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American Growth Fund Series One (AMRGX)
Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Dividends
Drawdowns
Volatility

Fund Info

ISIN

US0263931083

CUSIP

026393108

Inception Date

Jul 31, 1958

Min. Investment

$0

Asset Class

Equity

Asset Class Size

Large-Cap

Asset Class Style

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

YTD

-5.21%

1M

2.67%

6M

-10.19%

1Y

3.13%

3Y*

9.94%

5Y*

9.34%

10Y*

8.37%

^GSPC (Benchmark)

YTD

0.52%

1M

6.32%

6M

-1.44%

1Y

12.25%

3Y*

12.45%

5Y*

14.20%

10Y*

10.84%

*Annualized

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.


JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
20250.27%-0.55%-5.36%-1.74%2.22%-5.21%
20240.43%3.85%2.34%-6.58%7.33%4.55%1.54%2.14%3.70%-7.62%11.60%-6.02%16.60%
20235.58%-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%
20201.46%-8.34%-12.09%9.46%7.99%3.02%5.28%0.28%-0.28%-2.65%11.30%4.47%18.65%
20198.78%5.14%1.75%4.12%-5.11%7.47%3.72%-2.02%-0.80%3.37%4.50%1.63%36.73%
20185.81%-3.60%-1.78%-2.35%0.93%0.18%2.93%3.39%0.35%-8.59%3.57%-9.08%-9.08%
20171.85%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%
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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.


The Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank of AMRGX is 1616
Overall Rank
The Sharpe Ratio Rank of AMRGX is 1717
Sharpe Ratio Rank
The Sortino Ratio Rank of AMRGX is 1616
Sortino Ratio Rank
The Omega Ratio Rank of AMRGX is 1515
Omega Ratio Rank
The Calmar Ratio Rank of AMRGX is 1616
Calmar Ratio Rank
The Martin Ratio Rank of AMRGX is 1515
Martin Ratio Rank
The risk-adjusted ranks indicate the investment's position relative to the market. A rank closer to 100 signifies top-performing investments, while a rank closer to 0 might suggest underperformance, based on the selected ratio. The values are calculated based on the past 12 months of returns.

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.


The Sharpe ratio helps investors understand how much return they're getting for the level of risk taken. A higher Sharpe ratio indicates better risk-adjusted performance, meaning more reward for each unit of risk.

American Growth Fund Series One Sharpe ratios as of May 30, 2025 (values are recalculated daily):

  • 1-Year: 0.15
  • 5-Year: 0.48
  • 10-Year: 0.42
  • All Time: 0.15

These values reflect how efficiently the investment has delivered returns relative to its volatility over different time periods. All figures are annualized and based on daily total returns (including price changes and dividends).

The chart below shows the rolling Sharpe ratio of American Growth Fund Series One compared to the selected benchmark. This view highlights how the investment's risk-adjusted performance has changed over time.


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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.


2.00%4.00%6.00%8.00%10.00%12.00%$0.00$0.20$0.40$0.60$0.80$1.0020202021202220232024
Dividends
Dividend Yield
PeriodTTM20242023202220212020
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.


JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
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

-79.73%Mar 7, 20002258Mar 9, 20092979Jan 7, 20215237
-29.68%Dec 30, 2021190Sep 30, 2022325Jan 18, 2024515
-24.76%Oct 6, 198715Oct 26, 1987549Dec 1, 1989564
-24.18%Oct 22, 1997252Oct 8, 1998313Dec 21, 1999565
-21.15%Dec 5, 202484Apr 8, 2025
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Volatility

Volatility Chart

The chart below shows the rolling one-month volatility.


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