Summary

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Managed for conservative growth and income investing. Invests primarily in well-established companies with strong balance sheets and a history of consistently paying dividends, helping to provide downside resilience.
Price at NAV $56.19 as of 4/01/2025 (updated daily)
Fund Assets (millions) $105,763.2
Portfolio Managers
1,2
 8
Expense Ratio
(Gross/Net %)
3
 0.61 / 0.61%
Prospectus
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Returns at NAV

Returns with Sales Charge
4

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12.54%
1-year return
11.81%
5-year return
9.32%
10-year return
1.59%
30-Day SEC Yield
Returns as of 2/28/25 (updated monthly). Yield as of 2/28/25 (updated monthly).

Asset Mix

U.S. Equities89.1%
Non-U.S. Equities6.5%
U.S. Bonds0.0%
Non-U.S. Bonds0.0%
Cash & Equivalents
5,6
4.4%
As of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Growth of 10K
7

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High & Low Prices

Market Capitalization

79.8%
Large
19.2%
Medium
1.0%
Small
$592,380.00 Million
Weighted Average
8


As of 12/31/2024 (updated quarterly). FactSet data as of 12/31/2024 (updated quarterly).

Morningstar Ownership ZoneTM
9

Large Value
Weighted average of holdings
75% of fund's stock holdings
Morningstar data as of 12/31/24 (updated quarterly)
INSIGHTS ON THE MORNINGSTAR OWNERSHIP ZONE

Description

Fund Objective
The fund strives for the balanced accomplishment of three objectives: current income, growth of capital and conservation of principal.
Distinguishing Characteristics
Conservatively managed to reduce volatility and risk, this fund has the potential to provide downside resilience during market declines. It invests primarily in well-established companies with strong balance sheets.
Types of Investments
The fund invests primarily in common stocks, securities convertible into common stocks.
Holdings Outside the U.S.
May invest up to 20% of its assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States and not included in the S&P 500 Composite Index. May invest up to 5% of its assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States and Canada and not included in the S&P 500 Composite Index.

Fund Facts

Fund Inception 2/21/1950
Fund Assets (millions)
As of 2/28/2025
 $105,763.2
Companies/Issuers
Holdings are as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly).
 170+
Shareholder Accounts
Shareholder accounts are as of 2/28/2025
 104,785
Regular Dividends Paid
10
 Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
Minimum Initial Investment $250
Capital Gains Paid
10
 Dec
Portfolio Turnover (2024) 31%
Fiscal Year-End Oct
Prospectus Date 01/01/2025
CUSIP 027681 50 1
Fund Number 1003

Returns

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Month-End Returns as of 2/28/25

Returns at NAV
7,11
 | With Sales Charge
4,7,11
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CMLAX
S&P 500 Index
ANNUAL RETURNS CHART

Quarter-End Returns as of 12/31/24

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Volatility & Return

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Equities

For Class 529-A Shares, this chart tracks the 10-year standard deviation
12
and 10-year annualized return of the equity funds
CMLAX
S&P 500 Index
Other AF Funds

Similar information is contained in the , which can be obtained from a financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. CollegeAmerica is distributed by Capital Client Group, Inc., and sold through unaffiliated intermediaries.

Depending on your state of residence, there may be an in-state plan that provides state tax and other state benefits, such as financial aid, scholarship funds and protection from creditors, not available through CollegeAmerica. Before investing in any state's 529 plan, investors should consult a tax advisor. CollegeAmerica is a nationwide plan sponsored by Commonwealth Savers. 

Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses.

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Terms and Definitions

Standard Deviation: Annualized standard deviation (based on monthly returns) is a common measure of absolute volatility that tells how returns over time have varied from the mean. A lower number signifies lower volatility.

Standard Deviation as of 02/28/2025 (updated monthly) . Annualized return as of 02/28/2025 (updated monthly) .
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Yield

12-month
Distribution Rates
13
 30-day SEC Yield
Fund at NAV 1.56% N/A
Fund at MOP 1.51% 1.59%
As of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Valuation

Price/ Price/ Price/
Book
Cash Flow
Earnings
Fund 3.47 14.01 18.81
S&P 500 Index
4.30 15.70 21.80
Fund as of 12/31/24. Index as of 12/31/24.

Portfolio Management
1,2

Years of Experience with Fund
Years of Experience with Capital Group
Years of Experience with Investment Industry
Grant L. Cambridge 6 28
Charles E. Ellwein 8 19 33
Cheryl E. Frank 11 23 27
Martin Jacobs 4 24 37
James B. Lovelace 19 43
William L. Robbins 17 30 33
James Terrile 19 28
Brant W. Thompson 6 17 29
A boldface number indicates that years of experience with Capital Group is equal to years of experience with investment industry.

Ratings & Risk

Morningstar Rating TM
14


Overall Morningstar RatingTM
Funds rated(1094)
3-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(1094 funds rated)
5-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(1031 funds rated)
10-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(802 funds rated)
Overall Morningstar Risk Low
HIGH
LOW
Category
Large Value
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MORNINGSTAR RATINGS
Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly).

Risk Measures

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Fund
Standard Deviation
12
 12.18
Sharpe Ratio
12
 0.67
For the 10 Years ending 2/28/25 (updated monthly).
American Funds/
Morningstar Benchmark
12
S&P 500 TR USD
R-squared
89
Beta
0.75
Capture Ratio (Downside/Upside)
79/77
American Funds and Morningstar Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 2/28/25 (updated monthly).
Active Share
12
 57.5%
As of 12/31/24 (updated quarterly)

Holdings

Equities Breakdown

Sectors | Top Industries
Equity Fund Holdings
 Information technology 17.4%
Health care 16.3%
Industrials 15.2%
Financials 14.7%
Consumer staples 7.4%
Utilities 6.3%
Materials 4.2%
Consumer discretionary 4.1%
Energy 4.0%
Communication services 3.5%
Real estate 2.5%

% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Top Equities

Microsoft
5.7%
Rtx Corp
3.9%
Apple
3.3%
AbbVie
3.3%
General Electric aka GE Aerospace
2.7%
Broadcom
2.3%
UnitedHealth Group
2.1%
Meta Platforms
2.1%
JPMorgan Chase
2.0%
Abbott Laboratories
1.8%

% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Geographic Breakdown

Regions
United States
89.1%
Europe
2.6%
Asia & Pacific Basin
1.1%
Other (Including Canada & Latin America)
2.7%
Cash & equivalents
6
4.4%
% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

The New Geography of Investing ®
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Equity Portion Breakdown by Domicile | Equity Portion Breakdown by Revenue
Regions Fund
S&P 500 Index
United States 93.2% 100.0%
Canada 2.9% 0.0%
Europe 2.8% 0.0%
Japan 0.2% 0.0%
Emerging Markets 0.9% 0.0%

% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Fund Breakdown by Domicile

Regions Fund
S&P 500 Index
United States 89.1% 100.0%
Canada 2.7% 0.0%
Europe 2.6% 0.0%
Japan 0.2% 0.0%
Emerging Markets 0.9% 0.0%
Cash & Equivalents
6
 4.4% --

% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Prices & Distributions

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Historical Prices Month-End

2025

Historical Prices Year-End

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Historical Distributions as of 04/01/25

FIND HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
2025
Record
Date		 Calculated
Date		 Pay Date
Income Dividend Regular
Income Dividend Special
Cap. Gains Long-Term
Cap. Gains Short-Term
Reinvest NAV
03/12/25 03/12/25 03/13/25 $0.2163 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $55.31
2025 Year-to-Date: Dividends Subtotal: $0.2163 Cap Gains Subtotal: $0.00
Total Distributions: $0.2163

Fees & Expenses

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Fees

Annual Management Fees 0.23%
Other Expenses 0.15%
Service 12b-1 0.23%
As of each fund's most recent prospectus.
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Expense Ratio
3

CMLAX 0.61%
Lipper Growth & Income Funds Average
16
 1.06%
Fund as of most recent prospectus. Lipper Category as of 12/31/24 (updated quarterly).
Figures shown are past results and are not predictive of results in future periods. Current and future results may be lower or higher than those shown. Investing for short periods makes losses more likely. Prices and returns will vary, so investors may lose money. View mutual fund expense ratios and returns. View current mutual fund SEC yields.
Returns shown at maximum offering price (MOP) for Class 529-A shares reflect deduction of the 3.50% maximum sales charge.
Returns at net asset value (NAV) do not reflect a sales charge. If a sales charge had been deducted, the results would have been lower.
Active Share is determined by (1) differences in stock weightings between the fund and the fund's primary benchmark shown in the prospectus (2) inclusion of stocks outside of the benchmark, and (3) exclusion of stocks in the benchmark.

Active Share is neither a predictor of future returns nor a measure of manager skill. Since it measures the difference between a fund's holdings and its benchmark, it could be used in conjunction with other indicators as a measure of portfolio risk or to compare the management fees charged by actively managed funds. While an active share greater than zero is needed to provide returns above the benchmark, there is no indication a particular level of active share has resulted in higher returns than the fund's index. A fund's active share can change significantly over time, thus measuring a single point in time may not be reflective of longer periods.

The Capital Group portfolios are managed by multiple portfolio managers who invest based on their highest convictions. The result is a diversified portfolio based on the collection of managers' individual investment decisions. A fund's active share is the product of this process and is not comparable to the active share produced by a fund managed by an individual or a committee of investors. The funds are managed based on their investment objectives and strategies described in the prospectus; managing to active share is not part of any fund's strategy.
Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value.
Investors should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses, which can be obtained from a financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. Similar information is contained in the CollegeAmerica Program Description, which can be obtained from a financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. CollegeAmerica is distributed by Capital Client Group, Inc., and sold through unaffiliated intermediaries.
Depending on your state of residence, there may be an in-state plan that provides state tax and other state benefits, such as financial aid, scholarship funds and protection from creditors, not available through CollegeAmerica. Before investing in any state's 529 plan, investors should consult a tax advisor. CollegeAmerica is a nationwide plan sponsored by Commonwealth Savers. 
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Totals may not reconcile due to rounding.
Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses.
When applicable, results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which they would have been lower and net expenses higher. Read details about how waivers and/or reimbursements affect the results for each fund. View results and yields without fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement.
Certain share classes were offered after the inception dates of some funds. Results for these shares prior to the dates of first sale are hypothetical based on the original share class results without a sales charge, adjusted for typical estimated expenses. 
  • Class 529-A shares were first offered on 2/15/2002.
Results for certain funds with an inception date after the share class inception also include hypothetical returns because those funds' shares sold after the funds' date of first offering. View dates of first sale and specific expense adjustment information.
  1. Reflects current team at the time of publication. Years of experience in investment industry and Capital Group are as of the most recent year end. Years of experience on the fund are as of the most recent prospectus.
  1. James Terrile will be retiring from the firm effective June 2025, and will transition out of the fund effective 6/1/2025. (American Mutual Fund)
  1. Expense ratios are as of each fund's prospectus/characteristics statement available at the time of publication.
  1. Data for the periods listed below reflect certain sales charge deductions.
    - Maximum of 5.75% (prior to 6/30/2020)
  1. Accrued income and the timing of its settlement, as well as classification of convertible bonds as debt or equity, can cause slight variations in the balances displayed in different portfolio composition breakdowns.
  1. Includes cash, short-term securities, other assets less liabilities, accruals, derivatives and forwards. It may also include investments in money market or similar funds managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates that are not offered to the public.
  1. When applicable, returns for less than one year are not annualized, but calculated as cumulative total returns.
  1. Market capitalization data is provided by FactSet. Due to differing calculation methods, the figures shown here may differ from those calculated by Capital Group.
  1. The Morningstar Ownership Zone™ provides detail about a portfolio's equity investment style by showing the range of stock sizes and styles. A portfolio's Ownership Zone™ is derived by plotting each stock in the fund's portfolio within the proprietary Morningstar Style Box™. The shaded area represents the center 75% of the fund's assets, and it provides an intuitive visual representation of the area of the market in which the fund invests. A "centroid" plot in the middle of the Ownership Zone represents the weighted average of all the fund's holdings. A fund that is concentrated will have a small ownership zone relative to the area of the style box, and broadly diversified fund will have an ownership zone that stretches across many sizes and style. Over a period of time, the shape and location of a fund's ownership zone may vary.
  1. The months indicated for dividends and capital gains paid represent the anticipated current year ex-dividend date schedule for all share classes.
  1. YTD (year-to-date return): For the period from January 1 of the current year to the date shown or from inception date if first offered after January 1 of the current year.
  1. Calculated by Morningstar. Due to differing calculation methods, the figures shown here may differ from those calculated by Capital Group.
  1. The distribution rate reflects the fund's past dividends paid to shareholders and may differ from the fund's SEC yield which reflects the rate at which the fund is earning income on its current portfolio of securities. The distribution rate reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements in effect during the period. Without waivers and/or reimbursements, it would be reduced.
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  1. Figures include convertible securities. The equity breakdown by revenue reflects the portfolio's publicly traded equity holdings and excludes cash (and fixed income securities, if applicable). Underlying revenue data were compiled by MSCI and account for disparities in the way companies report their revenues across geographic segments. MSCI breaks out each company's reported revenues into country-by-country estimates. MSCI provides revenue data figures based on a proprietary, standardized model. Revenue exposure at the portfolio and index level was calculated by using FactSet, which takes these company revenue exposures and multiplies by the company's weighting in the portfolio and index. In this breakdown, Israel has been included in Europe.
  1. Source for Lipper expense ratio comparison: Lipper, based on front-end load funds, excluding funds of funds, for the most recent fiscal year-ends available as of 12/31/2024.
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