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CGDG vs SFGV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, CGDG returned +15.5% to SFGV's +22.4%; 11% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $5.9bn on Nov 3, 2026 for Capital Group Dividend Growers ETF, and $1.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Sequoia Global Value ETF.

CGDG on its own →SFGV on its own →
At a glance
+15.5%
CGDG total return, 1 year
+22.4%
SFGV total return, 1 year
0.47%
CGDG expense ratio
0.33%
SFGV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SFGV costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.9 points.

CGDG vs SFGV: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureCGDGSFGV
Return
Total return, 1 year+15.5%+22.4%
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.47%0.33%
Net assets, CGDG as of Nov 3, 2026 and SFGV as of Aug 31, 2026$5.9bn$1.2bn
Holdings
Holdings in common11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund25.0%46.0%

Method

What they share

11%

By the books each fund has filed, CGDG and SFGV hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CGDG SFGV
Merck & Co Inc 1.42% 1.11%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.01% 1.41%
ConocoPhillips 1.27% 0.87%
Linde PLC 1.05% 0.86%
Johnson & Johnson 0.83% 1.42%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.16% 0.56%
AbbVie Inc 1.95% 0.54%
Coca-Cola Co 0.51% 1.00%
Philip Morris International Inc 3.83% 0.47%
Home Depot Inc 0.69% 0.45%
RTX Corp 1.59% 0.44%
Union Pacific Corp 0.83% 0.41%
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Only in CGDG
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.18%
Broadcom Inc 4.01%
AstraZeneca PLC 2.22%
Welltower Inc 2.16%
TotalEnergies SE 1.85%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.71%
ONEOK Inc 1.54%
Iberdrola SA 1.45%
Only in SFGV
VANGUARD FTSE DEVELOPED ETF 10.04%
iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF 10.01%
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF 6.01%
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF 5.24%
Avantis Real Estate ETF 4.85%
Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 4.07%
Apple Inc 1.84%
Chevron Corp 1.08%
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Side by side

CGDG Capital Group Dividend Growers ETF SFGV Sequoia Global Value ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Sequoia Financial
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +15.5% +22.4%
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% 0.33%
Already in the S&P 500 47.6% 47.9%
Holdings 104 523
Net assets, CGDG as of Nov 3, 2026 and SFGV as of Aug 31, 2026 $5.9bn $1.2bn

CGDG and SFGV 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%.

SFGV

SFGV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +22.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% 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 523 positions, with the top ten at 46.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGDG or SFGV?
In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGDG returned +15.5% and SFGV +22.4%.
Which is cheaper, CGDG or SFGV?
SFGV is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGDG and SFGV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 48% of CGDG and 48% of SFGV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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CGDG on its own →SFGV on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →CGDG dividend history →CGDG holdings →SFGV dividend history →SFGV holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
CGDG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
CGDG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Capital Group page for CGDG ↗
SFGV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SFGV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Sequoia Financial 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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