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CGIC vs DFAX: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIC and DFAX hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and DFAX returned +20.9% over the year. Net assets: $2.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Core Equity ETF, and $12.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF.

DFAX costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.1 points.

CGICDFAX
Expense ratio0.54%0.28%
Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026$2.6bn$12.0bn
Total return, 1 year+17.8%+20.9%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common17%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund26.0%8.2%
Below its high3.8%, high on Aug 25, 20263.4%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+17.8%
CGIC total return, 1 year
+20.9%
DFAX total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGIC expense ratio
0.28%
DFAX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIC and DFAX hold 17% 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.

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17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGIC DFAX
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.46% 1.34%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.83% 0.99%
SK hynix Inc 2.25% 0.81%
TotalEnergies SE 2.01% 0.54%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.68% 0.49%
Nestle SA 1.03% 0.40%
Roche Holding AG 0.76% 0.39%
Bayer AG 0.42% 0.26%
UniCredit SpA 1.39% 0.24%
Engie SA 0.80% 0.24%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.34% 0.23%
Hitachi Ltd 0.47% 0.23%
Only in CGIC
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.98%
Ryanair Holdings PLC 1.02%
Philip Morris International Inc 0.94%
Broadcom Inc 0.70%
Japan Post Bank Co Ltd 0.66%
Linde PLC 0.34%
Copa Holdings SA 0.33%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP 0.27%
Only in DFAX
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 1.86%
Novartis AG 0.67%
ASML Holding N.V. 0.62%
SHELL PLC 0.48%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.38%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.36%
Allianz SE 0.30%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.29%

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On the same fields

CGIC
Capital Group International Core Equity ETF
DFAX
Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 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% +20.9%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.5 pts +3.6 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.28%
Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.0%
Holdings 192 10481
Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFAX as of Jul 31, 2026 $2.6bn $12.0bn

CGIC and DFAX 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.

DFAX in plain words

DFAX is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% 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 10,481 positions, with the top ten at 8.2%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIC or DFAX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and DFAX +20.9%.
Which is cheaper, CGIC or DFAX?
DFAX is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIC and DFAX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of DFAX 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 ↗DFAX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAX 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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