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CGIE vs VSGX: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGIE and VSGX hold 15% of their weight in the same names, and VSGX returned +19.5% over the year. Net assets: $2.4bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group International Equity ETF, and $6.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF.

VSGX costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.0 points.

CGIEVSGX
Expense ratio0.54%0.10%
Net assets, CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026$2.4bn$6.7bn
Total return, 1 year+8.5%+19.5%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Global All Cap ex US Choice Index
Holdings in common15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund27.7%17.1%
Below its high5.0%, high on Aug 13, 20263.6%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+8.5%
CGIE total return, 1 year
+19.5%
VSGX total return, 1 year
0.54%
CGIE expense ratio
0.10%
VSGX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGIE and VSGX hold 15% 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 Aug 31, 2026.

half

15% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGIE VSGX
SK hynix Inc 1.97% 1.98%
ASML Holding NV 4.72% 1.93%
Nestle SA 1.43% 0.74%
Siemens AG 1.24% 0.72%
AstraZeneca PLC 2.69% 0.71%
SAP SE 1.72% 0.67%
Banco Santander SA 1.27% 0.64%
Shopify Inc 1.05% 0.53%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.20% 0.48%
Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.62% 0.45%
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.24% 0.45%
UniCredit SpA 1.99% 0.43%
Only in CGIE
TotalEnergies SE 3.55%
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.12%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.92%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 2.26%
Engie SA 2.17%
RWE AG 2.13%
Safran SA 1.97%
Iberdrola SA 1.80%
Only in VSGX
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.37%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.56%
SLCMT1142 1.18%
Roche Holding AG 0.90%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%
Novartis AG 0.84%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.80%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 0.73%

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On the same fields

CGIE
Capital Group International Equity ETF
VSGX
Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +8.5% +19.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −8.8 pts +2.2 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.10%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 73 6631
Net assets, CGIE as of Oct 8, 2026 and VSGX as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.4bn $6.7bn

CGIE and VSGX 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.

VSGX in plain words

VSGX tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,631 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGIE or VSGX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGIE returned +8.5% and VSGX +19.5%.
Which is cheaper, CGIE or VSGX?
VSGX is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGIE and VSGX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGIE and 0% of VSGX 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 ↗VSGX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VSGX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VSGX ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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