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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIE returned +8.5% and IEFA +13.9%.

Which is cheaper, CGIE or IEFA?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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CGIE vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIE and IEFA hold 22% of their weight in the same names, and IEFA returned +13.9% over the year. Net assets: $2.4bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Equity ETF, and $189.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF.

IEFA costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.4 points; IEFA is far larger, $188.1bn against $2.4bn.

	CGIE	IEFA
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.4bn	$188.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+8.5%	+13.9%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI EAFE IMI Index
Holdings in common	22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	27.7%	12.2%
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 13, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+8.5%

CGIE total return, 1 year

+13.9%

IEFA total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGIE expense ratio

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIE and IEFA hold 22% 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGIE IEFA

ASML Holding NV 4.72% 2.87%

AstraZeneca PLC 2.69% 0.96%

Nestle SA 1.43% 0.95%

SAP SE 1.72% 0.85%

Banco Santander SA 1.27% 0.77%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.62% 0.69%

TotalEnergies SE 3.55% 0.68%

Schneider Electric SE 1.15% 0.65%

Hitachi Ltd 1.36% 0.63%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 2.26% 0.61%

ABB Ltd 1.69% 0.59%

Iberdrola SA 1.80% 0.59%

Only in CGIE

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.12%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.92%

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2.14%

UniCredit SpA 1.99%

SK hynix Inc 1.97%

DSV A/S 1.77%

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd 1.63%

Siemens AG 1.24%

Only in IEFA

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.26%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.20%

SHELL 1.17%

NOVARTIS AG 1.05%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.95%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.88%

SIEMENS N AG 0.87%

ADVANTEST 0.77%

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On the same fields

CGIE

Capital Group International Equity ETF

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI EAFE

Total return, 1 year +8.5% +13.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −8.8 pts −3.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 73 2628

Net assets, CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 and IEFA as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.4bn $189.5bn

CGIE and IEFA 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.

IEFA in plain words

IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,628 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. 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 IEFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIE returned +8.5% and IEFA +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, CGIE or IEFA?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIE and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGIE and 0% of IEFA 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 ↗IEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEFA ↗

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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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