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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and VLUE +54.7%.

Which is cheaper, CGBL or VLUE?

VLUE is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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CGBL vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CGBL returned +7.1% to VLUE's +54.7%; 7% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $7.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Capital Group Core Balanced ETF, and $9.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+7.1%

CGBL total return, 1 year

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

0.33%

CGBL expense ratio

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VLUE costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 47.6 points; VLUE is 1.2 times larger.

CGBL vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CGBL	VLUE
Return
Measure	CGBL	VLUE
Total return, 1 year	+7.1%	+54.7%
Drawdown
Measure	CGBL	VLUE
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	CGBL	VLUE
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	CGBL	VLUE
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$7.9bn	$9.3bn
Holdings
Measure	CGBL	VLUE
Holdings in common	7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	59.3%	42.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and VLUE hold 7% 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 VLUE

Micron Technology Inc 2.23% 20.94%

Bank of America Corp 0.96% 1.77%

Comcast Corp 0.65% 1.58%

Capital One Financial Corp 0.62% 0.83%

CVS Health Corp 0.48% 1.31%

United Rentals Inc 0.44% 0.86%

Wells Fargo & Co 0.43% 1.17%

Carnival Corp Ltd 0.37% 0.56%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 0.33% 1.95%

L3Harris Technologies Inc 0.29% 0.50%

Fiserv Inc 0.65% 0.18%

Strategy Inc 0.13% 0.54%

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Philip Morris International Inc 2.07%

Apple Inc 2.01%

Microsoft Corp 1.97%

Only in VLUE

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%

GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.72%

AT&T 2.24%

PFIZER 1.86%

QUALCOMM 1.73%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CLASS C 1.72%

WALT DISNEY 1.71%

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Side by side

CGBL Capital Group Core Balanced ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor

Total return, 1 year +7.1% +54.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +7.5% (VOO and AGG) +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.4 pts vs VOO and AGG +41.1 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 48.1% 96.6%

Holdings 77 148

Net assets, CGBL as of Oct 27, 2026 and VLUE as of Oct 28, 2026 $7.9bn $9.4bn

CGBL and VLUE 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.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or VLUE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or VLUE?: VLUE is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGBL and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 97% of VLUE 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 ↗

VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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