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CGBL vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CGBL returned +7.1% to VO's +12.8%; 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 $103.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

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At a glance
+7.1%
CGBL total return, 1 year
+12.8%
VO total return, 1 year
0.33%
CGBL expense ratio
0.03%
VO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VO costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.7 points; VO is 13.4 times larger.

CGBL vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureCGBLVO
Return
Total return, 1 year+7.1%+12.8%
Drawdown
Below its high3.4%, high on Aug 13, 20263.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMorningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.33%0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$7.7bn$103.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund59.3%9.7%

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

What they share

7%

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and VO hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CGBL VO
TransDigm Group Inc 0.72% 0.59%
Aon PLC 0.84% 0.58%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co 0.72% 0.58%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 0.55% 0.67%
United Rentals Inc 0.44% 0.61%
Quanta Services Inc 0.43% 0.95%
DR Horton Inc 0.48% 0.34%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 0.33% 0.79%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.52% 0.33%
Carnival Corp Ltd 0.37% 0.30%
L3Harris Technologies Inc 0.29% 0.44%
Ingersoll Rand Inc 0.48% 0.29%
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%
Micron Technology Inc 2.23%
Philip Morris International Inc 2.07%
Apple Inc 2.01%
Only in VO
Cloudflare Inc 1.11%
Valero Energy Corp 1.10%
Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%
Phillips 66 1.01%
Vertiv Holdings Co 0.92%
Datadog Inc 0.91%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.89%
Robinhood Markets Inc 0.88%
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Side by side

CGBL Capital Group Core Balanced ETF VO Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF
Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Mid-Cap
Total return, 1 year +7.1% +12.8%
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% 91.1%
Holdings 77 273
Net assets, CGBL as of Oct 27, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.9bn $103.4bn

CGBL and VO 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.

VO

VO tracks an index of Mid-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 273 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or VO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and VO +12.8%.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or VO?
VO 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 VO overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
CGBL on its own →VO on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →CGBL dividend history →CGBL holdings →VO dividend history →VO holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
CGBL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
CGBL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Capital Group page for CGBL ↗
VO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VO ↗

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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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