Summary
American Funds U.S. Government Securities Fund® Class R-6 is a mutual fund run by Capital Group. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day.
- Yearly costs
- 0.25%
- Fund size
- $23.1B
- Dividend yield
- 3.40%
- Running since
- 1985
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $23.1B under management.
- It has been running since 1985.
What to watch
Nothing here calls for caution.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +1.3%
- 3 months
- -1.3%
- This year
- -4.9%
- 1 year
- -5.6%
- 3 years
- +1.3%
- 5 years
- -18%
- 10 years
- -18%
What does it cost me?
Usual costs- A year from $10,000
- $25.00
- Over 20 years
- $1,235
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $25.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $1,235.
How has it done?
Losing value- A year on average, 10 years
- -2.0%
- Deepest drop
- -22%
- Yearly volatility
- 4.2%
Average yearly decline over the last ten years: 2.0%. Deepest drop in these years: 22% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 3.40%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.04
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.39 per share, which is 3.40% of today's price. The last payment was $0.04 on Apr 30, 2026.