Which returned more over the last year, CGMS or QLTA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGMS returned +1.0% and QLTA −2.4%.

Which is cheaper, CGMS or QLTA?

QLTA is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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CGMS vs QLTA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGMS's duration was 4.7 years on Jun 30, 2026 and QLTA's 6.5 on Jul 31, 2026; QLTA charges 0.15% to CGMS's 0.39%. Net assets: $5.4bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group U.S. Multi-Sector Income ETF, and $1.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF.

QLTA costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; CGMS is 4.6 times larger.

	CGMS	QLTA
Expense ratio	0.39%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$5.4bn	$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+1.0%	−2.4%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Aaa - A Capped Index
Holdings in common	5%
Below its high		6.6%, high on Aug 6, 2020

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

+1.0%

CGMS total return, 1 year

−2.4%

QLTA total return, 1 year

0.39%

CGMS expense ratio

0.15%

QLTA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGMS and QLTA hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGMS QLTA

Meta Platforms Inc, due Nov 15, 2035 0.16% 0.20%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2053 0.12% 0.15%

Meta Platforms Inc, due Nov 15, 2055 0.11% 0.15%

Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2056 0.11% 0.14%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The, due Jan 21, 2037 0.11% 0.10%

Citibank NA, due Jun 18, 2032 0.10% 0.10%

Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2036 0.09% 0.15%

Abbott Laboratories, due Mar 15, 2036 0.10% 0.09%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Apr 23, 2036 0.09% 0.10%

Meta Platforms Inc, due May 15, 2036 0.16% 0.09%

Meta Platforms Inc, due Nov 15, 2065 0.09% 0.10%

AbbVie Inc, due Mar 15, 2034 0.24% 0.09%

Only in CGMS

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.12%

RD Michigan Property Owner I LLC, due Mar 30, 2045 0.61%

MPT Operating Partnership LP / MPT Finance Corp, due Feb 15, 2032 0.38%

Connect Finco SARL / Connect US Finco LLC, due Sep 15, 2029 0.38%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 30, 2030 0.38%

Oracle Corp, due Feb 4, 2036 0.37%

Freddie Mac Pool, due Apr 1, 2055 0.35%

Navient Corp, due Aug 1, 2033 0.34%

Only in QLTA

Broadcom Inc, due Jul 15, 2032 0.27%

Broadcom Inc, due Nov 15, 2035 0.22%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, due Feb 1, 2046 0.21%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, due Feb 1, 2036 0.14%

AbbVie Inc, due Nov 21, 2029 0.14%

Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2031 0.14%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2033 0.13%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Apr 4, 2051 0.13%

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On the same fields

CGMS

Capital Group U.S. Multi-Sector Income ETF

QLTA

iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +1.0% −2.4%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −16.2 pts −19.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.39% 0.15%

Holdings 1465 3514

Net assets, CGMS as of Oct 8, 2026 and QLTA as of Oct 9, 2026 $5.4bn $1.2bn

CGMS and QLTA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CGMS in plain words

CGMS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +1.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year.

QLTA in plain words

QLTA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −2.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 6, 2020 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGMS or QLTA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGMS returned +1.0% and QLTA −2.4%.
Which is cheaper, CGMS or QLTA?: QLTA is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

CGMS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGMS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGMS ↗QLTA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLTA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for QLTA ↗

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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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