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CGIC vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIC and VSGX hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets: $2.6bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Core Equity ETF, and $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points.

CGICVSGX
Expense ratio0.54%0.10%
Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026$2.6bn$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year+17.8%+19.5%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund26.0%17.1%
Below its high3.8%, high on Aug 25, 20263.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+17.8%
CGIC total return, 1 year
+19.5%
VSGX total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGIC expense ratio
0.10%
VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIC and VSGX 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 Aug 31, 2026.

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23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGIC VSGX
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.46% 2.56%
SK hynix Inc 2.25% 1.98%
ASML Holding NV 2.74% 1.93%
Roche Holding AG 0.76% 0.90%
Nestle SA 1.03% 0.74%
Siemens AG 0.97% 0.72%
AstraZeneca PLC 1.83% 0.71%
MediaTek Inc 2.83% 0.53%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 0.67% 0.48%
SAP SE 0.47% 0.67%
UniCredit SpA 1.39% 0.43%
Novo Nordisk A/S 0.58% 0.42%
Only in CGIC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.83%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.98%
TotalEnergies SE 2.01%
BAE Systems PLC 1.71%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.25%
SSE PLC 1.09%
Glencore PLC 1.08%
Airbus SE 1.05%
Only in VSGX
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.37%
SLCMT1142 1.18%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%
Novartis AG 0.84%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.73%
Toyota Motor Corp 0.62%
Allianz SE 0.59%

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On the same fields

CGIC
Capital Group International Core Equity ETF
VSGX
Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +17.8% +19.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.5 pts +2.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.10%
Already in the S&P 500 2.5% 0.0%
Holdings 192 6631
Net assets, CGIC as of Oct 8, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.6bn $6.7bn

CGIC and VSGX 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.

VSGX in plain words

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,631 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIC or VSGX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIC returned +17.8% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, CGIC or VSGX?
VSGX is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIC and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 2% of CGIC and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

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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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