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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and VTV +23.5%.

Which is cheaper, CGBL or VTV?

VTV 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 VTV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 98% of VTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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CGBL vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CGBL returned +7.1% to VTV's +23.5%; 15% 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 $184.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF.

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At a glance

+7.1%

CGBL total return, 1 year

+23.5%

VTV total return, 1 year

0.33%

CGBL expense ratio

0.03%

VTV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTV costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.4 points; VTV is far larger, $184.2bn against $7.7bn.

CGBL vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CGBL	VTV
Return
Measure	CGBL	VTV
Total return, 1 year	+7.1%	+23.5%
Drawdown
Measure	CGBL	VTV
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	CGBL	VTV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Morningstar US Large Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	CGBL	VTV
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.7bn	$184.2bn
Holdings
Measure	CGBL	VTV
Holdings in common	15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	59.3%	23.6%

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

What they share

15%

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and VTV hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CGBL VTV

Micron Technology Inc 2.23% 4.56%

Philip Morris International Inc 2.07% 1.13%

Bank of America Corp 0.96% 1.37%

Gilead Sciences Inc 0.74% 0.70%

Deere & Co 0.88% 0.65%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.64% 1.25%

Union Pacific Corp 0.79% 0.61%

Caterpillar Inc 0.58% 1.41%

Amgen Inc 0.54% 0.86%

General Electric Co 0.52% 0.61%

Home Depot Inc 0.50% 1.07%

ConocoPhillips 0.46% 0.57%

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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%

Apple Inc 2.01%

Microsoft Corp 1.97%

GE Vernova Inc 1.26%

Only in VTV

Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.92%

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.56%

Johnson & Johnson 2.42%

AbbVie Inc 1.75%

Walmart Inc 1.72%

Chevron Corp 1.45%

Cisco Systems Inc 1.45%

Merck & Co Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

CGBL Capital Group Core Balanced ETF VTV Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of US value

Total return, 1 year +7.1% +23.5%

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% 98.1%

Holdings 77 300

Net assets, CGBL as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTV as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.9bn $184.2bn

CGBL and VTV 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.

VTV

VTV tracks an index of US value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 300 positions, with the top ten at 23.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or VTV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and VTV +23.5%.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or VTV?: VTV 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 VTV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 98% of VTV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CGBL on its own →VTV on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →CGBL dividend history →CGBL holdings →VTV dividend history →VTV holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

CGBL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CGBL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Capital Group page for CGBL ↗

VTV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTV ↗

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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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