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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and ITOT +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, CGBL or ITOT?

ITOT is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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CGBL vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CGBL returned +7.1% to ITOT's +13.4%; 24% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $7.9bn for Capital Group Core Balanced ETF and $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

+7.1%

CGBL total return, 1 year

+13.4%

ITOT total return, 1 year

0.33%

CGBL expense ratio

0.03%

ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.3 points; ITOT is 12.3 times larger.

CGBL vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CGBL	ITOT
Return
Measure	CGBL	ITOT
Total return, 1 year	+7.1%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	CGBL	ITOT
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	CGBL	ITOT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Measure	CGBL	ITOT
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$7.9bn	$97.1bn
Holdings
Measure	CGBL	ITOT
Holdings in common	24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	59.3%	33.9%

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

What they share

24%

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and ITOT hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CGBL ITOT

Alphabet Inc 2.79% 2.52%

Broadcom Inc 4.58% 2.18%

Apple Inc 2.01% 6.78%

Microsoft Corp 1.97% 5.28%

Micron Technology Inc 2.23% 1.40%

NVIDIA Corp 1.20% 7.06%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.10% 1.83%

Visa Inc 0.92% 0.92%

Amazon.com Inc 0.81% 3.32%

Eli Lilly & Co 0.73% 1.37%

Intel Corp 0.91% 0.62%

Mastercard Inc 0.51% 0.66%

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Only in CGBL

Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 23.27%

Capital Group Core Bond ETF 15.64%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.49%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 1.04%

Franco-Nevada Corp 0.89%

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 0.85%

Lundin Mining Corp 0.66%

ASML Holding NV 0.62%

Only in ITOT

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.02%

TESLA INC 1.54%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.36%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.22%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.99%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.87%

WALMART 0.71%

ABBVIE 0.68%

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Side by side

CGBL Capital Group Core Balanced ETF ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market

Total return, 1 year +7.1% +13.4%

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

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

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 48.1% 88.1%

Holdings 77 2443

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $7.9bn $97.1bn

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

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About each fund

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. 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 59.3%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or ITOT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or ITOT?: ITOT is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGBL and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 88% of ITOT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

CGBL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CGBL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Capital Group page for CGBL ↗

ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ITOT ↗

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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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