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CGBL · Capital Group Core Balanced ETF

CGBL tracks the Core Balanced and returned +9.9% over the past year.

Index equity fund · Core Balanced · data as of

Key facts

+9.9%Total return, 1 year
0.33%Expense ratio
77Holdings
−2.4%Below its high

Its ten largest equity positions

CGBL top ten by weight, 59.2% of its 77 equity positions, from the holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026. An index fund holds what the index holds, so this is the index. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
HoldingWeight
Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF23.22%
Capital Group Core Bond ETF15.60%
Broadcom Inc4.57%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt3.48%
Alphabet Inc2.78%
Micron Technology Inc2.23%
Philip Morris International Inc2.07%
Apple Inc2.00%
Microsoft Corp1.96%
GE Vernova Inc1.25%

Compare CGBL

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Period by period

CGBL over each window to Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnS&P 500Gap to S&P 500Gap to Nasdaq-100
3 months+0.8%+3.3%−2.5 pts+1.6 pts
6 months+8.6%+16.0%−7.5 pts−12.1 pts
1 year+9.9%+17.5%−7.6 pts−13.1 pts
Since listing+58.6%+84.5%−25.9 pts−44.3 pts

In plain words

CGBL is an index equity fund tracking the Core Balanced. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. 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 59.2%.

What it tracksCore Balanced
Fund typeIndex equity fund
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026)0.33%
Price$37.63
Listed sinceSep 28, 2023
Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026)$7.0bn
Below its high (ETFIQ)−2.4%
Holdings77
Top ten weight59.2%
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)Jun 30, 2026
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)48.1%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)72.2%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)24.8%

Questions people ask

How has CGBL performed?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, CGBL returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500. Over three years the figure is not published.
What does CGBL cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year.
What does CGBL hold?
77 positions as filed for Jun 30, 2026, with the top ten at 59.2% of the fund. 48% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.
How far is CGBL below its high?
2.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Sep 11, 2026.

Where these figures came from

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CGBL, core index fund, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, is not a fund issuer, broker-dealer or investment adviser, and makes no recommendations.

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