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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and XLK +27.1%.

Which is cheaper, CGBL or XLK?

XLK is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 100% of XLK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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CGBL vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CGBL returned +7.1% to XLK's +27.1%; 14% 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 $125.0bn for State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+7.1%

CGBL total return, 1 year

+27.1%

XLK total return, 1 year

0.33%

CGBL expense ratio

0.08%

XLK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLK costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.0 points; XLK is 15.8 times larger.

CGBL vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CGBL	XLK
Return
Measure	CGBL	XLK
Total return, 1 year	+7.1%	+27.1%
Drawdown
Measure	CGBL	XLK
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026	5.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	CGBL	XLK
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Technology Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	CGBL	XLK
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$7.9bn	$125.0bn
Holdings
Measure	CGBL	XLK
Holdings in common	14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	59.3%	64.6%

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

What they share

14%

By the books each fund has filed, CGBL and XLK hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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14% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CGBL XLK

Broadcom Inc 4.58% 4.70%

Micron Technology Inc 2.23% 4.02%

Apple Inc 2.01% 14.62%

Microsoft Corp 1.97% 11.38%

NVIDIA Corp 1.20% 15.22%

KLA Corp 1.08% 1.17%

Intel Corp 0.91% 2.72%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 0.33% 0.47%

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Alphabet Inc 2.79%

Philip Morris International Inc 2.07%

GE Vernova Inc 1.26%

ATI Inc 1.24%

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 1.20%

Only in XLK

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.78%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 2.67%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 2.56%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.91%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.84%

LAM RESEARCH CORP 1.76%

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 1.65%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC A 1.59%

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Side by side

CGBL Capital Group Core Balanced ETF XLK State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Technology

Total return, 1 year +7.1% +27.1%

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

Gap to its benchmark −0.4 pts vs VOO and AGG +13.5 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 48.1% 99.9%

Holdings 77 76

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $7.9bn $125.0bn

CGBL and XLK 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.

XLK

XLK tracks an index of Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 76 positions, with the top ten at 64.6%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGBL or XLK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGBL returned +7.1% and XLK +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, CGBL or XLK?: XLK is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGBL and XLK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGBL and 100% of XLK 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 ↗

XLK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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