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CGIC vs DFAI: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIC and DFAI hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and CGIC returned +17.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Core Equity ETF, and $17.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF.

DFAI costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.5 points.

CGICDFAI
Expense ratio0.54%0.18%
Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026$2.6bn$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year+17.8%+16.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund26.0%9.2%
Below its high3.8%, high on Aug 25, 20264.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+17.8%
CGIC total return, 1 year
+16.3%
DFAI total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGIC expense ratio
0.18%
DFAI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIC and DFAI hold 25% 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 and Jul 31, 2026.

half

25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGIC DFAI
Nestle SA 1.03% 0.84%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.83% 0.81%
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.76% 1.16%
Roche Holding AG 0.76% 1.05%
TotalEnergies SE 2.01% 0.62%
Siemens AG 0.97% 0.58%
Shell PLC 0.47% 1.01%
Novo Nordisk A/S 0.58% 0.47%
UniCredit SpA 1.39% 0.47%
Hitachi Ltd 0.47% 0.46%
Safran SA 0.49% 0.45%
ASML Holding NV 2.74% 0.42%
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%
Ryanair Holdings PLC 1.02%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.94%
KT&G Corp 0.89%
Only in DFAI
ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68%
Novartis AG 0.67%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.59%
Allianz SE 0.59%
Sony Group Corporation 0.54%

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On the same fields

CGIC
Capital Group International Core Equity ETF
DFAI
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Dimensional
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +17.8% +16.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.5 pts −1.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.0%
Holdings 192 3769
Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 $2.6bn $17.5bn

CGIC and DFAI 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.

DFAI in plain words

DFAI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,769 positions, with the top ten at 9.2%. It sat 4.7% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIC or DFAI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and DFAI +16.3%.
Which is cheaper, CGIC or DFAI?
DFAI is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIC and DFAI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of DFAI 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 ↗DFAI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional 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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