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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 SPHQ: how they differ

CGBL and SPHQ hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and SPHQ returned more over the year.

Capital Group Core Balanced ETF and Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and SPHQ hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CGBL and SPHQ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCGBLSPHQ
Apple Inc2.00%4.51%
GE Vernova Inc1.25%3.15%
KLA Corp1.08%3.27%
Visa Inc0.92%4.69%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.74%2.28%
Caterpillar Inc0.58%3.78%
General Electric Co0.52%4.16%
Mastercard Inc0.51%4.32%
Costco Wholesale Corp0.32%4.82%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in CGBLOnly in SPHQ
Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 23.22%Lam Research Corp. 4.10%
Capital Group Core Bond ETF 15.60%Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.54%
Broadcom Inc 4.57%Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 3.46%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 3.48%Coca-Cola Co. (The) 3.34%
Alphabet Inc 2.78%Merck & Co., Inc. 2.87%
Micron Technology Inc 2.23%Applied Materials, Inc. 2.80%
Philip Morris International Inc 2.07%Western Digital Corp. 2.15%
Microsoft Corp 1.96%QUALCOMM Inc. 2.03%

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 SPHQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CGBL
Capital Group Core Balanced ETF
SPHQ
Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerCapitalInvesco
What it isCore BalancedS&P 500 Quality
Total return, 1 year+9.9%+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−7.6 pts−0.1 pts
Expense ratio0.33%0.15%
Already in the S&P 50048.1%99.9%
Holdings7799

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%.

SPHQ in plain words

SPHQ is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 40.7%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or SPHQ?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +9.9% and SPHQ returned +17.4%, so SPHQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or SPHQ?
CGBL charges 0.33% a year and SPHQ charges 0.15%, so SPHQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGBL and SPHQ overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 100% of SPHQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 8% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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