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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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CGBL vs FTEC: how they differ

CGBL and FTEC hold 15% of their weight in the same names, and FTEC returned more over the year.

Capital Group Core Balanced ETF and Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and FTEC hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CGBL and FTEC both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCGBLFTEC
Broadcom Inc4.57%5.01%
Micron Technology Inc2.23%2.64%
Apple Inc2.00%14.38%
Microsoft Corp1.96%9.54%
NVIDIA Corp1.19%18.00%
KLA Corp1.08%1.09%
Intel Corp0.91%1.99%
International Business Machines Corp0.41%0.99%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co0.33%0.26%
Strategy Inc0.13%0.22%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in CGBLOnly in FTEC
Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 23.22%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.60%
Capital Group Core Bond ETF 15.60%Cisco Systems Inc 1.66%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 3.48%Lam Research Corp 1.49%
Alphabet Inc 2.78%Applied Materials Inc 1.45%
Philip Morris International Inc 2.07%Palantir Technologies Inc 1.40%
GE Vernova Inc 1.25%Oracle Corp 1.22%
ATI Inc 1.23%Texas Instruments Inc 1.20%
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.20%Analog Devices Inc 0.95%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

CGBL and FTEC on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CGBL
Capital Group Core Balanced ETF
FTEC
Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerCapitalFidelity
What it isCore BalancedMSCI Information Technology
Total return, 1 year+9.9%+35.7%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−7.6 pts+18.2 pts
Expense ratio0.33%0.08%
Already in the S&P 50048.1%86.2%
Holdings77282

CGBL in plain words

CGBL is an index equity fund tracking the Core Balanced. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 48% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 77 positions, with the top ten at 59.2%.

FTEC in plain words

FTEC is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI Information Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +35.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 58.8%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or FTEC?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +9.9% and FTEC returned +35.7%, so FTEC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or FTEC?
CGBL charges 0.33% a year and FTEC charges 0.08%, so FTEC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGBL and FTEC overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 86% of FTEC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 15% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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