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American Balanced Fund, Class C Shs: (MF: BALCX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Apr 24, 2025 08:00 PM ET

$33.41 USD

+0.43 (1.30%)

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1-Strong Buy of 5 1        

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Latest Performance as of Mar 31, 2025

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD -0.39 50
3 months -0.39 50
6 months -0.27 20
1 Year 7.22 13
3 Year 4.90 43
5 Year 9.65 60
10 Year 7.02 36

* Annual for three years and beyond.

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2 Buy
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Strong Buy 1
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Portfolio Statistics

% Unrealized Gain 28.87
% Yield 1.28
% SEC Yield NA
Net Assets (Mil $) 3/31/2025 8,079.72
% Turnover 3/31/2025 131.00

Risk

3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Beta 0.66 0.63 0.61
Alpha -2.65 -2.80 -1.40
R Squared 0.94 0.94 0.94
Std. Dev. 11.73 11.06 9.71
Sharpe 0.10 0.68 3.00

Sector / Country Weightings

As of 3/31/2025 % of Portfolio
NA NA

Portfolio Holdings

Top Equity Holdings
(As of 12/31/2024)
% of Portfolio Value (Mil$)
TOTAL*BONDS & NOTES COMBO 28.67 67,675.51
BROADCOM INC 6.01 14,185.21
TOTAL*SHORT TERM INVESTME 4.96 11,701.67
MICROSOFT CORP 3.30 7,791.61
CAPITAL GROUP CENTRAL COR 2.73 6,435.12
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANU 2.07 4,883.53
META PLATFORMS INC 1.92 4,528.91
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATION 1.83 4,315.32
ALPHABET INC CLASS C 1.79 4,225.54

Stock Holding % of Net Assets

As Of 12/31/2024
Total Issues 205
Avg. P/E 27.10
Avg. P/Book 4.25
Avg. EPS Growth 12.77
Avg. Market Value (Mil $) 501,597

Composition

% of Portfolio
Stocks 64.46
Foreign Stocks 8.23
Cash 4.96
Bonds 28.67
Foreign Bonds 0.00
Preferred 0.00
Convertible 0.27
Other 1.64
Foreign Hedged 0.00

Style Analysis

% of Portfolio
Large Growth 6.20
Large Value 15.66
Small Growth 0.81
Small Value 2.91
Foreign Stock 1.95
Emerging Market 3.80
Precious Metal 1.57
Intermediate Bond 0.00
Foreign Bond 30.19
High Yield Bond 1.21