American Growth Fund Series One (AMRGX)
The advisor uses a consistent approach to build the fund's security portfolio which is made up primarily of common stocks and securities convertible into common stock. These securities are issued by large companies, and to a lesser extent, small and mid-sized companies. When a company's fundamentals are strong, the managers believe earnings growth will follow.
Fund Info
US0263931083
026393108
Jul 31, 1958
$0
Large-Cap
Growth
Expense Ratio
AMRGX has a high expense ratio of 4.07%, indicating above-average management fees.
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Performance
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Returns By Period
American Growth Fund Series One (AMRGX) returned -5.21% year-to-date (YTD) and 3.13% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, AMRGX returned 8.37% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.84%.
AMRGX
-5.21%
2.67%
-10.19%
3.13%
9.94%
9.34%
8.37%
^GSPC (Benchmark)
0.52%
6.32%
-1.44%
12.25%
12.45%
14.20%
10.84%
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of AMRGX, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
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2025 | 0.27% | -0.55% | -5.36% | -1.74% | 2.22% | -5.21% | |||||||
2024 | 0.43% | 3.85% | 2.34% | -6.58% | 7.33% | 4.55% | 1.54% | 2.14% | 3.70% | -7.62% | 11.60% | -6.02% | 16.60% |
2023 | 5.58% | -1.87% | 3.64% | 0.00% | 1.99% | 4.20% | 1.73% | 0.71% | -4.50% | -3.24% | 8.97% | 5.65% | 24.38% |
2022 | -9.56% | -1.63% | 2.62% | -10.47% | 0.90% | -7.58% | 8.68% | -4.88% | -10.11% | 10.03% | 9.28% | -5.99% | -19.93% |
2021 | -2.52% | 1.29% | 4.72% | 4.26% | -0.00% | 0.82% | 1.16% | 0.57% | -6.83% | 5.99% | -1.04% | 7.01% | 15.64% |
2020 | 1.46% | -8.34% | -12.09% | 9.46% | 7.99% | 3.02% | 5.28% | 0.28% | -0.28% | -2.65% | 11.30% | 4.47% | 18.65% |
2019 | 8.78% | 5.14% | 1.75% | 4.12% | -5.11% | 7.47% | 3.72% | -2.02% | -0.80% | 3.37% | 4.50% | 1.63% | 36.73% |
2018 | 5.81% | -3.60% | -1.78% | -2.35% | 0.93% | 0.18% | 2.93% | 3.39% | 0.35% | -8.59% | 3.57% | -9.08% | -9.08% |
2017 | 1.85% | 3.03% | -0.78% | 2.96% | -1.73% | -1.37% | 3.17% | -0.39% | 1.93% | 1.13% | 2.24% | 0.73% | 13.38% |
2016 | -5.92% | -0.24% | 6.80% | 0.68% | 1.81% | -1.11% | 4.26% | 0.64% | -0.43% | -2.36% | 5.27% | 1.46% | 10.71% |
2015 | -6.03% | 9.03% | -1.74% | 0.44% | 2.21% | -0.86% | 3.27% | -8.44% | -3.69% | 8.37% | -0.22% | -2.88% | -2.01% |
2014 | -5.49% | 4.80% | -0.96% | -1.70% | 1.24% | 3.67% | -0.24% | 2.36% | -2.08% | 1.65% | 3.25% | 0.67% | 6.92% |
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
The current rank of AMRGX is 16, meaning it’s performing worse than 84% of other mutual funds on our website when it comes to balancing risk and reward. Below is a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.
Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators
The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for American Growth Fund Series One (AMRGX) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.
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Dividends
Dividend History
American Growth Fund Series One provided a 13.07% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $0.90 per share. The fund has been increasing its distributions for 2 consecutive years.
Period | TTM | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
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Dividend | $0.90 | $0.90 | $0.57 | $0.47 | $1.00 | $0.19 |
Dividend yield | 13.07% | 12.39% | 8.17% | 7.77% | 12.21% | 2.37% |
Monthly Dividends
The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for American Growth Fund Series One. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
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2025 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |||||||
2024 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.90 | $0.90 |
2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.57 | $0.57 |
2022 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.47 | $0.47 |
2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $1.00 | $1.00 |
2020 | $0.19 | $0.19 |
Drawdowns
Drawdowns Chart
The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way. Drawdowns are calculated considering price movements and all distributions paid, if any.
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Worst Drawdowns
The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the American Growth Fund Series One. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.
The maximum drawdown for the American Growth Fund Series One was 79.73%, occurring on Mar 9, 2009. Recovery took 2979 trading sessions.
The current American Growth Fund Series One drawdown is 11.41%.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
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-79.73% | Mar 7, 2000 | 2258 | Mar 9, 2009 | 2979 | Jan 7, 2021 | 5237 |
-29.68% | Dec 30, 2021 | 190 | Sep 30, 2022 | 325 | Jan 18, 2024 | 515 |
-24.76% | Oct 6, 1987 | 15 | Oct 26, 1987 | 549 | Dec 1, 1989 | 564 |
-24.18% | Oct 22, 1997 | 252 | Oct 8, 1998 | 313 | Dec 21, 1999 | 565 |
-21.15% | Dec 5, 2024 | 84 | Apr 8, 2025 | — | — | — |
Volatility
Volatility Chart
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