Which returned more over the last year, CGIC or DFIC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and DFIC +17.4%.

Which is cheaper, CGIC or DFIC?

DFIC is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CGIC and DFIC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of DFIC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CGIC vs DFIC: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIC and DFIC hold 18% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $2.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Core Equity ETF, and $14.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF.

DFIC costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points.

	CGIC	DFIC
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.22%
Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026	$2.6bn	$14.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.8%	+17.4%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.0%	6.9%
Below its high	3.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	4.8%, 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

+17.4%

DFIC total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGIC expense ratio

0.22%

DFIC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIC and DFIC hold 18% 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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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGIC DFIC

TotalEnergies SE 2.01% 0.72%

Roche Holding AG 0.76% 0.63%

Nestle SA 1.03% 0.62%

UniCredit SpA 1.39% 0.40%

Bayer AG 0.42% 0.38%

Engie SA 0.80% 0.35%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 0.34% 0.45%

BASF SE 0.80% 0.33%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.83% 0.33%

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 0.67% 0.33%

Hitachi Ltd 0.47% 0.32%

Deutsche Post AG 0.78% 0.32%

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 DFIC

ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%

SHELL PLC 0.98%

Novartis AG 0.76%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.67%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%

Allianz SE 0.48%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.46%

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On the same fields

CGIC

Capital Group International Core Equity ETF

DFIC

Dimensional International 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% +17.4%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.5 pts +0.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.22%

Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.1%

Holdings 192 4118

Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 $2.6bn $14.8bn

CGIC and DFIC 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.

DFIC in plain words

DFIC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.22% 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 4,118 positions, with the top ten at 6.9%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIC or DFIC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and DFIC +17.4%.
Which is cheaper, CGIC or DFIC?: DFIC is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIC and DFIC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of DFIC 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 ↗DFIC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFIC 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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