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CGIE vs DBEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIE and DBEF hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and DBEF returned +18.5% over the year. Net assets: $2.4bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Equity ETF, and $9.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF.

DBEF costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.0 points; DBEF is 3.8 times larger.

CGIEDBEF
Expense ratio0.54%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$2.4bn$9.1bn
Total return, 1 year+8.5%+18.5%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI EAFE US Dollar Hedged Index
Holdings in common28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund27.7%13.3%
Below its high5.0%, high on Aug 13, 20263.1%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

+8.5%
CGIE total return, 1 year
+18.5%
DBEF total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGIE expense ratio
0.35%
DBEF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIE and DBEF 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 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGIE DBEF
ASML Holding NV 4.72% 2.82%
AstraZeneca PLC 2.69% 1.26%
Nestle SA 1.43% 1.18%
Siemens AG 1.24% 1.05%
SAP SE 1.72% 0.85%
Banco Santander SA 1.27% 0.81%
Schneider Electric SE 1.15% 0.78%
TotalEnergies SE 3.55% 0.78%
ABB Ltd 1.69% 0.76%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 2.26% 0.68%
Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.62% 0.66%
Novo Nordisk A/S 0.97% 0.66%
Only in CGIE
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.12%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.92%
SK hynix Inc 1.97%
Barrick Mining Corp 1.09%
Ryanair Holdings PLC 1.08%
Shopify Inc 1.05%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.65%
BeOne Medicines Ltd 0.50%
Only in DBEF
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.45%
ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.33%
NOVARTIS AG 1.24%
SHELL PLC 1.06%
BHP GROUP LTD 1.03%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.91%
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 0.89%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP 0.81%

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On the same fields

CGIE
Capital Group International Equity ETF
DBEF
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Xtrackers
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +8.5% +18.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −8.8 pts +1.3 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.35%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 73 677
Net assets, CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 and DBEF as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.4bn $9.2bn

CGIE and DBEF 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.

DBEF in plain words

DBEF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 677 positions, with the top ten at 13.3%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIE or DBEF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIE returned +8.5% and DBEF +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, CGIE or DBEF?
DBEF is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIE and DBEF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGIE and 0% of DBEF 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 ↗DBEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DBEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗

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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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