Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or CGBL?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and CGBL +7.1%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or CGBL?

Neither: AVEM and CGBL both charge 0.33% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVEM and CGBL overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 48% of CGBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVEM vs CGBL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to CGBL's +7.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $27.3bn for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and $7.9bn for Capital Group Core Balanced ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+7.1%

CGBL total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.33%

CGBL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.33% a year; their one-year returns differ by 10.8 points; AVEM is 3.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AVEM vs CGBL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	CGBL
Return
Measure	AVEM	CGBL
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+7.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	CGBL
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	3.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	CGBL
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	CGBL
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.33%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$7.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	CGBL
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%	59.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Oct 6, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 159 weekly returns

AVEM CGBL

Return

Total return edge AVEM +82.2% +55.6%

Annualized edge AVEM +21.7% +15.6%

Price return edge AVEM +66.4% +46.8%

Risk

Volatility edge CGBL 17.8% 10.4%

Max drawdown edge CGBL −12.9% −10.0%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge CGBL (slight) 0.94 1.02

Sortino edge CGBL 1.37 1.58

Calmar edge AVEM (slight) 1.69 1.55

Reading

AVEM returned more: +82.2% to +55.6%. CGBL swung less: 10.4% to 17.8%. CGBL fell less at its worst: −10.0% to −12.9%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: AVEM vs CGBL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	CGBL	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+82.2%	+55.6%	AVEM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+21.7%	+15.6%	AVEM	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+66.4%	+46.8%	AVEM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	17.8%	10.4%	CGBL	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.3%	6.7%	CGBL	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−12.9%	−10.0%	CGBL	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.94	1.02	CGBL (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.37	1.58	CGBL	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.69	1.55	AVEM (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 159 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and CGBL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVEM CGBL

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AVEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR 6.82%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 6.09%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S GDR 5.35%

SK HYNIX INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 4.89%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK HKD.00002 1.49%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 1.02%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.96%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.73%

Only in CGBL

Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 23.27%

Capital Group Core Bond ETF 15.64%

Broadcom Inc 4.58%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.49%

Alphabet Inc 2.79%

Micron Technology Inc 2.23%

Philip Morris International Inc 2.07%

Apple Inc 2.01%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF CGBL Capital Group Core Balanced ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Allocation ETF

Issuer Avantis Capital Group

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +7.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +7.5% (VOO and AGG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.4 pts vs VOO and AGG

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.33%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 48.1%

Holdings 4088 77

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $27.3bn $7.9bn

AVEM and CGBL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 119 days apart.

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About each fund

AVEM

AVEM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,088 positions, with the top ten at 28.7%. It sat 10.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

CGBL

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.1% with distributions reinvested, against +7.5% for its benchmark, the 60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index.

CGBL is actively managed and tracks no index. 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 59.3%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or CGBL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and CGBL +7.1%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or CGBL?: Neither: AVEM and CGBL both charge 0.33% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and CGBL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 48% of CGBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

CGBL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CGBL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Capital Group page for CGBL ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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