ASBAX — Short-Term Bond Fund of America
Data updated: 2026-07-29
ASBAX — Short-Term Bond Fund of America data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond · $12.93B AUM · 0.68% expense ratio · 3.1% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
ASBAX Fund Overview
ASBAX — Short-Term Bond Fund of America is a US mutual fund managed by Short-Term Bond Fund of America, categorised as Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Short-Term Bond Fund of America
- Category: Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $12.93B
- 1-year return: 3.1%
- Ticker: ASBAX
- SEC CIK: 0001368040
- SEC series ID: S000013585
- Share class ID: C000036818
ASBAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Short-Term Bond Fund of America by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Capital Group Central Cash Fund | 12.21% |
| United States Treasury | 10.07% |
| United States Treasury | 5.89% |
| United States Treasury | 4.82% |
| United States Treasury | 2.52% |
| United States Treasury | 1.93% |
| United States Treasury | 1.87% |
| United States Treasury | 1.41% |
| United States Treasury | 1.11% |
| United States Treasury | 0.92% |
ASBAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Short-Term Bond Fund of America by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 49.0% |
| Securitized | 41.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 12.2% |
ASBAX Performance
Total returns for ASBAX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.4% |
| 1 year | 3.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.1% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 1.7% |
ASBAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for ASBAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 1.3%
ASBAX Costs and Fees
ASBAX costs about $68 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.68%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.68%
- Portfolio turnover: 232%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ASBAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, Short-Term Bond Fund of America had net inflows of $515.23M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | $88.89M |
| 2026-01 | $162.31M |
| 2025-12 | $25.03M |
| 2025-11 | $99.34M |
| 2025-10 | $173.62M |
| 2025-09 | $90.14M |
ASBAX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Short-Term Bond Fund of America by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury | 10.07% |
| United States Treasury | 5.89% |
| United States Treasury | 4.82% |
| United States Treasury | 2.52% |
| United States Treasury | 1.93% |
| United States Treasury | 1.87% |
| United States Treasury | 1.41% |
| United States Treasury | 1.11% |
| United States Treasury | 0.92% |
| United States Treasury | 0.91% |
ASBAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Short-Term Bond Fund of America filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.