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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 VTV: how they differ

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

Capital Group Core Balanced ETF and Vanguard Value Index Fund.

What they hold in common

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

Positions CGBL and VTV both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCGBLVTV
Micron Technology Inc2.23%4.89%
Philip Morris International Inc2.07%1.06%
Bank of America Corp0.96%1.37%
Intel Corp0.91%1.05%
UnitedHealth Group Inc0.63%1.42%
Deere & Co0.88%0.61%
Union Pacific Corp0.79%0.61%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.74%0.59%
Caterpillar Inc0.58%1.84%
Amgen Inc0.54%0.73%
General Electric Co0.52%0.73%
Home Depot Inc/The0.50%1.32%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in CGBLOnly in VTV
Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 23.22%Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.96%
Capital Group Core Bond ETF 15.60%Johnson & Johnson 2.30%
Broadcom Inc 4.57%Exxon Mobil Corp 2.13%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 3.48%Walmart Inc 1.87%
Alphabet Inc 2.78%AbbVie Inc 1.67%
Apple Inc 2.00%Cisco Systems Inc 1.57%
Microsoft Corp 1.96%Procter & Gamble Co/The 1.28%
GE Vernova Inc 1.25%Merck & Co Inc 1.19%

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.

CGBL and VTV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CGBL
Capital Group Core Balanced ETF
VTV
Vanguard Value Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerCapitalVanguard
What it isCore BalancedUS value
Total return, 1 year+9.9%+22.9%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−7.6 pts+5.4 pts
Expense ratio0.33%0.03%
Already in the S&P 50048.1%98.6%
Holdings77308

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%.

VTV in plain words

VTV is an index equity fund tracking the US value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 308 positions, with the top ten at 23.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or VTV?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +9.9% and VTV returned +22.9%, so VTV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or VTV?
CGBL charges 0.33% a year and VTV charges 0.03%, so VTV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGBL and VTV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 99% of VTV 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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CGBL against VTV, 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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