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American Funds American Balanced Fund, Class F-1 Shs: (MF: BALFX)
(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Aug 15, 2025 08:00 PM ET
$37.42 USD
-0.08 (-0.21%)
Zacks MF Rank
1-Strong Buy of 5 1
Latest Performance as of Jul 31, 2025
| Total Return %* | Percentile Rank Objective | |
|---|---|---|
| YTD | 9.05 | 6 |
| 3 months | 9.61 | 19 |
| 6 months | 5.96 | 10 |
| 1 Year | 13.16 | 9 |
| 3 Year | 11.02 | 26 |
| 5 Year | 9.16 | 25 |
| 10 Year | 8.57 | 21 |
* Annual for three years and beyond.
| Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) | 83.64 |
| Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) | -36.96 |
| Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) | 472.13 |
Load Adjusted Returns as of Jul 31, 2025
| 1 Year | 14.23 |
| 5 Year | 9.70 |
| 10 Year | 8.68 |
| Since Inception | 10.34 |
Quarterly Return
| 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.25 | 8.35 | NA | NA |
| 2024 | 6.15 | 2.38 | 5.37 | 0.29 |
| 2023 | 2.78 | 3.93 | -2.87 | 8.59 |
| 2022 | -4.04 | -9.89 | -5.96 | 7.71 |
| 2021 | 3.72 | 5.42 | -0.60 | 6.45 |
| 2020 | -11.61 | 11.88 | 4.12 | 7.64 |
Annual Return
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Total Return | 9.05 | 14.86 | 12.67 | -12.41 | 15.70 | 10.83 | 19.10 | -2.77 | 15.04 | 8.49 | 1.64 |
| % Total Return Rel to Index | 0.47 | -10.15 | -13.56 | 5.78 | -12.97 | -7.56 | -12.38 | 1.61 | -6.75 | -3.44 | 0.25 |
| % Total Return Rel to Peer | 2.58 | 3.23 | -1.28 | 1.33 | 2.51 | -0.43 | 0.33 | 2.79 | 1.88 | 2.14 | 3.97 |
| % Perf Quintile vs Peer* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 |
| % Dividends | 0.20 | 0.70 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.38 |
| % Yield | 0.53 | 1.84 | 1.95 | 1.25 | 1.03 | 1.17 | 1.71 | 1.83 | 1.27 | 1.57 | 1.47 |
| Capital Gains ($) | 0.19 | 1.74 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 1.03 | 0.92 | 0.59 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 0.61 | 0.93 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.65 |
* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%