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CGIE vs DFIC: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIE and DFIC hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and DFIC returned +17.4% over the year. Net assets: $2.4bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Equity ETF, and $14.8bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF.

DFIC costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.9 points.

CGIEDFIC
Expense ratio0.54%0.22%
Net assets, CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026$2.4bn$14.8bn
Total return, 1 year+8.5%+17.4%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common11%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund27.7%6.9%
Below its high5.0%, high on Aug 13, 20264.8%, 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
+17.4%
DFIC total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGIE expense ratio
0.22%
DFIC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIE and DFIC hold 11% 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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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGIE DFIC
TotalEnergies SE 3.55% 0.72%
Nestle SA 1.43% 0.62%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 2.26% 0.45%
UniCredit SpA 1.99% 0.40%
Engie SA 2.17% 0.35%
AstraZeneca PLC 2.69% 0.33%
Hitachi Ltd 1.36% 0.32%
Sony Group Corp 1.05% 0.31%
Siemens AG 1.24% 0.29%
Cie de Saint-Gobain SA 0.82% 0.28%
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 0.89% 0.28%
Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.62% 0.26%
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 DFIC
ASML Holding N.V. 1.05%
SHELL PLC 0.98%
Novartis AG 0.76%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.67%
Roche Holding AG 0.63%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.49%
Allianz SE 0.48%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.48%

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On the same fields

CGIE
Capital Group International Equity ETF
DFIC
Dimensional International Core Equity 2 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% +17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −8.8 pts +0.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.22%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.1%
Holdings 73 4118
Net assets, CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 and DFIC as of Jul 31, 2026 $2.4bn $14.8bn

CGIE and DFIC 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.

DFIC in plain words

DFIC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.22% 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 4,118 positions, with the top ten at 6.9%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIE or DFIC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIE returned +8.5% and DFIC +17.4%.
Which is cheaper, CGIE or DFIC?
DFIC is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIE and DFIC overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGIE and 0% of DFIC 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 ↗DFIC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFIC 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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