Capital Group Conservative Equity ETF
$32.45−0.20 (−0.60%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.33%
- Fund size
- $2.0B
- 1Y return
- +10.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.46%
- Holdings
- 95
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $32.40
- 52W range
The ETF.net CGCV Grade
Score 67 of 100 sits in the B 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.AScore 70Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 62Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 62Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 69Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 83Category rank
Our read on CGCV
BCapital Group's stock pickers took on a three-part job in one equity fund: current income, capital growth, and preservation of principal. Roughly 100 US names, actively chosen, priced under most defensive-equity rivals.
The fund seeks to balance current income, capital growth, and preservation of principal.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.33% a year against a 0.47% median for its defensive US equity group, which is unusual for an actively run fund rather than an index tracker.
- The mandate is spelled out in the prospectus, not implied by a label: balance current income, capital growth, and preservation of principal.
- About 100 US stocks, picked by managers rather than pulled from an index, with cash paid out quarterly.
- Already a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades smoothly for its age, and one of the stronger builds in a small low-volatility peer group.
Worth knowing
- Preservation of principal is a stated goal, not a floor. This is a stock fund, and it can fall when the market does.
- It launched in 2024, so there is only a short stretch of live data behind any read on how it handles rough markets.
- Cheaper defensive shelf-mates exist: SELV runs at 0.15% and TOAK at 0.25%, though both take different routes to lower volatility.
CGCV Holdings
- Stocks
- 95
- 33%
- MSFT
Sectors
- Technology26.9%
- Health Care13.0%
- Financials11.8%
- Cons. Staples10.7%
- Industrials10.4%
- Consumer Discr.7.3%
- Utilities6.4%
- Energy5.0%
- Communication4.0%
- Materials2.7%
- Real Estate1.7%
Geography
- United States91.73%
- United Kingdom3.71%
- Taiwan1.96%
- Canada1.09%
- Switzerland0.92%
- Ireland0.58%
CGCV 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 | CGCV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.9% |
| 1 month | −2.0% |
| 3 months | +1.6% |
| 1 year | +10.2% |
| 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 | CGCV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.9% | |
| 2025 | +16.6% | |
| 2024 | +7.4% |
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CGCV Dividends
- 1.46%
- $0.48
- $0.12 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.08 |
CGCV Risk
- 9.8%
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.
- 1.11
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.
- −13.1%
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.
- 0.65
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CGCV Cost
- The middle half of US Active Low Volatility funds
- Median 0.44%
3 of the 10 US Active Low Volatility funds charge less.