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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 IALT: how they differ

CGBL and IALT hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

Capital Group Core Balanced ETF and iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and IALT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in CGBLOnly in IALT
Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 23.22%Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 17.26%
Capital Group Core Bond ETF 15.60%PRIME SECSRVC BRW/FINANC 1.29%
Broadcom Inc 4.57%PHINIA INC 0.94%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 3.48%DISH DBS CORP 0.21%
Alphabet Inc 2.78%DISH DBS CORP 0.19%
Micron Technology Inc 2.23%DISH DBS CORP 0.10%
Philip Morris International Inc 2.07%
Apple Inc 2.00%

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 IALT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CGBL
Capital Group Core Balanced ETF
IALT
iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerCapitaliShares
What it isCore BalancedSystematic Alternatives Active
Total return, 1 year+9.9%+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+12.1%
Gap to the S&P 500−7.6 pts+5.4 pts
Expense ratio0.33%not published
Already in the S&P 50048.1%54.9%
Holdings778

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%.

IALT in plain words

IALT is an index equity fund tracking the Systematic Alternatives Active. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

Questions people ask

How much do CGBL and IALT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 55% of IALT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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CGBL against IALT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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