Which returned more over the last year, CGIE or CGXU?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIE returned +8.5% and CGXU +18.6%.

Which is cheaper, CGIE or CGXU?

Neither: CGIE and CGXU both charge 0.54% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CGIE and CGXU overlap with the S&P 500?

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

CGIE vs CGXU: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIE and CGXU hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and CGXU returned +18.6% over the year. Net assets on Oct 8, 2026: $2.4bn for Capital Group International Equity ETF and $6.8bn for Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF.

Both cost 0.54% a year; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points; CGXU is 2.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

	CGIE	CGXU
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.54%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.4bn	$6.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+8.5%	+18.6%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.7%	38.4%
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 13, 2026	5.1%, high on Sep 8, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

+8.5%

CGIE total return, 1 year

+18.6%

CGXU total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGIE expense ratio

0.54%

CGXU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIE and CGXU hold 29% 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.

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half

29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGIE CGXU

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.12% 3.54%

ASML Holding NV 4.72% 2.44%

SK hynix Inc 1.97% 3.27%

Airbus SE 1.76% 2.11%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.62% 2.29%

Hitachi Ltd 1.36% 1.62%

Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.24% 1.50%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.20% 1.43%

Engie SA 2.17% 1.12%

AIA Group Ltd 1.28% 1.10%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 2.26% 1.08%

Nestle SA 1.43% 1.05%

Only in CGIE

TotalEnergies SE 3.55%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.92%

AstraZeneca PLC 2.69%

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2.14%

RWE AG 2.13%

UniCredit SpA 1.99%

Safran SA 1.97%

Iberdrola SA 1.80%

Only in CGXU

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.83%

SoftBank Group Corp 6.36%

First Quantum Minerals Ltd 5.12%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.10%

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.00%

Cenovus Energy Inc 2.24%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 1.81%

Anglo American PLC 1.68%

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On the same fields

CGIE

Capital Group International Equity ETF

CGXU

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group Capital Group

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +8.5% +18.6%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −8.8 pts +1.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.54%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 73 73

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $2.4bn $6.8bn

CGIE and CGXU on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CGIE in plain words

CGIE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +8.5% 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, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 73 positions, with the top ten at 27.7%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

CGXU in plain words

CGXU is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 73 positions, with the top ten at 38.4%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Sep 8, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIE or CGXU?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIE returned +8.5% and CGXU +18.6%.
Which is cheaper, CGIE or CGXU?: Neither: CGIE and CGXU both charge 0.54% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIE and CGXU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGIE and 0% of CGXU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CGIE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGIE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGIE ↗CGXU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGXU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGXU ↗

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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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