Which returned more over the last year, CGDV or CGUS?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGDV returned +18.5% and CGUS +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, CGDV or CGUS?

Neither: CGDV and CGUS both charge 0.33% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CGDV and CGUS overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 91% of CGDV and 86% of CGUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CGDV vs CGUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGDV and CGUS hold 66% of their weight in the same names, and CGDV returned +18.5% over the year. Net assets on Oct 8, 2026: $38.9bn for Capital Group Dividend Value ETF and $12.2bn for Capital Group Core Equity ETF.

Both cost 0.33% a year; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points; CGDV is 3.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

CGDV vs CGUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
	CGDV	CGUS
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.33%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$38.9bn	$12.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.5%	+14.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	66%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.7%	43.1%
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

+18.5%

CGDV total return, 1 year

+14.9%

CGUS total return, 1 year

0.33%

CGDV expense ratio

0.33%

CGUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGDV and CGUS hold 66% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026.

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66% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGDV CGUS

Microsoft Corp 5.81% 5.75%

NVIDIA Corp 5.66% 6.85%

Broadcom Inc 5.16% 6.33%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.33% 3.79%

Alphabet Inc 3.59% 3.22%

Eli Lilly & Co 3.15% 3.92%

Applied Materials Inc 3.12% 2.56%

Apple Inc 2.36% 2.75%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.16% 2.44%

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.02% 2.89%

RTX Corp 2.82% 1.95%

Cisco Systems Inc 3.02% 1.95%

Only in CGDV

Union Pacific Corp 2.12%

Comcast Corp 1.75%

Oracle Corp 1.60%

Texas Instruments Inc 1.21%

Apollo Global Management Inc 1.08%

Medtronic PLC 1.07%

Prologis Inc 1.03%

Smurfit Westrock PLC 1.03%

Only in CGUS

Alphabet Inc 1.93%

Blackrock Inc 1.55%

Amphenol Corp 1.35%

Netflix Inc 1.30%

Automatic Data Processing Inc 1.22%

Entegris Inc 1.07%

Baker Hughes Co 1.06%

XPO Inc 0.97%

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On the same fields

CGDV

Capital Group Dividend Value ETF

CGUS

Capital Group Core Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group Capital Group

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +18.5% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +26.4% (IWD) +17.3% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark −7.9 pts vs IWD −2.4 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.33%

Already in the S&P 500 91.0% 86.3%

Holdings 53 66

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $38.9bn $12.2bn

CGDV and CGUS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About CGDV

CGDV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 53 positions, with the top ten at 38.7%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +26.4% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index.

About CGUS

CGUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 66 positions, with the top ten at 43.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGDV or CGUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGDV returned +18.5% and CGUS +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, CGDV or CGUS?: Neither: CGDV and CGUS both charge 0.33% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGDV and CGUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 91% of CGDV and 86% of CGUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CGDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGDV ↗CGUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGUS ↗

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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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