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CGIC vs DBEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIC and DBEF hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and DBEF returned +18.5% over the year. Net assets: $2.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Core Equity ETF, and $9.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF.

DBEF costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; DBEF is 3.6 times larger.

CGICDBEF
Expense ratio0.54%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$2.6bn$9.1bn
Total return, 1 year+17.8%+18.5%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI EAFE US Dollar Hedged Index
Holdings in common31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund26.0%13.3%
Below its high3.8%, high on Aug 25, 20263.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

+17.8%
CGIC total return, 1 year
+18.5%
DBEF total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGIC expense ratio
0.35%
DBEF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIC and DBEF hold 31% 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 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGIC DBEF
ASML Holding NV 2.74% 2.82%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.83% 1.26%
Nestle SA 1.03% 1.18%
Siemens AG 0.97% 1.05%
TotalEnergies SE 2.01% 0.78%
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.76% 1.45%
Roche Holding AG 0.76% 1.33%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.67% 0.59%
Novo Nordisk A/S 0.58% 0.66%
Airbus SE 1.05% 0.56%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.25% 0.56%
Iberdrola SA 0.55% 0.62%
Only in CGIC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.83%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.98%
MediaTek Inc 2.83%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.46%
SK hynix Inc 2.25%
Barrick Mining Corp 1.04%
Ryanair Holdings PLC 1.02%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.94%
Only in DBEF
NOVARTIS AG 1.24%
BHP GROUP LTD 1.03%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.91%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.89%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.81%
SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 0.79%
ALLIANZ SE 0.76%
UBS GROUP AG 0.68%

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On the same fields

CGIC
Capital Group International Core Equity ETF
DBEF
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Xtrackers
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.8% +18.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.5 pts +1.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.35%
Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.0%
Holdings 192 677
Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and DBEF as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.6bn $9.2bn

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

CGIC in plain words

CGIC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 2% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 192 positions, with the top ten at 26.0%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

DBEF in plain words

DBEF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 677 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIC or DBEF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and DBEF +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, CGIC or DBEF?
DBEF is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIC and DBEF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of DBEF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CGIC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGIC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGIC ↗DBEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DBEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers 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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