Summary
American Century Growth Investor Class is a mutual fund run by American Century. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 85. The ten largest make up 57% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.96%
- Fund size
- $14.7B
- Positions
- 85
- Dividend yield
- 17.77%
- Running since
- 1971
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $14.7B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.8%.
- It has been running since 1971.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 57% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 95% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- High costs: 0.96% a year.
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 42% 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
- -11%
- 3 months
- -9.5%
- This year
- -2.2%
- 1 year
- -16%
- 3 years
- +19%
- 5 years
- -7.0%
- 10 years
- +94%
- Avg. market cap
- $2.07T
- P/E
- 8.3x
- Forward P/E
- 22.9x
- P/S
- 1.5x
- P/B
- 0.4x
- P/FCF
- 38.4x
- EV/EBITDA
- 19.5x
- Dividend yield
- 0.38%
- ROIC
- 27.1%
- ROE
- 61.7%
- Gross margin
- 61.3%
- Operating margin
- 36.0%
- Net margin
- 35.0%
- Payout ratio
- 3.1%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 21.7x
- Beta
- 1.15
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 91% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 NVNvidia NVDA 15%
- 2 GOAlphabet GOOGL 8.2%
- 3 MSMicrosoft MSFT 7.3%
- 4 AVBroadcom AVGO 5.4%
- 5 AAApple AAPL 3.9%
- 6 AMAmazon AMZN 3.6%
- 7 MEMeta META 3.4%
- 8 MAMastercard MA 3.4%
- 9 LLEli Lilly LLY 3.3%
- 10 TSTesla TSLA 2.8%
Positions in the fund: 85. The ten largest make up 57% of it.
Composition as of Nov 7, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 95%
- Ireland 1.4%
- Netherlands 0.8%
- South Korea 0.7%
- Other countries 2.5%
By company size
- Mega cap 74%
- Large cap 24%
- Mid cap 1.3%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest country: United States (95%). Largest size group: Mega cap (74%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- Yearly costs
- 0.96%
- A year from $10,000
- $96.00
- Over 20 years
- $4,453
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $96.00 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 $4,453.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +6.8%
- Deepest drop
- -42%
- Yearly volatility
- 24%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.8%. Deepest drop in these years: 42% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 17.77%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $9.76
Over the last 12 months it paid $9.76 per share, which is 17.77% of today's price. The last payment was $9.76 on Dec 16, 2025.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 8.3
- Average Bulios Score
- 74 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 3.5%
- Fairly valued 0.5%
- Overvalued 96%
On average the companies inside trade for 8.3 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 96% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 91% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Can I buy it as an ETF?
A mutual fund is bought from the fund company. These ETFs hold much of the same and trade on an exchange, so an ordinary broker carries them.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AC ACGR American Century ETF Trust - American Century Large Cap Growth ETF | United States | 0.39% | $9.45M | -3.6% | Pays out | 70% |
PJ PJFG PGIM Jennison Focused Growth ETF | United States | 0.75% | $129.9M | -1.1% | Reinvests | 68% |
WI WINN Harbor Long-Term Growers ETF (WINN) | United States | 0.57% | $1.14B | +1.3% | Reinvests | 68% |
NU NUGO Nuveen Growth Opportunities | United States | 0.49% | $2.17B | -1.7% | Reinvests | 68% |
PG PGRO Putnam Focused Large Cap Growth ETF | United States | 0.50% | $194.8M | -2.1% | Pays out | 67% |
LG LGDS JPMorgan Fundamental Data Science Large Growth ETF | United States | 0.40% | $1.08B | - | Reinvests | 66% |