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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and EFA +13.8%.

Which is cheaper, CGIC or EFA?

EFA is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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CGIC vs EFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIC and EFA 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 $76.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI EAFE ETF.

EFA costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.0 points; EFA is far larger, $76.0bn against $2.6bn.

	CGIC	EFA
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.32%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.6bn	$76.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.8%	+13.8%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI EAFE Index
Holdings in common	25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.0%	14.2%
Below its high	3.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	5.0%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+17.8%

CGIC total return, 1 year

+13.8%

EFA total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGIC expense ratio

0.32%

EFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIC and EFA 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGIC EFA

ASML Holding NV 2.74% 3.35%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.83% 1.12%

Nestle SA 1.03% 1.11%

TotalEnergies SE 2.01% 0.80%

HSBC Holdings PLC 0.76% 1.47%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.67% 0.68%

Airbus SE 1.05% 0.59%

DBS Group Holdings Ltd 0.94% 0.56%

Iberdrola SA 0.55% 0.69%

British American Tobacco PLC 1.25% 0.52%

Safran SA 0.49% 0.57%

SAP SE 0.47% 0.99%

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%

UniCredit SpA 1.39%

Barrick Mining Corp 1.04%

Siemens AG 0.97%

Only in EFA

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.40%

NOVARTIS AG 1.22%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 1.12%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.02%

SIEMENS N AG 1.01%

ADVANTEST 0.89%

ALLIANZ 0.83%

TOYOTA MOTOR 0.82%

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On the same fields

CGIC

Capital Group International Core Equity ETF

EFA

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year +17.8% +13.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.5 pts −3.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.32%

Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.0%

Holdings 192 659

Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and EFA as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.6bn $76.5bn

CGIC and EFA 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.

EFA in plain words

EFA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 659 positions, with the top ten at 14.2%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIC or EFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and EFA +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, CGIC or EFA?: EFA is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIC and EFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of EFA 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 ↗EFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EFA ↗

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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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