Fixed Income / Credit

American Funds Corporate Bond Fund®

A research-driven approach to corporate bonds. Total-return-focused fund that seeks to generate most of its returns through income and normally invests its assets in U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade securities. Our deep, time-tested research may add consistency of returns while helping maintain a low correlation to equity markets.


  • Fund Assets ($M)
    $1,784.9
    As of 10/31/26
  • Inception date
    12/14/12
     
  • YTD Return at NAV (%)1, 2
    -1.80
    As of 11/10/26
  • Benchmark
    Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index
  • Expense Ratio
    (Gross/Net, %)3
    0.70/0.70
  • 30-day SEC yield (gross/net, %)
    5.12/5.12
    As of 10/31/26
  • Yield to worst (%)
    5.8
    As of 10/31/26
  • Effective Duration
    6.5 years
    As of 10/31/26
  • Managers4
    4
  • Morningstar Category
    Corporate Bond
     

Overview

Key information

Objective
The fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide maximum total return consistent with capital preservation and prudent risk management.
Types of investments
Primarily invests in corporate bonds.
Distinguishing characteristics
This total-return-focused fund, which seeks to generate most of its returns through income, normally invests its assets in U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade (Baa3/BBB- and above) debt instruments. The fund's primary exposure is to higher quality corporate bonds. Our deep, time-tested research may add consistency of returns while helping maintain a low correlation to equity markets. Leveraging our capabilities across fixed income and equity teams, we are able to deepen our credit research in an underanalyzed category of the bond market.
Portfolio restrictions
Normally, at least 80% of the fund’s assets will be invested in corporate debt securities. In addition, under normal market conditions the fund invests in debt securities, including money market instruments, cash and cash equivalents, rated Baa3 or better or BBB- or better by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations designated by the fund’s investment adviser or in debt securities that are unrated but determined to be of equivalent quality by the fund’s investment adviser at the time of purchase.
Holdings outside the U.S.
The fund may invest significantly in debt securities tied economically to countries outside the United States, including developing countries. All securities held by the fund will be denominated in U.S. dollars.
Maturity
The fund invests in debt securities with a wide range of maturities.

Key facts

Fund inception
12/14/12
Fund assets (millions)
$1,784.9
As of 10/31/26 (updated monthly)
Shareholder accounts
764
As of 9/30/26 (updated monthly)
Issuers
251
As of 10/31/26 (updated monthly)
One-year turnover (%) 5
226.0
Minimum initial investment
$250
mthDividendsPaid
Regular dividends paid 6
Monthly
Capital gains paid 6
Dec.
Fiscal year-end
May
Prospectus date
8/1/26
CUSIP
02629H 40 6
Fund number
432

Portfolio managers4

Principal Investment Officer
Mital Kotecha, 18 years with Capital Group, 26 years of industry experience
Robert Caldwell, 25 years with Capital Group, 25 years of industry experience
Scott Sykes, 20 years with Capital Group, 24 years of industry experience
Kevin Swick, 11 years with Capital Group, 11 years of industry experience

Portfolio managers4

Principal Investment Officer
Mital Kotecha, 18 years with Capital Group, 26 years of industry experience
Robert Caldwell, 25 years with Capital Group, 25 years of industry experience
Scott Sykes, 20 years with Capital Group, 24 years of industry experience
Kevin Swick, 11 years with Capital Group, 11 years of industry experience

A distinctive investment approach

The Capital System is designed to deliver superior investment results. Across asset classes, we believe in collaborative research to yield deeper insights, diverse perspectives from multiple portfolio managers and analysts, and a long-term view to decision-making.

Returns

Investment results1, 2

Total returns for periods ended 10/31/26 (%)
  • ●BFCFX at NAV
  • ●Index
Returns table
Daily YTD1M3MYTD1Y3Y5Y10Y15Y20YLifetime
Index data refers to the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index.
Daily YTD as of 11/10/26.Returns greater than one year are annualized.
Fund inception: 12/14/12. Index lifetime is based on inception date of the fund.

Growth of $10K2

As of 6/30/26 (updated monthly)
  • BFCFX (dividends reinvested)

Index data refers to the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index.

Lifetime reflects up to 50 years of available history.

Morningstar Medalist Rating™

As of 9/30/26
NEUTRAL
Analyst-Driven (%)10
Data Coverage (%)100

Morningstar Rating™7

As of 10/31/26 (updated monthly)
Overall
★ ★
155 funds rated
3Y
★
155 funds rated
5Y
★
152 funds rated
10Y
★ ★
111 funds rated
Overall Morningstar riskAverage
CategoryCorporate Bond
Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns.
NAVAvg3yr,NAVAvg5yr,NAVAvg7yr,NAVAvg10yr,ARRNAV_15YTD,ARRNAV_20YTD

Volatility & returns

As of 10/31/26 (updated monthly, %)
  • ●BFCFX
  • ▲Other CG funds
  • ■Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index

Yield

As of 10/31/26 (updated monthly, %)
Yield
12-month distribution rate (at NAV)84.73
30-day SEC yield (gross/net)5.12 / 5.12

Risk measures

As of 10/31/26 (updated monthly)
Standard deviation
Standard deviation (%)
BFCFX6.24
Index6.27
Sharpe ratio
Sharpe ratio
BFCFX0.16
Index0.29
R-squared (%)99.73
Alpha-0.83
Beta0.99
Information ratio-2.56
Downside capture ratio (%)105
Upside capture ratio (%)95
Tracking error (%)0.33
S&P 500 correlation0.51
MSCI ACWI correlation0.58
Index data, and data calculated against an index, refers to the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index unless noted otherwise.

Prices & distributions

As of 11/10/26
  • Price at nav ($)
    $9.05
  • Price change ($)
    $-0.06
  • Price change (%)
    -0.66
Prices distributions table
YTD dividends subtotal$0.33
YTD cap gains subtotal$0.00
YTD total distributions$0.33

Portfolio composition

assetMix

Asset class exposure

As of 10/31/26 (updated monthly, %)
Asset Mix
U.S. Equities
0.0
Non-U.S. Equities
0.0
U.S. Fixed Income
87.6
Non-U.S. Fixed Income
10.9
Cash and Equivalents9
1.5
Others and Convertibles10
0.0
U.S. Equities
—
Non-U.S. Equities
—
U.S Fixed Income
87.6
Non-U.S. Fixed Income
10.9
Cash and Equivalents
1.5
assetMixOthConv
Others and 
Convertibles10
—

Morningstar Style Box™11

As of 9/30/26 (updated quarterly)

Moderate Sensitivity

Medium Quality

Key statistics

As of 10/31/26 (updated monthly)
Key statistics
BFCFX
INDEX
BSNY_YTWSEC
Yield to maturity (%)tooltip: A bond's total return if held to maturity and no default occurs or options are exercised. Assumes coupons are paid on time and accounts for their present value. Assumes principal is returned at maturity.
5.9 5.8
BSNY_YTWSEC
Yield to worst (%)tooltip: Lower of Yield to Maturity or the bond's total return if put or call options are exercised prior to maturity but no default occurs.
5.8 5.8
Effective duration (years)tooltip: Effective duration is a duration calculation for bonds that takes into account that expected cash flows will fluctuate as interest rates change.
6.5 6.4
Spread duration (years)tooltip: A measure of fixed income securities' sensitivity to spread movement.
6.4 6.6
Option adjusted spread (bps)tooltip: Option-adjusted spread is a yield-spread calculation used to value securities with embedded options.
94 88
Duration times spread (bps)tooltip: A measure of fixed income securities' spread exposure, taking into account both spread duration and credit spread exposure.
706 640
BSNY_YTWSEC
Average coupon (%)tooltip: The average coupon is the weighted average coupon rate of all the bond holdings.
4.9 4.7
Index data refers to the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index.

Top credit issuers

As of 9/30/26 (updated monthly, %)
BFCFXIndex
JPMorgan Chase3.4%2.3%
Morgan Stanley2.5%2.2%
AbbVie2.4%0.8%
Amgen2.2%0.6%
Oracle2.2%1.3%
Goldman Sachs2.2%1.8%
Philip Morris International1.8%0.5%
Bank of America1.7%2.1%
Wells Fargo1.7%1.4%
Charter Communications1.6%0.6%
Index data refers to the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index.

Portfolio exposures

As of 10/31/26 (updated monthly)
Fixed Income sector breakdown
Market value (%)Contribution to duration (years)
SectorsBFCFXINDEXBFCFXINDEX
Credit93.3100.095.9100.0
Securitized0.3—0.3—
Government2.6—3.8—
Other14—0.0—0.0
Cash & equivalents121.5—0.0—
CDX& TRS Offset152.4———
Index data refers to the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index.
Data represents the fixed income portion of the portfolio.

Fees & expenses

Fees

As of the most recent prospectus (%)
Annual management fees
0.25
Other expenses
0.20
12b-1
0.25

Expense ratio

Values shown as percentages (%)
BFCFX (gross/net)3
0.70/0.70
Morningstar Corporate Bond No Load median18
As of 9/30/26 (updated quarterly)
0.45

Resources


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1.
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2.
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3.
Expense ratios are as of each fund's prospectus/characteristics statement, as applicable, available at the time of publication.
4.
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.
5.
Portfolio turnover is as of the most recent prospectus/characteristics statement, as applicable.
6.
The months indicated for dividends and capital gains paid represent the anticipated current year ex-dividend date schedule for all share classes.
7.
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8.
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9.
Includes cash, short-term securities, other assets less liabilities, and certain accruals. 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.
10.
May include forwards, options on forwards, warrants, and convertible securities.
11.
Read more information about Morningstar Style Box methodology. The model for the fixed-income style box is based on the two pillars of fixed-income performance: interest-rate sensitivity and credit quality. The three interest sensitivity groups are limited, moderate and extensive and the three credit quality groups are high, medium and low. These groupings display a portfolio's effective duration and third party credit ratings to provide an overall representation of the fund's risk orientation given the sensitivity to interest rate and credit rating of bonds in the portfolio.
12.
Includes cash, short-term securities, other assets less liabilities, and certain accruals. 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.
13.
Portfolio market value reflect risk notional values. Risk notional is the value of the underlying asset at the current market price for a derivatives trade.
14.
Sector breakdown "Other" may include equities, rights, warrants, preferreds, convertibles, forwards, the market value of certain derivative instruments and other uncategorized securities.
15.
The offset represents positions within the portfolio used to offset risk and is -1 multiplied by the total of all notional values.
16.
Rating exposure ”Other” may include equities, rights, warrants, preferreds, convertibles, forwards and FX (foreign exchange) options.
17.
Includes cash, short-term securities, other assets less liabilities, and may include accrued income. 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.
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Source for Morningstar expense ratio comparison: Morningstar, based on Morningstar Corporate Bond No Load median funds' most recent fiscal year-ends available as of the most recent quarter-end.
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