Brief Study of T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund (PRGFX)

T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund (PRGFX) seeks long-term growth of capital and, secondarily, increasing dividend income by investing primarily in common stocks of well-established growth companies. PRGFX invests at least 80% of net assets in the common stocks of diversified group of growth companies. PRGFX normally (but not always) seeks investments in companies that have the ability to pay increasing dividends through strong cash flow.

This Large Growth product has a history of positive total returns for over 10 years. Specifically, the fund's returns over the 3, 5 year benchmarks; 3 year 13.2% and 5 year 16.9%. To see how this fund performed compared in its category, and other #1 and #2 Ranked Mutual Funds, please click here.

PRGFX's performance, as of the last filing, when compared to funds in its category was in the top 2% over the past 1 year, and in the top 2% over the past 3 years and in the top 4% over the past 5 years.

The T. Rowe Price Growth Stock fund, as of the last filing, allocates their fund in top two major groups; Large Growth and Foreign Stock. Further, as of the last filing, Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc and Priceline Group Inc were the top holdings for PRGFX.

This Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) was incepted in April 1950 and is managed by T. Rowe Price. PRGFX carries an expense ratio of 0.68% and requires a minimal initial investment of $2,500.

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