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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and IYW +23.2%.

Which is cheaper, CGBL or IYW?

CGBL is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 94% of IYW by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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CGBL vs IYW: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CGBL returned +7.1% to IYW's +23.2%; 17% 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 $25.0bn for iShares U.S. Technology ETF.

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At a glance

+7.1%

CGBL total return, 1 year

+23.2%

IYW total return, 1 year

0.33%

CGBL expense ratio

0.37%

IYW expense ratio

Pair scorecard

CGBL costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.1 points; IYW is 3.2 times larger.

CGBL vs IYW: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CGBL	IYW
Return
Measure	CGBL	IYW
Total return, 1 year	+7.1%	+23.2%
Drawdown
Measure	CGBL	IYW
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026	5.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	CGBL	IYW
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Russell 1000 Technology RIC 22
Cost and size
Measure	CGBL	IYW
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$7.9bn	$25.0bn
Holdings
Measure	CGBL	IYW
Holdings in common	17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	59.3%	65.1%

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

What they share

17%

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and IYW hold 17% 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 IYW

Broadcom Inc 4.58% 3.14%

Alphabet Inc 2.79% 2.38%

Micron Technology Inc 2.23% 2.73%

Apple Inc 2.01% 16.60%

Microsoft Corp 1.97% 13.07%

NVIDIA Corp 1.20% 16.81%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.10% 3.02%

KLA Corp 1.08% 0.99%

Intel Corp 0.91% 2.12%

International Business Machines Corp 0.41% 1.16%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 0.33% 0.40%

Strategy Inc 0.13% 0.25%

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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%

Philip Morris International Inc 2.07%

GE Vernova Inc 1.26%

ATI Inc 1.24%

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.20%

Booking Holdings Inc 1.10%

Only in IYW

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.04%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 2.18%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.92%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 1.60%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.55%

LAM RESEARCH 1.49%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 1.39%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 1.33%

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Side by side

CGBL Capital Group Core Balanced ETF IYW iShares U.S. Technology ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of U.S. Technology

Total return, 1 year +7.1% +23.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +7.5% (VOO and AGG) +13.1% (IWB)

Gap to its benchmark −0.4 pts vs VOO and AGG +10.1 pts vs IWB

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 48.1% 94.3%

Holdings 77 150

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $7.9bn $25.0bn

CGBL and IYW 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.

IYW

IYW tracks an index of U.S. Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 150 positions, with the top ten at 65.1%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or IYW?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and IYW +23.2%.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or IYW?: CGBL is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGBL and IYW overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 94% of IYW 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 ↗

IYW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYW ↗

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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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