American Funds The Growth Fund of America®

Shareclass
American Funds Growth Fund of Amer F2 (GFFFX)
Type
Open-end mutual fund

Equity & Justice

Exclusions







EQUITY & JUSTICE RATINGS

Gender Equality
Diversity Disclosures
Racial Justice
LGBTQ+ Equity

GENDER EQUALITY

Fund American Funds The Growth Fund of America®

FUND COVERAGE
# of holdings276
% of assets93%
Score
53 / 100
Rank

25.6 percentile

Group: U.S. Large Cap Equity

Rank: #1,089 out of 1,462

Grade
D

Gender equality ratings are calculated using data from the Equileap Gender Equality Scorecard from Equileap.

Sub-scores & KPIs

Gender Equality: Gender Balance in Leadership and Workforce

26 / 40

Gender Equality: Equal Compensation and Work Life Balance

9 / 30

Gender Equality: Policies Promoting Gender Equality

18 / 20

Gender Equality: Commitment, Transparency, and Accountability

1 / 10

Fund Holdings: Gender Equality

Highest scoring holdings

Highest scoring holdings

Top 10 holdings by Gender Equality score

  • Holding
    % invested
    USD$
  • 1. Procter & Gamble Co
         % of fund invested: 0.07%
         $USD invested: $212.08M
  • 2. Novo Nordisk AS Class B
         % of fund invested: 0.57%
         $USD invested: $1.84B
  • 3. Boston Scientific Corp
         % of fund invested: 0.61%
         $USD invested: $1.95B
  • 4. L'Oreal SA
         % of fund invested: 0.11%
         $USD invested: $348.91M
  • 5. Marriott International Inc Class A
         % of fund invested: 0.03%
         $USD invested: $83.13M
  • 6. Bank of America Corp
         % of fund invested: 0.23%
         $USD invested: $728.8M
  • 7. Mondelez International Inc Class A
         % of fund invested: 0.08%
         $USD invested: $268.14M
  • 8. Mastercard Inc Class A
         % of fund invested: 1.02%
         $USD invested: $3.28B
  • 9. UBS Group AG Registered Shares
         % of fund invested: 0.1%
         $USD invested: $313.43M
  • 10. Philip Morris International Inc
         % of fund invested: 0.66%
         $USD invested: $2.11B
Lowest scoring holdings

Lowest scoring holdings

Bottom 10 holdings by Gender Equality score

  • Holding
    % invested
    USD$
  • 1. Shopify Inc Registered Shs -A- Subord Vtg
         % of fund invested: 1.15%
         $USD invested: $3.68B
  • 2. FTAI Aviation Ltd
         % of fund invested: 0.13%
         $USD invested: $427.37M
  • 3. Constellation Software Inc
         % of fund invested: 0.38%
         $USD invested: $1.21B
  • 4. Carvana Co Class A
         % of fund invested: 0.23%
         $USD invested: $739.94M
  • 5. Heico Corp
         % of fund invested: 0.18%
         $USD invested: $583.93M
  • 6. Heico Corp Class A
         % of fund invested: 0.02%
         $USD invested: $78.44M
  • 7. Roblox Corp Ordinary Shares - Class A
         % of fund invested: 0.46%
         $USD invested: $1.48B
  • 8. CRISPR Therapeutics AG
         % of fund invested: 0.01%
         $USD invested: $46.57M
  • 9. Vaxcyte Inc Ordinary Shares
         % of fund invested: 0.01%
         $USD invested: $40.15M
  • 10. Strategy Inc Class A
         % of fund invested: 1.3%
         $USD invested: $4.18B

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EXCLUSION RATINGS

Prisons & Borders
Military Weapons

PRISONS & BORDERS

Fund American Funds The Growth Fund of America®

Totals

Holdings
Assets
Weight
Prisons
14
$43.91B
14%
     Prisons high risk
3
$2.48B
0.77%
     Private prisons
0
$0
0%
Borders
18
$46.92B
15%
     Borders high risk
8
$4.37B
1.36%
Total
24
$49.21B
15%
Full fund results

Holdings — 24 flagged holdings

1.
Microsoft Corp
Prisons
Borders
$16.11B
5.02%
Prisons
Borders :
$16.11B
5.02%
2.
Amazon.com Inc
Prisons
Borders
$11.16B
3.48%
Prisons
Borders :
$11.16B
3.48%
3.
Alphabet Inc Class C
Prisons
Borders
$6.26B
1.95%
Prisons
Borders :
$6.26B
1.95%
4.
Alphabet Inc Class A
Prisons
Borders
$5.06B
1.58%
Prisons
Borders :
$5.06B
1.58%
5.
Costco Wholesale Corp
Prisons
$1.62B
0.51%
Prisons
$1.62B
0.51%
6.
Salesforce Inc
Borders
$1.62B
0.5%
Borders :
$1.62B
0.5%
7.
Motorola Solutions Inc
Prisons
Borders
$1.24B
0.39%
Prisons
Borders :
$1.24B
0.39%
8.
Axon Enterprise Inc
Prisons
Borders
$1.11B
0.35%
Prisons
Borders :
$1.11B
0.35%
9.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
Borders
$1.03B
0.32%
Borders :
$1.03B
0.32%
10.
RTX Corp
Borders
$583.81M
0.18%
Borders :
$583.81M
0.18%
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