American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class F-1
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| Reward Index | Fair | |||
| Reward Grade | C | |||
| Risk Index | Good | |||
| Risk Grade | B- | |||
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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 F-1 | |||
| 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 | -- | |||
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| Dividend Yield | 1.81% | |||
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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 | 0.72% | |||
| 30-Day Total Return | -0.12% | |||
| 60-Day Total Return | -1.42% | |||
| 90-Day Total Return | 0.45% | |||
| Year to Date Total Return | 8.48% | |||
| 1-Year Total Return | 11.37% | |||
| 2-Year Total Return | 28.24% | |||
| 3-Year Total Return | 63.75% | |||
| 5-Year Total Return | 51.88% | |||
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| 1-Month High Price | -- | |||
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| Nav | $40.31 | |||
| 1-Month Low NAV | $39.68 | |||
| 1-Month High NAV | $40.41 | |||
| 52-Week Low NAV | $36.27 | |||
| 52-Week Low NAV (Date) | Mar 30, 2026 | |||
| 52-Week High NAV | $41.28 | |||
| 52-Week High Price (Date) | Aug 13, 2026 | |||
| Beta / Standard Deviation | BALFX-NASDAQ | Click to Compare |
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| Beta | 0.68 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 9.16 | |||
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| Total Assets | 276.87B | |||
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| Expense Ratio | 0.61% | |||
| Turnover Ratio | 50.00% | |||
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| Last Bull Market Total Return | 24.05% | |||
| Last Bear Market Total Return | -9.89% | |||