RSLAX Mutual Fund — American Funds SMALLCAP World Fund® Class R-1

American Funds SMALLCAP World Fund® Class R-1 (RSLAX)

Updated October 16, 2026.

RSLAX is a Mutual Fund. its distribution rate is 4.79%, its trailing-12-month yield is 4.79%, its expense ratio is 1.74%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 60/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 599.5% over the past 24.4 years, 410.1 points behind SPY at 1009.6%.

American Funds SMALLCAP World Fund Class R-1 is a mutual fund that invests at least 80% of its assets in small-cap equity securities globally, including a significant allocation to emerging markets, with a focus on growth-oriented companies. The fund has a current distribution rate in the mid-single digits and carries an expense ratio of 1.74%; it does not maintain a regular distribution schedule, though it recently made a special distribution. This fund appeals to growth-oriented investors seeking international small-cap exposure with an emerging markets component.

RSLAX performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 599.5% over the past 24.4 years, 410.1 points behind SPY at 1009.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 9.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 11.9%.

RSLAX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

60 · Generally safe

Issuer

Capital Group

Asset type

Mutual Fund

Asset class

Equity

Expense ratio

1.74%

Distribution rate

4.79%

Trailing yield

4.79%

Last close

$65.54 (as of 2026-10-16)

NAV

$68.23 as of 2026-09-30; source eodhd (stale)

Premium / discount

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

AUM

$43,877,023,744

Average volume

0.0

Dividend

$3.138

Ex-dividend date

12/19/2025

Payment date

12/22/2025

Beta

1.19

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (4.79%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (4.79%) 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.

RSLAX risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 11.9%.

Who may consider RSLAX — and who may not

RSLAX may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for 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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