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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 VGIT: how they differ

CGBL and VGIT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and CGBL returned more over the year.

Capital Group Core Balanced ETF and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and VGIT 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 VGIT
Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 23.22%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.97%
Capital Group Core Bond ETF 15.60%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.94%
Broadcom Inc 4.57%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 3.48%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%
Alphabet Inc 2.78%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%
Micron Technology Inc 2.23%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%
Philip Morris International Inc 2.07%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%
Apple Inc 2.00%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.87%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

CGBL and VGIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CGBL
Capital Group Core Balanced ETF
VGIT
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerCapitalVanguard
What it isCore BalancedIntermediate-Term Treasury
Total return, 1 year+9.9%−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−7.6 pts−18.7 pts
Expense ratio0.33%0.03%
Holdings77103

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%.

VGIT in plain words

VGIT is a bond fund tracking the Intermediate-Term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.7% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or VGIT?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +9.9% and VGIT returned −1.2%, so CGBL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or VGIT?
CGBL charges 0.33% a year and VGIT charges 0.03%, so VGIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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CGBL against VGIT, 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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