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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and VOE +22.8%.

Which is cheaper, CGBL or VOE?

VOE is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 96% of VOE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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CGBL vs VOE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CGBL returned +7.1% to VOE's +22.8%; 5% 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 $22.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+7.1%

CGBL total return, 1 year

+22.8%

VOE total return, 1 year

0.33%

CGBL expense ratio

0.05%

VOE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOE costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.7 points; VOE is 3.0 times larger.

CGBL vs VOE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CGBL	VOE
Return
Measure	CGBL	VOE
Total return, 1 year	+7.1%	+22.8%
Drawdown
Measure	CGBL	VOE
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	CGBL	VOE
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Morningstar US Mid Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	CGBL	VOE
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.7bn	$22.8bn
Holdings
Measure	CGBL	VOE
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	59.3%	14.0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and VOE hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CGBL VOE

Aon PLC 0.84% 1.00%

Arthur J Gallagher & Co 0.72% 0.99%

DR Horton Inc 0.48% 0.58%

United Rentals Inc 0.44% 1.06%

DTE Energy Co 0.69% 0.43%

Darden Restaurants Inc 0.42% 0.37%

Fiserv Inc 0.65% 0.37%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 0.33% 1.37%

L3Harris Technologies Inc 0.29% 0.75%

Carnival Corp Ltd 0.37% 0.26%

Ingersoll Rand Inc 0.48% 0.25%

NIKE Inc 0.23% 0.72%

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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 VOE

Valero Energy Corp 1.90%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.89%

Phillips 66 1.73%

Warner Bros Discovery Inc 1.25%

SLB Ltd 1.23%

Target Corp 1.21%

Cummins Inc 1.21%

General Motors Co 1.15%

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Side by side

CGBL Capital Group Core Balanced ETF VOE Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Mid-Cap Value

Total return, 1 year +7.1% +22.8%

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% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 48.1% 96.0%

Holdings 77 169

Net assets, CGBL as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOE as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.9bn $22.8bn

CGBL and VOE 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.

VOE

VOE tracks an index of Mid-Cap Value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +22.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 169 positions, with the top ten at 14.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or VOE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and VOE +22.8%.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or VOE?: VOE is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGBL and VOE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 96% of VOE 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 ↗

VOE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOE ↗

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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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