Washington Mutual Investors Fund - A

A disciplined approach to growth-and-income investing. Uses strict eligibility criteria to screen for companies across a broad array of industries with strong balance sheets and consistent dividends and seeks to be fully invested.

Price at NAV $56.36 as of 12/08/2023 (updated daily)

Fund Assets (millions) $161,429.3

Portfolio Managers

Expense Ratio
(Gross/Net %)

0.57 / 0.57%

Quarterly Fund Fact Sheet (PDF)

Prospectus (PDF)

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Returns at NAV
Returns at MOP

Returns at NAV

Returns at MOP

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1.62%

1-year return

9.18%

5-year return

9.70%

10-year return

1.55%

30-Day SEC Yield

Returns as of 11/30/23 (updated monthly). Yield as of 11/30/23 (updated monthly).

Asset Mix

	U.S. Equities91.3%		Non-U.S. Equities5.3%
	U.S. Bonds0.0%		Non-U.S. Bonds0.0%
	Cash & Equivalents 3.4%

	U.S. Equities91.3%
	Non-U.S. Equities5.3%
	U.S. Bonds0.0%
	Non-U.S. Bonds0.0%
	Cash & Equivalents 3.4%

As of 10/31/2023 (updated monthly)

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Volatility & Return

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Equities

For Class A Shares, this chart tracks the 10-year standard deviation

and 10-year annualized return of the equity funds

AWSHX

S&P 500 Index

Other AF Funds

Standard Deviation as of 11/30/2023 (updated monthly) . Annualized return as of 11/30/2023 (updated monthly) .

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Market Capitalization

83.0%

Large

16.7%

Medium

0.3%

Small

$145,742.41 Million

Weighted Average

As of 9/30/2023 (updated quarterly). Morningstar data as of 9/30/2023 (updated quarterly).

Morningstar Ownership Zone^TM

Large Blend

Weighted average of holdings

75% of fund's stock holdings

Morningstar data as of 9/30/23 (updated quarterly)

INSIGHTS ON THE MORNINGSTAR OWNERSHIP ZONE

Description

Objective

The fund's investment objective is to produce income and to provide an opportunity for growth of principal consistent with sound common stock investing.

Distinguishing Characteristics

A disciplined approach to investing that uses strict eligibility criteria to screen for companies with strong balance sheets, consistent dividends, and the ability to pay a dividend. The fund seeks to be fully invested.

Types of Investments

Primarily invests in common stocks and securities convertible into common stocks.

Fund Facts

Fund Inception	7/31/1952
Fund Assets (millions) As of 11/30/2023	$161,429.3
Companies/Issuers Holdings are as of 11/30/2023 (updated monthly).	184+
Shareholder Accounts Shareholder accounts are as of 10/31/2023	1,877,315
Regular Dividends Paid	Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec

Minimum Initial Investment	$250
Capital Gains Paid	Jun, Dec
Portfolio Turnover (2023)	30%
Fiscal Year-End	Apr
Prospectus Date	07/01/2023
CUSIP	939330 10 6
Fund Number	1

Returns

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Month-End Returns as of 11/30/23
Quarter-End Returns as of 9/30/23

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Month-End Returns as of 11/30/23

Returns at NAV

| at MOP

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AWSHX

S&P 500 Index

ANNUAL RETURNS CHART

Quarter-End Returns as of 9/30/23

Growth of 10K
High & Low Prices

Growth of 10K

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For Class A Shares, this chart tracks a hypothetical investment with dividends reinvested, over the last 20 years, or since inception date if the fund has been in existence under 20 years, through 12/31/2022.

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AWSHX

S&P 500 Index

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High & Low Prices

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Yield

	12-month
	Distribution Rates	30-day SEC Yield
Fund at NAV	1.74%	N/A
Fund at MOP	1.65%	1.55%

As of 11/30/2023 (updated monthly)

Valuation

	Price/	Price/	Price/
	Book	Cash Flow	Earnings
Fund	3.14	11.56	15.52
S&P 500 Index	3.50	12.80	17.80

Fund as of 9/30/23. Index as of 9/30/23.

Portfolio Management

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Years of Experience with Fund

Years of Experience with Capital Group

Years of Experience with Investment Industry

Alan N. Berro 37 32 25

Mark L. Casey 23 23 7

Irfan M. Furniturewala 23 22 8

Emme Kozloff 25 17 7

Jeffrey T. Lager 28 27 19

Jin Lee 27 26 9

Eric H. Stern 34 32 9

Diana Wagner 27 23 9

Alan J. Wilson 38 32 10

Alan N. Berro	25	32	37
Mark L. Casey	7	23
Irfan M. Furniturewala	8	22	23
Emme Kozloff	7	17	25
Jeffrey T. Lager	19	27	28
Jin Lee	9	26	27
Eric H. Stern	9	32	34
Diana Wagner	9	23	27
Alan J. Wilson	10	32	38

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

Overall Morningstar Rating^TM Funds rated(1300)
3-yr. Morningstar Rating^TM (1300 funds rated)
5-yr. Morningstar Rating^TM (1192 funds rated)
10-yr. Morningstar Rating^TM (886 funds rated)
Overall Morningstar Risk	Low HIGH LOW
Category	Large Blend

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MORNINGSTAR RATINGS

Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns as of 11/30/2023 (updated monthly).

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Lipper Leader Scorecard

	Overall Over-all	3 yr.	5 yr.	10 yr.
Consistent Return Within Category Funds Rated	(310)	(310)	(293)	(252)
Expense Within Category Funds Rated	(83)	(83)	(82)	(79)
Preservation Within Category Funds Rated	(12516)	(12516)	(11462)	(8188)
Tax Efficiency Within Category Funds Rated	(310)	(310)	(293)	(252)
Total Return Within Category Funds Rated	(311)	(311)	(294)	(253)
Category		Large-Cap Value Funds

KEY

HIGHEST

LOWEST

As of 11/30/2023 (updated monthly)

Risk Measures

Fund
Standard Deviation	13.66
Sharpe Ratio	0.70
For the 10 Years ending 11/30/23 (updated monthly).
	American Funds/ Morningstar Benchmark
	S&P 500 TR USD
R-squared	94
Beta	0.87
Capture Ratio (Downside/Upside)	88/88
American Funds and Morningstar Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 11/30/23 (updated monthly).

Holdings

Equities Breakdown

Sectors | Top Industries

Equity Fund Holdings

	Information technology 21.7%
	Health care 16.9%
	Financials 15.4%
	Industrials 11.1%
	Consumer staples 7.5%
	Consumer discretionary 6.2%
	Communication services 5.2%
	Energy 4.9%
	Materials 3.1%
	Utilities 3.0%
	Real estate 1.4%

% of net assets as of 11/30/2023 (updated monthly)

Microsoft

6.5%

Broadcom

6.3%

UnitedHealth Group

3.6%

Marsh & McLennan

2.7%

Comcast

2.6%

Eli Lilly

2.5%

Northrop Grumman

2.0%

Alphabet

1.9%

Philip Morris International

1.7%

Home Depot

1.7%

% of net assets as of 10/31/2023 (updated monthly)

QUARTERLY HOLDINGS

HOLDINGS SEARCH

The New Geography of Investing ®

Equity Portion Breakdown by Domicile | Equity Portion Breakdown by Revenue

Regions	Fund	S&P 500 Index
United States	94.4%	100.0%
Canada	1.1%	0.0%
Europe	4.5%	0.0%

% of net assets as of 9/30/2023 (updated quarterly)

Regions	Fund	S&P 500 Index
United States	91.4%	100.0%
Canada	1.1%	0.0%
Europe	4.4%	0.0%
Cash & Equivalents	3.1%	0.0%

% of net assets as of 9/30/2023 (updated quarterly)

Prices & Distributions

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Historical Prices Year-End

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Historical Prices Month-End

2023

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Historical Prices Year-End

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Historical Distributions as of 12/08/23

Historical Distributions as of 12/08/23

2023

Record Date	Calculated Date	Pay Date	Income Dividend Regular	Income Dividend Special	Cap. Gains Long-Term	Cap. Gains Short-Term	Reinvest NAV
03/15/23	03/15/23	03/16/23	$0.205	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$50.18
06/14/23	06/14/23	06/15/23	$0.205	$0.00	$1.3445	$0.00	$53.49
09/13/23	09/13/23	09/14/23	$0.205	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$54.43
		2023 Year-to-Date:	Dividends Subtotal: $0.615		Cap Gains Subtotal: $1.3445
			Total Distributions: $1.9595

Rate	As of Date
0.00000000	09/14/2023
0.00000000	09/15/2023
0.00000000	09/18/2023
0.00000000	09/19/2023
0.00000000	09/20/2023
0.00000000	09/21/2023
0.00000000	09/22/2023
0.00000000	09/25/2023
0.00000000	09/26/2023
0.00000000	09/27/2023
0.00000000	09/28/2023
0.00000000	09/29/2023
0.00000000	10/02/2023
0.00000000	10/03/2023
0.00000000	10/04/2023
0.00000000	10/05/2023
0.00000000	10/06/2023
0.00000000	10/09/2023
0.00000000	10/10/2023
0.00000000	10/11/2023
0.00000000	10/12/2023
0.00000000	10/13/2023
0.00000000	10/16/2023
0.00000000	10/17/2023
0.00000000	10/18/2023
0.00000000	10/19/2023
0.00000000	10/20/2023
0.00000000	10/23/2023
0.00000000	10/24/2023
0.00000000	10/25/2023
0.00000000	10/26/2023
0.00000000	10/27/2023
0.00000000	10/30/2023
0.00000000	10/31/2023
0.00000000	11/01/2023
0.00000000	11/02/2023
0.00000000	11/03/2023
0.00000000	11/06/2023
0.00000000	11/07/2023
0.00000000	11/08/2023
0.00000000	11/09/2023
0.00000000	11/10/2023
0.00000000	11/13/2023
0.00000000	11/14/2023
0.00000000	11/15/2023
0.00000000	11/16/2023
0.00000000	11/17/2023
0.00000000	11/20/2023
0.00000000	11/21/2023
0.00000000	11/22/2023
0.00000000	11/24/2023
0.00000000	11/27/2023
0.00000000	11/28/2023
0.00000000	11/29/2023
0.00000000	11/30/2023
0.00000000	12/01/2023
0.00000000	12/04/2023
0.00000000	12/05/2023
0.00000000	12/06/2023
0.00000000	12/07/2023
0.00000000	12/08/2023

FIND HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTIONS

Rate		As of-Date
0.00000000		09/14/2023
0.00000000		09/15/2023
0.00000000		09/18/2023
0.00000000		09/19/2023
0.00000000		09/20/2023
0.00000000		09/21/2023
0.00000000		09/22/2023
0.00000000		09/25/2023
0.00000000		09/26/2023
0.00000000		09/27/2023
0.00000000		09/28/2023
0.00000000		09/29/2023
0.00000000		10/02/2023
0.00000000		10/03/2023
0.00000000		10/04/2023
0.00000000		10/05/2023
0.00000000		10/06/2023
0.00000000		10/09/2023
0.00000000		10/10/2023
0.00000000		10/11/2023
0.00000000		10/12/2023
0.00000000		10/13/2023
0.00000000		10/16/2023
0.00000000		10/17/2023
0.00000000		10/18/2023
0.00000000		10/19/2023
0.00000000		10/20/2023
0.00000000		10/23/2023
0.00000000		10/24/2023
0.00000000		10/25/2023
0.00000000		10/26/2023
0.00000000		10/27/2023
0.00000000		10/30/2023
0.00000000		10/31/2023
0.00000000		11/01/2023
0.00000000		11/02/2023
0.00000000		11/03/2023
0.00000000		11/06/2023
0.00000000		11/07/2023
0.00000000		11/08/2023
0.00000000		11/09/2023
0.00000000		11/10/2023
0.00000000		11/13/2023
0.00000000		11/14/2023
0.00000000		11/15/2023
0.00000000		11/16/2023
0.00000000		11/17/2023
0.00000000		11/20/2023
0.00000000		11/21/2023
0.00000000		11/22/2023
0.00000000		11/24/2023
0.00000000		11/27/2023
0.00000000		11/28/2023
0.00000000		11/29/2023
0.00000000		11/30/2023
0.00000000		12/01/2023
0.00000000		12/04/2023
0.00000000		12/05/2023
0.00000000		12/06/2023
0.00000000		12/07/2023
0.00000000		12/08/2023

Fees & Expenses

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Fees


Annual Management Fees	0.23%
Other Expenses	0.10%
Service 12b-1	0.24%

As of each fund's most recent prospectus.

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Expense Ratio

AWSHX	0.57%
Lipper Growth & Income Funds Average	1.07%

Fund as of most recent prospectus. Lipper Category as of 9/30/23 (updated quarterly).

Resources

Literature for AWSHX

Quarterly Fund Fact Sheet (PDF) 10/23
Quarterly Attribution Report (PDF) 10/23
Single Sheet (PDF) 08/23
Summary Prospectus (PDF) 08/23
Prospectus (PDF) 08/23
Statement of additional information (PDF) 08/23
Semi-Annual Report (PDF) 12/22
Annual Report (PDF) 06/23

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Regions	Fund	S&P 500 Index
United States	61%	59%
Canada	2%	2%
Europe	11%	12%
Japan	2%	2%
Asia-Pacific ex. Japan	2%	2%
Emerging Markets	21%	23%

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Washington Mutual Investors Fund SM (AWSHX)

Summary

Returns at NAV

Returns at MOP

Returns at NAV

Returns at MOP

Asset Mix

Volatility & Return

Market Capitalization

Morningstar Ownership ZoneTM

Description

Fund Facts

Returns

Month-End Returns as of 11/30/23

Quarter-End Returns as of 9/30/23

Month-End Returns as of 11/30/23

Quarter-End Returns as of 9/30/23

Growth of 10K

High & Low Prices

Growth of 10K

High & Low Prices

Yield

Valuation

Portfolio Management

Ratings & Risk

Morningstar Rating TM

Lipper Leader Scorecard

Risk Measures

Holdings

Equities Breakdown

Top Equities

Geographic Breakdown

The New Geography of Investing ®

Fund Breakdown by Domicile

Prices & Distributions

Historical Prices Month-End

Historical Prices Year-End

Historical Prices Month-End

Historical Prices Year-End

Historical Distributions as of 12/08/23

Historical Distributions as of 12/08/23

Fees & Expenses

Fees

Expense Ratio

Resources

Literature for AWSHX

About Our Funds

CAPITAL IDEAS^TM

PRACTICELAB^®

Washington Mutual Investors Fund ^SM (AWSHX)

Morningstar Ownership Zone^TM

Morningstar Rating ^TM