# American Funds 2040 Target Date Retirement Fund

American Funds 2040 Target Date Retirement Fund is a registered fund series of American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (series S000015561). Net assets $52.8B as of 2026-04-30.

## Profile

- Series ID: S000015561
- Registrant: American Funds Target Date Retirement Series
- LEI: 5493005UHC2C0FQBDR05
- Net assets: $52.8B
- Total assets: $52.9B
- As of: 2026-04-30
- Type: Fund of funds

## Advisers

- [Capital Research and Management Company (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/110885)

## Top holdings (26 reported)

_Showing 15 of 26 holdings by value._

| Holding | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [AMERICAN BALANCED FUND (AMBAL)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/024071813) | — | $4.2B | 802.26% |
| [AMERICAN MUTUAL FUND (AMF)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/027681816) | — | $3.7B | 704.12% |
| [CAPITAL WORLD GROWTH & INCOME FUND](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/140543810) | — | $3.7B | 702.19% |
| [FUNDAMENTAL INVESTORS](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/360802813) | — | $3.5B | 671.31% |
| [GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA (THE)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/399874817) | — | $3.5B | 667.39% |
| [AMCAP FUND](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/023375819) | — | $3.5B | 665.27% |
| [NEW PERSPECTIVE FUND (NPF)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/648018810) | — | $3.1B | 577.71% |
| [WASHINGTON MUTUAL INVESTORS FUND (WMIF)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/939330817) | — | $3.0B | 572.58% |
| [SMALLCAP WORLD FUND INC](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/831681812) | — | $2.9B | 540.94% |
| [U S GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND (GVT)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/026300814) | — | $2.6B | 495.70% |
| [AMERICAN FUNDS GLOBAL INSIGHT FUND](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/14020E775) | — | $2.1B | 401.59% |
| [INCOME FUND OF AMERICA (THE) (IFA)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/453320814) | — | $2.1B | 401.40% |
| [INVESTMENT COMPANY OF AMERICA](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/461308819) | — | $2.1B | 400.51% |
| [CAPITAL INCOME BUILDER (CIB)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/140193822) | — | $1.8B | 331.81% |
| [AMERICAN FUNDS GLOBAL BALANCED FUND (GBAL)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/security/02629W817) | — | $1.5B | 289.31% |

## Net asset history

| Report date | Net assets |
| --- | --- |
| 2026-04-30 | $52.8B |
| 2026-01-31 | $52.2B |
| 2025-10-31 | $50.4B |
| 2025-07-31 | $48.2B |
| 2025-04-30 | $43.9B |
| 2025-01-31 | $46.3B |
| 2024-10-31 | $44.4B |
| 2024-07-31 | $43.2B |

## More

- [Registrant: American Funds Target Date Retirement Series](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/1380175)
- [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000015561.md)
- [Search all SEC filings, advisers and people on Adviser Search](https://search.stillhousedata.com/)

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