.1 points behind SPY at 336.2%.

American Funds Investment Company of America® Class R-5E is a mutual fund that invests primarily in dividend-paying common stocks, with a focus on medium to larger capitalization companies and up to 15% in international securities. The fund has a modest current distribution rate and pays distributions quarterly, with an expense ratio of 0.41%. It appeals to income-focused equity investors seeking exposure to established dividend-paying companies.

RICHX performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 303.1% over the past 10.9 years, 33.1 points behind SPY at 336.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 12.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 10.1%.

RICHX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

72 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.69%

Issuer

Capital Group

Asset type

Mutual Fund

Asset class

Equity

Expense ratio

0.41%

Distribution rate

0.96%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

9.35%

Last close

$67.66 (as of 2026-10-16)

NAV

$68.97 as of 2026-09-30; source eodhd (stale)

Premium / discount

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

AUM

$98,593,841,152

Average volume

0.0

Dividend

$0.179

Ex-dividend date

09/16/2026

Beta

0.99

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.96%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (9.35%) 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.

RICHX risks and drawbacks

RICHX's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. 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 10.1%.

Who may consider RICHX — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (RICHX pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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