Which returned more over the last year, CGDG or RLY?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGDG returned +15.5% and RLY +23.5%.

Which is cheaper, CGDG or RLY?

CGDG is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CGDG and RLY overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGDG and 0% of RLY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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CGDG vs RLY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CGDG returned +15.5% to RLY's +23.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $5.9bn for Capital Group Dividend Growers ETF and $1.4bn for State Street Multi-Asset Real Return ETF.

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At a glance

+15.5%

CGDG total return, 1 year

+23.5%

RLY total return, 1 year

0.47%

CGDG expense ratio

0.50%

RLY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

CGDG costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.0 points; CGDG is 4.2 times larger.

CGDG vs RLY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CGDG	RLY
Return
Measure	CGDG	RLY
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	+23.5%
Drawdown
Measure	CGDG	RLY
Below its high		3.8%, high on Sep 9, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	CGDG	RLY
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	CGDG	RLY
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$5.9bn	$1.4bn
Holdings
Measure	CGDG	RLY
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.0%	99.7%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, CGDG and RLY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CGDG RLY

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Only in CGDG

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.18%

Broadcom Inc 4.01%

Philip Morris International Inc 3.83%

AstraZeneca PLC 2.22%

Welltower Inc 2.16%

AbbVie Inc 1.95%

TotalEnergies SE 1.85%

British American Tobacco PLC 1.71%

Only in RLY

STATE STREET SPDR S+P GLOBAL N 28.13%

STATE STREET SPDR BLOOMBERG EN 23.96%

STATE STREET SPDR S+P GLOBAL I 22.57%

STATE STREET SPDR BLOOMBERG 1 6.50%

STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC 5.21%

STATE STREET SPDR DOW JONES RE 3.70%

VANECK AGRIBUSINESS ETF 2.95%

STATE STREET SPDR FTSE INTERNA 2.94%

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Side by side

CGDG Capital Group Dividend Growers ETF RLY State Street Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group State Street

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +15.5% +23.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (ACWI) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.5 pts vs ACWI not measured

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 47.6% 0.0%

Holdings 104 11

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $5.9bn $1.4bn

CGDG and RLY on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

CGDG

CGDG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +15.5% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 48% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 104 positions, with the top ten at 25.0%.

RLY

RLY is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +23.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 11 positions, with the top ten at 99.7%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Sep 9, 2026 on Nov 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGDG or RLY?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGDG returned +15.5% and RLY +23.5%.
Which is cheaper, CGDG or RLY?: CGDG is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGDG and RLY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGDG and 0% of RLY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

CGDG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CGDG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Capital Group page for CGDG ↗

RLY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RLY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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