Summary
American Funds The Growth Fund of America Class R-2 is a mutual fund run by Capital Group. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day.
- Yearly costs
- 1.38%
- Fund size
- $351.4B
- Dividend yield
- 11.05%
- Running since
- 1973
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $351.4B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.2%.
- It has been running since 1973.
What to watch
- Costs of 1.38% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.40%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 43% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -1.7%
- 3 months
- +5.6%
- This year
- +7.7%
- 1 year
- -5.9%
- 3 years
- +48%
- 5 years
- -0.4%
- 10 years
- +83%
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $138
- Over 20 years
- $6,169
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $138 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $6,169.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +6.2%
- Deepest drop
- -43%
- Yearly volatility
- 21%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.2%. Deepest drop in these years: 43% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 11.05%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $8.36
Over the last 12 months it paid $8.36 per share, which is 11.05% of today's price. The last payment was $8.36 on Dec 17, 2025.