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American Funds Bond Fund of Amer A

ABNDX - Snapshot

Vitals

  • YTD Return -1.5%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Return 6.2%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Return 3.5%
  • Net Assets $73.3 B
  • Holdings in Top 10 18.1%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$13.59
$13.31
$14.27

Expenses

OPERATING RELATED FEES

  • Expense Ratio 0.57%

SALES FEES

  • Front Load 3.75%
  • Deferred Load N/A

BROKERAGE FEES

  • Turnover N/A

TRADING FEES

  • Max Redemption Fee N/A

Min Investment

  • Standard (Taxable) $250
  • IRA $25

Fund Classification

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Overview

Income Profile

Income Risk

Returns Profile

Allocations

Expenses

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ABNDX - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return -1.5%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 4.8%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 2.7%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio 1.59%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 1.4%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Monthly

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    American Funds The Bond Fund of America®
  • Fund Family Name
    American Funds
  • Inception Date
    May 28, 1974
  • Shares Outstanding
    N/A
  • Share Class
    A
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    United States
  • Manager
    David Hoag

Fund Description

The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds and other debt securities, which may be represented by other investment instruments, including derivatives. It invests at least 60% of its assets in debt securities rated A3 or better or A- or better by Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations designated by the fund’s investment adviser, or in debt securities that are unrated but determined to be of equivalent quality by the fund’s investment adviser, including U.S. government securities, money market instruments or cash.

ABNDX - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period ABNDX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD -1.5% -83.5% 1376.3% 61.92%
1 Yr 1.1% -9.0% 21.3% 66.91%
3 Yr 6.2%* 0.2% 10.6% 23.83%
5 Yr 3.5%* 0.8% 7.7% 45.30%
10 Yr 3.6%* 1.1% 8.1% 54.87%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period ABNDX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2020 5.3% -82.5% 1027.9% 23.69%
2019 4.1% -20.8% 23.0% 79.13%
2018 -2.5% -12.9% 2.7% 13.83%
2017 1.3% -49.5% 14.3% 48.34%
2016 1.0% -49.3% 192.8% 29.17%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period ABNDX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD -1.5% -83.5% 1376.1% 62.11%
1 Yr -2.7% -11.8% 21.3% 95.51%
3 Yr 4.8%* -0.8% 10.6% 71.48%
5 Yr 2.7%* 0.6% 7.7% 77.15%
10 Yr 3.2%* 1.1% 8.1% 72.33%

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period ABNDX Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2020 5.3% -82.5% 1027.9% 23.69%
2019 4.1% -20.8% 23.0% 79.52%
2018 -2.5% -12.9% 3.9% 29.47%
2017 1.3% -6.0% 17.4% 58.78%
2016 1.1% -7.0% 204.3% 47.60%

NAV & Total Return History

ABNDX - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

ABNDX Category Low Category High ABNDX % Rank
Net Assets 73.3 B 3.2 M 312 B 1.57%
Number of Holdings 2940 1 18622 8.58%
Net Assets in Top 10 13.3 B -1.14 B 45.3 B 2.44%
Weighting of Top 10 18.12% 3.5% 100.0% 74.15%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. Federal National Mortgage Association 2% 4.46%
  2. Federal National Mortgage Association 2.5% 4.20%
  3. Federal National Mortgage Association 1.5% 4.07%
  4. Federal National Mortgage Association 1.5% 3.87%
  5. Federal National Mortgage Association 2% 3.46%
  6. United States Treasury Notes 0.75% 3.39%
  7. Federal National Mortgage Association 1.5% 3.01%
  8. Federal National Mortgage Association 2% 2.90%
  9. Federal National Mortgage Association 2% 2.86%
  10. Federal National Mortgage Association 2% 2.80%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High ABNDX % Rank
Bonds 		94.30% -51.48% 176.88% 51.40%
Cash 		3.81% -86.81% 162.71% 49.05%
Convertible Bonds 		1.81% 0.00% 38.29% 29.54%
Stocks 		0.06% -0.16% 30.64% 16.98%
Preferred Stocks 		0.02% 0.00% 84.24% 33.60%
Other 		0.00% -16.32% 24.37% 46.52%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High ABNDX % Rank
Utilities 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 18.12%
Technology 		0.00% 0.00% 39.94% 15.03%
Real Estate 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 14.50%
Industrials 		0.00% 0.00% 35.38% 18.93%
Healthcare 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 6.71%
Financial Services 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 25.64%
Energy 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 35.70%
Communication Services 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 18.66%
Consumer Defense 		0.00% 0.00% 99.28% 13.29%
Consumer Cyclical 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 19.87%
Basic Materials 		0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 15.30%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High ABNDX % Rank
US 		0.06% -0.16% 30.20% 15.36%
Non US 		0.00% 0.00% 3.29% 46.25%

Bond Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High ABNDX % Rank
Government 		44.69% 0.00% 80.07% 8.94%
Corporate 		31.00% 0.00% 100.00% 50.23%
Securitized 		14.99% 0.00% 98.86% 84.64%
Cash & Equivalents 		8.61% 0.00% 100.00% 31.44%
Municipal 		0.71% 0.00% 100.00% 33.42%
Derivative 		0.00% 0.00% 25.69% 61.34%

Bond Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High ABNDX % Rank
US 		83.52% -51.75% 245.19% 51.22%
Non US 		10.78% -108.35% 39.51% 41.82%

ABNDX - Expenses

Operational Fees

ABNDX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 0.57% 0.01% 2.91% 51.62%
Management Fee 0.17% 0.00% 0.85% 9.54%
12b-1 Fee 0.25% 0.00% 1.00% 37.92%
Administrative Fee 0.05% 0.01% 0.50% 19.59%

Sales Fees

ABNDX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load 3.75% 2.00% 5.75% 62.94%
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.50% N/A

Trading Fees

ABNDX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 1.00% 2.00% N/A

Related Fees

Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.

ABNDX Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover N/A 6.00% 496.00% 83.56%

ABNDX - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

ABNDX Category Low Category High ABNDX % Rank
Dividend Yield 1.44% 0.00% 3.37% 46.17%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

ABNDX Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Monthly Quarterly Monthly Monthly

Net Income Ratio Analysis

ABNDX Category Low Category High ABNDX % Rank
Net Income Ratio 1.59% -0.39% 11.28% 79.54%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

ABNDX Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Semi-Annually Annually

Dividend Payout History

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ABNDX - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

David Hoag

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Mar 01, 2009

12.34

12.3%

David A. Hoag is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He also serves on the Fixed Income Management Committee and the Target Date Solutions Committee. He has 32 years of investment experience and has been with Capital Group for 28 years. Earlier in his career, as a fixed income investment analyst at Capital, he covered municipal bonds. Prior to joining Capital, David worked as a municipal bond analyst for Van Kampen Merritt Investment Advisory Corp. in Lisle, Illinois. He holds an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Fergus MacDonald

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Oct 01, 2015

5.75

5.8%

Fergus N. MacDonald is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, he was a fixed income investment analyst covering mortgage-backed securities. Prior to joining Capital, he was a vice president at Goldman Sachs & Co. and an associate in the derivative products group at Morgan Stanley. Before that, Fergus was a consultant and actuary at Hewitt Bacon & Woodrow in London. He holds a graduate degree in applied mathematics and theoretical physics from Cambridge University and a bachelor’s degree with first-class honors in mathematics from the Imperial Colle

Pramod Atluri

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jan 01, 2016

5.5

5.5%

Pramod Atluri is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 21 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for four years. Prior to joining Capital, Pramod was a fixed income portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments where he also worked as a fixed income strategist and corporate bond analyst. Before that he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in biological chemistry from the University of Chicago where he also completed the requirements for bachelor’s degrees in economics and chemistry. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Pramod is based in Los Angeles.

David Betanzos

Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Jul 01, 2016

5.0

5.0%

David J. Betanzos is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital he was a fixed income investment analyst and covered mortgage-backed securities. He joined the investment industry in 2000 and has been with Capital Group since 2002. Prior to joining Capital, he was a portfolio strategist with Payden & Rygel Investment Management. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Washington. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. David is based in Los Angeles.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.07 32.51 6.76 0.25

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