Expense Ratio History

ASBAX expense ratio history

Short-Term Bond Fund of America, Class A

Fund company
American Funds
Type
Mutual fund

0.68%

In basis points
68 basis points
Yearly cost per $10,000
$68
Prospectus dated
1 November 2025, filed with the SEC; rounded to 0.01%
Last change
Raised from 0.66% on 1 November 2023

Fee over time

ASBAX expense ratio: 0.63% until 1 Nov 2012, then 0.60%; 0.60% until 1 Nov 2016, then 0.62%; 0.62% until 7 Apr 2017, then 0.71%; 0.71% until 1 Nov 2018, then 0.69%; 0.69% until 1 Nov 2019, then 0.71%; 0.71% until 30 Oct 2020, then 0.70%; 0.70% until 1 Aug 2021, then 0.66%; 0.66% until 1 Nov 2023, then 0.68%; read at 0.68% on 1 Nov 2025.0.00%0.25%0.50%0.75%1.00%Nov 2011Apr 2014Sep 2016Feb 2019Jul 2021Dec 20230.63% before0.68% from 1 Nov 2023
ASBAX expense ratio: 0.63% until 1 Nov 2012, then 0.60%; 0.60% until 1 Nov 2016, then 0.62%; 0.62% until 7 Apr 2017, then 0.71%; 0.71% until 1 Nov 2018, then 0.69%; 0.69% until 1 Nov 2019, then 0.71%; 0.71% until 30 Oct 2020, then 0.70%; 0.70% until 1 Aug 2021, then 0.66%; 0.66% until 1 Nov 2023, then 0.68%; read at 0.68% on 1 Nov 2025.0.00%0.25%0.50%0.75%1.00%Nov 2011Aug 2016May 20210.63% before0.68% from 1 Nov 2023
Solid line: the fee in effect after each recorded change. Dashed: the fee before it. Dots: prospectuses filed with the SEC and dates we read the fee from a source.

Share classes

The same fund is sold as 23 share classes, each with its own fee. Figures are from each class's latest prospectus in SEC filings, rounded to 0.01%.

TickerShare classFeeAfter waiversProspectus dated
ASBAX (this page) Class A 0.68% — 1 Nov 2025
ASBFX Class F-1 0.67% — 1 Nov 2025
CAAFX Class 529-A 0.66% — 1 Nov 2025
CFAMX Class 529-F-1 0.72% — 1 Nov 2025
RAMAX Class R-1 1.38% — 1 Nov 2025
RAMBX Class R-2 1.35% — 1 Nov 2025
RAMCX Class R-3 0.92% — 1 Nov 2025
RAMEX Class R-4 0.62% — 1 Nov 2025
RAMFX Class R-5 0.34% — 1 Nov 2025
— — 1.31% — 1 Jan 2017
ASBCX Class C 1.38% — 1 Nov 2025
— — 1.44% — 1 Jan 2017
CCAMX Class 529-C 1.43% — 1 Nov 2025
CEAMX Class 529-E 0.87% — 1 Nov 2025
SBFFX Class F-2 0.40% — 1 Nov 2025
RMMGX Class R-6 0.29% — 1 Nov 2025
RAAEX Class R-2E 1.03% — 1 Nov 2025
RAAGX Class R-5E 0.44% — 1 Nov 2025
FSBTX Class F-3 0.29% — 1 Nov 2025
TTSBX Class 529-T 0.67% — 1 Nov 2025
TSTBX Class T 0.62% — 1 Nov 2025
FTSBX Class 529-F-2 0.39% — 1 Nov 2025
FFTSX Class 529-F-3 0.34% — 1 Nov 2025

Every figure we've recorded

DateFeeWhat happened
1 Nov 2025 0.68% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2025-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2024 0.68% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2024-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2023 0.68% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2023-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2023 0.68% Raised from 0.66% to 0.68%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 485BPOS) filed with the SEC on 2023-10-31
1 Nov 2022 0.66% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2022-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2021 0.66% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2021-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Aug 2021 0.66% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2021-08-01 (form 497), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 497
1 Aug 2021 0.66% Cut from 0.70% to 0.66%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 497) filed with the SEC on 2022-05-02
30 Oct 2020 0.70% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2020-10-30 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
30 Oct 2020 0.70% Cut from 0.71% to 0.70%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 485BPOS) filed with the SEC on 2020-10-29
1 Nov 2019 0.71% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2019-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2019 0.71% Raised from 0.69% to 0.71%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 485BPOS) filed with the SEC on 2019-11-22
1 Nov 2018 0.69% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2018-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2018 0.69% Cut from 0.71% to 0.69%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 485BPOS) filed with the SEC on 2018-11-21
1 Nov 2017 0.71% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2017-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
7 Apr 2017 0.71% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2017-04-07 (form 497), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 497
7 Apr 2017 0.71% Raised from 0.62% to 0.71%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 497) filed with the SEC on 2017-06-22
1 Jan 2017 0.62% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2017-01-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2016 0.62% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2016-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2016 0.62% Raised from 0.60% to 0.62%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 485BPOS) filed with the SEC on 2016-11-22
1 Nov 2015 0.60% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2015-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2014 0.60% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2014-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
29 Aug 2014 0.60% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2014-08-29 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2013 0.60% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2013-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2012 0.60% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2012-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS
1 Nov 2012 0.60% Cut from 0.63% to 0.60%Prospectus date; the new figure appears in this filingSource: Prospectus (form 485BPOS) filed with the SEC on 2012-11-21
1 Nov 2011 0.63% In the prospectusTotal annual fund operating expenses in the prospectus dated 2011-11-01 (form 485BPOS), from SEC bulk data, which rounds to 0.01%Source: SEC EDGAR filing, form 485BPOS

What this fee costs

Change the amount, years or return. The estimate keeps the fee at 0.68% and the return steady each year, the same assumptions as the cost example in a fund's prospectus.

$849 in fees over 10 years

After fees, $10,000 grows to $15,239.

Fees paid on $10,000 at 5% a year
AfterFees paid
1 year$70
3 years$218
5 years$380
10 years$849

How we read this figure

The figure is the total annual fund operating expenses line of the fee table in the fund's prospectus, as tagged in the fund company's filing with the SEC. The SEC publishes these figures rounded to four decimal places, so 0.015% appears as 0.02%. The fund company's own page may show a more precise number.

SEC filings give 19 prospectuses for this share class since 2011. Each one is listed above with a link to the filing.

How we read fees

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