Which returned more over the last year, CGCP or FIXD?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGCP returned −1.4% and FIXD −2.6%.

Which is cheaper, CGCP or FIXD?

CGCP is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

CGCP vs FIXD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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CGCP's duration was 6.1 years on Jun 30, 2026 and FIXD's 6.2 on Aug 31, 2026; CGCP charges 0.34% to FIXD's 0.65%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $8.6bn for Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF and $2.8bn for First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

CGCP total return, 1 year

−2.6%

FIXD total return, 1 year

0.34%

CGCP expense ratio

0.65%

FIXD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

CGCP costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; CGCP is 3.1 times larger.

CGCP vs FIXD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CGCP	FIXD
Return
Measure	CGCP	FIXD
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−2.6%
Drawdown
Measure	CGCP	FIXD
Below its high		5.7%, high on Aug 4, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	CGCP	FIXD
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	CGCP	FIXD
Expense ratio	0.34%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.6bn	$2.8bn
Holdings
Measure	CGCP	FIXD
Holdings in common	5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Mar 4, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026 · 242 weekly returns · each against AGG

CGCP FIXD

Return

Total return edge CGCP +4.8% −1.4%

Annualized edge CGCP +1.0% −0.3%

Price return edge CGCP −15.7% −18.9%

Risk

Volatility edge CGCP 5.9% 6.7%

Max drawdown edge CGCP −14.0% −16.6%

Downside capture 94.0% 110.1%

Beta 0.96 1.11

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge CGCP −0.51 −0.64

Sortino edge CGCP −0.69 −0.85

Treynor −0.032 −0.039

Calmar edge CGCP 0.07 −0.02

Against the benchmark

Alpha +0.5% a year −0.3% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.59 −0.48

Information ratio 0.36 −0.50

Tracking error 1.7% 1.3%

Reading

CGCP returned more: +4.8% to −1.4%. CGCP swung less: 5.9% to 6.7%. CGCP fell less at its worst: −14.0% to −16.6%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: CGCP vs FIXD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CGCP	FIXD	AGG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+4.8%	−1.4%		CGCP	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+1.0%	−0.3%		CGCP	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−15.7%	−18.9%		CGCP	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	5.9%	6.7%		CGCP	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.4%	5.0%		CGCP	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−14.0%	−16.6%		CGCP	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	96.0%	109.4%	100.0%	FIXD	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	94.0%	110.1%	100.0%	CGCP	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.96	1.11	1.00	CGCP lower	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.92	0.97	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	−0.51	−0.64		CGCP	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	−0.69	−0.85		CGCP	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	−0.032	−0.039	−0.036	CGCP	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.07	−0.02		CGCP	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	AGG	AGG	AGG		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+0.5% a year	−0.3% a year	0.0%	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.59	−0.48		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−1.1% to +2.0%	−1.3% to +0.8%		Both include zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.36	−0.50		CGCP	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	1.7%	1.3%	0.0%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 242 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, CGCP and FIXD hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CGCP FIXD

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2056 1.59% 2.71%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2046 4.35% 0.51%

Freddie Mac Pool, due Dec 1, 2054 0.43% 0.61%

Morgan Stanley, due Oct 22, 2036 0.28% 0.25%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2036 0.21% 4.97%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp, due Jul 15, 2036 0.17% 0.20%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Aug 15, 2045 0.16% 2.41%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Apr 23, 2036 0.15% 0.45%

Morgan Stanley, due Jan 30, 2037 0.15% 0.16%

Oracle Corp, due Feb 4, 2036 0.18% 0.15%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2029 0.14% 0.37%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The, due Jul 23, 2035 0.12% 0.26%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in CGCP

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 8.34%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jan 31, 2028 3.27%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Jul 1, 2056 2.01%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2041 1.73%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jan 31, 2031 1.63%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2028 1.58%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Mar 15, 2029 1.48%

Fannie Mae Pool, due Dec 1, 2054 1.45%

Only in FIXD

T 4.625 08/15/36, due Aug 15, 2036 4.31%

T 4.625 11/15/45, due Nov 15, 2045 3.39%

T 4.625 11/15/55, due Nov 15, 2055 2.58%

T 4.125 10/31/29, due Oct 31, 2029 2.17%

T 5.125 08/15/56, due Aug 15, 2056 1.25%

T 4.375 07/31/31, due Jul 31, 2031 1.00%

BA 7.008 05/01/64, due May 1, 2064 0.96%

T 1.625 11/15/50, due Nov 15, 2050 0.74%

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Side by side

CGCP Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF FIXD First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Capital Group First Trust

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −2.6%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG −1.2 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.34% 0.65%

Holdings 1464 410

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.6bn $2.8bn

CGCP and FIXD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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CGCP and FIXD are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Holdings in common. 5% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026).
Number of holdings. CGCP holds 1,464 positions and FIXD holds 410.
Cost. CGCP charges 0.34% of assets a year and FIXD 0.65%, a gap of 0.31 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

CGCP

CGCP is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.34% a year.

FIXD

FIXD is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −2.6% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 4, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGCP or FIXD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGCP returned −1.4% and FIXD −2.6%.
Which is cheaper, CGCP or FIXD?: CGCP is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

CGCP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CGCP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Capital Group page for CGCP ↗

FIXD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FIXD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FIXD ↗

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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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