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CGIE vs DFAI: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIE and DFAI hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and DFAI returned +16.3% over the year. Net assets: $2.4bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Equity ETF, and $17.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF.

DFAI costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.8 points.

CGIEDFAI
Expense ratio0.54%0.18%
Net assets, CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026$2.4bn$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year+8.5%+16.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund27.7%9.2%
Below its high5.0%, high on Aug 13, 20264.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026

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

+8.5%
CGIE total return, 1 year
+16.3%
DFAI total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGIE expense ratio
0.18%
DFAI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIE and DFAI hold 19% 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 Jul 31, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGIE DFAI
Nestle SA 1.43% 0.84%
AstraZeneca PLC 2.69% 0.81%
TotalEnergies SE 3.55% 0.62%
Siemens AG 1.24% 0.58%
Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.62% 0.57%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 2.26% 0.55%
Sony Group Corp 1.05% 0.54%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 0.89% 0.48%
Novo Nordisk A/S 0.97% 0.47%
UniCredit SpA 1.99% 0.47%
Hitachi Ltd 1.36% 0.46%
Safran SA 1.97% 0.45%
Only in CGIE
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.12%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.92%
SK hynix Inc 1.97%
Ryanair Holdings PLC 1.08%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.65%
BeOne Medicines Ltd 0.50%
MercadoLibre Inc 0.46%
Only in DFAI
ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%
Roche Holding AG 1.05%
SHELL PLC 1.01%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.68%
Novartis AG 0.67%
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%

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On the same fields

CGIE
Capital Group International Equity ETF
DFAI
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Dimensional
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +8.5% +16.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −8.8 pts −1.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.18%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 73 3769
Net assets, CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFAI as of Jul 31, 2026 $2.4bn $17.5bn

CGIE and DFAI 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.

DFAI in plain words

DFAI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,769 positions, with the top ten at 9.2%. It sat 4.7% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIE or DFAI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIE returned +8.5% and DFAI +16.3%.
Which is cheaper, CGIE or DFAI?
DFAI is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIE and DFAI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGIE and 0% of DFAI 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 ↗DFAI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional 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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