Capital Group Core Balanced ETF
$37.38−0.41 (−1.07%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.33%
- Fund size
- $7.8B
- 1Y return
- +10.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.86%
- Holdings
- 74
- Volume · 30D
- 1.8M sh
- NAV per share
- $37.69
- 52W range
The ETF.net CGBL Grade
Score 54 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.DScore 27Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 69Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 37Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 71Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 91Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 67Category rank
Our read on CGBL
CCapital Group's take on the 60/40: one ticket that owns both stocks and bonds, US and international, chasing balanced total return with an eye on preserving capital. Live since 2023 and already a multi-billion-dollar fund.
The fund seeks balanced total return, including income and capital gains, while aiming to preserve capital over the long term.
Why people hold it
- One ticket, two asset classes: seeks balanced total return from income and capital gains while aiming to preserve capital over the long term, across US and international holdings.
- Holdings stay legible for a balanced fund: a compact lineup of roughly 70 positions rather than a sprawl of thousands.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so getting in or out doesn't hinge on a thin order book.
- Distributions land quarterly inside a plain 1940 Act fund wrapper, which means 1099 season, not partnership K-1 paperwork.
Worth knowing
- At 0.33% it runs above the typical moderate-allocation fund, and index-built rivals like AOM and AOR charge 0.20%.
- No index to hug. The mandate is an objective (balanced total return with capital preservation), so the stock-bond mix reflects manager judgment, not a rulebook.
- It launched in late 2023, a short history for a fund built to be held through cycles.
CGBL Holdings
- Other
- 74
- 59%
- CGCP
Sectors
- Technology30.6%
- Industrials13.4%
- Financials13.0%
- Health Care9.7%
- Materials8.8%
- Consumer Discr.8.4%
- Communication7.3%
- Cons. Staples4.1%
- Utilities2.5%
- Energy2.2%
- Real Estate0.0%
Geography
- United States90.31%
- Canada4.75%
- Taiwan (Province of China)2.95%
- Ireland0.78%
- Netherlands0.45%
- Switzerland0.41%
- France0.35%
CGBL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | CGBL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.8% |
| 1 month | −1.2% |
| 3 months | +0.0% |
| 1 year | +10.3% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | CGBL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.8% | |
| 2025 | +15.3% | |
| 2024 | +16.6% | |
| 2023 | +9.8% |
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CGBL Dividends
- 1.86%
- $0.70
- $0.16 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.23 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | $0.21 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.14 |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Apr 2, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.13 |
CGBL Risk
- 9.2%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.33
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −11.7%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.70
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CGBL Cost
- 0.33%