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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and IEFA +13.9%.

Which is cheaper, CGIC or IEFA?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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CGIC vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIC and IEFA hold 23% 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 $189.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF.

IEFA costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.9 points; IEFA is far larger, $188.1bn against $2.6bn.

	CGIC	IEFA
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.6bn	$188.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.8%	+13.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI EAFE IMI Index
Holdings in common	23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.0%	12.2%
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 Oct 8, 2026.

+17.8%

CGIC total return, 1 year

+13.9%

IEFA total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGIC expense ratio

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIC and IEFA hold 23% 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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23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGIC IEFA

ASML Holding NV 2.74% 2.87%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.83% 0.96%

Nestle SA 1.03% 0.95%

HSBC Holdings PLC 0.76% 1.26%

TotalEnergies SE 2.01% 0.68%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.67% 0.58%

Iberdrola SA 0.55% 0.59%

Airbus SE 1.05% 0.50%

Safran SA 0.49% 0.49%

DBS Group Holdings Ltd 0.94% 0.48%

SAP SE 0.47% 0.85%

Hitachi Ltd 0.47% 0.63%

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 IEFA

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.20%

NOVARTIS AG 1.05%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.95%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.88%

SIEMENS N AG 0.87%

ADVANTEST 0.77%

ALLIANZ 0.71%

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.70%

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On the same fields

CGIC

Capital Group International Core Equity ETF

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI EAFE

Total return, 1 year +17.8% +13.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.5 pts −3.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.0%

Holdings 192 2628

Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and IEFA as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.6bn $189.5bn

CGIC and IEFA 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.

IEFA in plain words

IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 2,628 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. 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 IEFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and IEFA +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, CGIC or IEFA?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIC and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of IEFA 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 ↗IEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEFA ↗

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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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