American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class C
BALCX
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| Reward Index | Fair | |||
| Reward Grade | C | |||
| Risk Index | Fair | |||
| Risk Grade | C+ | |||
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| Provider | Capital Group | |||
| Manager/Tenure (Years) | Hilda L. Applbaum (27), Alan Berro (20), Paul R. Benjamin (12), 8 others | |||
| Website | http://capitalgroup.com | |||
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| Fund Name | American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class C | |||
| Category | Moderate Allocation | |||
| Sub-Category | Moderate Allocation | |||
| Prospectus Objective | Balanced | |||
| Inception Date | Mar 15, 2001 | |||
| Open/Closed To New Investors | Open | |||
| Minimum Initial Investment | 250.00 | |||
| Minimum Subsequent Investment | 50.00 | |||
| Front End Fee | -- | |||
| Back End Fee | 0.01 | |||
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| Dividend Yield | 1.15% | |||
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| Dividend Yield (Forward) | 1.63% | |||
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| Cash | 2.78% | |||
| Stock | 61.14% | |||
| U.S. Stock | 50.09% | |||
| Non-U.S. Stock | 11.05% | |||
| Bond | 32.63% | |||
| U.S. Bond | 30.05% | |||
| Non-U.S. Bond | 2.58% | |||
| Preferred | 0.57% | |||
| Convertible | 0.06% | |||
| Other Net | 2.83% | |||
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| 7-Day Total Return | -0.67% | |||
| 30-Day Total Return | 0.53% | |||
| 60-Day Total Return | -1.84% | |||
| 90-Day Total Return | -2.39% | |||
| Year to Date Total Return | 7.23% | |||
| 1-Year Total Return | 10.22% | |||
| 2-Year Total Return | 27.81% | |||
| 3-Year Total Return | 55.47% | |||
| 5-Year Total Return | 44.43% | |||
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| Closing Price | -- | |||
| 1-Month Low Price | -- | |||
| 1-Month High Price | -- | |||
| 52-Week Low Price | -- | |||
| 52-Week Low Price (Date) | -- | |||
| 52-Week High Price | -- | |||
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| Nav | $39.73 | |||
| 1-Month Low NAV | $39.69 | |||
| 1-Month High NAV | $40.11 | |||
| 52-Week Low NAV | $35.99 | |||
| 52-Week Low NAV (Date) | Mar 30, 2026 | |||
| 52-Week High NAV | $40.92 | |||
| 52-Week High Price (Date) | Aug 13, 2026 | |||
| Beta / Standard Deviation | BALCX-NASDAQ | Click to Compare |
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| Beta | 0.67 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 9.00 | |||
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| Total Assets | 279.15B | |||
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| Expense Ratio | 1.30% | |||
| Turnover Ratio | 50.00% | |||
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| Last Bull Market Total Return | 23.36% | |||
| Last Bear Market Total Return | -10.06% | |||