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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and IXUS +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, CGIC or IXUS?

IXUS 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 IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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CGIC vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIC and IXUS hold 28% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $2.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Core Equity ETF, and $58.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

IXUS costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; IXUS is far larger, $58.1bn against $2.6bn.

	CGIC	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.6bn	$58.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.8%	+18.0%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Holdings in common	28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.0%	14.3%
Below its high	3.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026	3.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+17.8%

CGIC total return, 1 year

+18.0%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGIC expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIC and IXUS hold 28% 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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28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGIC IXUS

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.83% 4.68%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.46% 2.18%

ASML Holding NV 2.74% 1.68%

SK hynix Inc 2.25% 1.65%

HSBC Holdings PLC 0.76% 0.75%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.68% 0.76%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.83% 0.56%

Nestle SA 1.03% 0.56%

MediaTek Inc 2.83% 0.51%

SAP SE 0.47% 0.50%

Shell PLC 0.47% 0.69%

TotalEnergies SE 2.01% 0.40%

Only in CGIC

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.98%

UniCredit SpA 1.39%

Philip Morris International Inc 0.94%

BASF SE 0.80%

Deutsche Post AG 0.78%

Broadcom Inc 0.70%

Vale SA 0.66%

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 0.64%

Only in IXUS

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.71%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.63%

NOVARTIS AG 0.61%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.56%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.53%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.52%

SIEMENS N AG 0.51%

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.47%

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On the same fields

CGIC

Capital Group International Core Equity ETF

IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +17.8% +18.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.5 pts +0.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.0%

Holdings 192 4586

Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.6bn $58.6bn

CGIC and IXUS 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.

IXUS in plain words

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% 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 4,586 positions, with the top ten at 14.3%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIC or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and IXUS +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, CGIC or IXUS?: IXUS 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 IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of IXUS 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 ↗IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IXUS ↗

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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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