Which returned more over the last year, CGMM or IMCG?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGMM returned +11.1% and IMCG +15.1%.

Which is cheaper, CGMM or IMCG?

IMCG is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CGMM and IMCG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 45% of CGMM and 80% of IMCG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CGMM vs IMCG: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGMM and IMCG hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and IMCG returned +15.1% over the year. Net assets: $3.5bn on Oct 19, 2026 for Capital Group U.S. Small and Mid Cap ETF, and $4.1bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF.

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IMCG costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.0 points; IMCG is 1.1 times larger.

CGMM vs IMCG: Differences, Returns & Fees
	CGMM	IMCG
Expense ratio	0.51%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026	$3.5bn	$4.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+11.1%	+15.1%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Morningstar US Mid Cap Broad Growth Index
Holdings in common	18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	18.7%	12.5%
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 13, 2026	5.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+11.1%

CGMM total return, 1 year

+15.1%

IMCG total return, 1 year

0.51%

CGMM expense ratio

0.06%

IMCG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGMM and IMCG hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGMM IMCG

DoorDash Inc 1.53% 1.01%

Cloudflare Inc 0.92% 1.32%

Bloom Energy Corp 2.56% 0.90%

Monster Beverage Corp 1.34% 0.89%

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc 0.86% 1.05%

Keysight Technologies Inc 1.41% 0.79%

Comfort Systems USA Inc 1.79% 0.69%

Ciena Corp 1.65% 0.67%

CSX Corp 0.66% 0.83%

Veeva Systems Inc 0.65% 0.66%

United Rentals Inc 0.86% 0.60%

Block Inc 0.56% 0.58%

Only in CGMM

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.20%

Exelon Corp 1.91%

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd 1.84%

NIKE Inc 1.77%

WEX Inc 1.77%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 1.59%

Brown & Brown Inc 1.58%

LKQ Corp 1.54%

Only in IMCG

FORTINET 1.48%

SNOWFLAKE 1.48%

FREEPORT MCMORAN INC 1.39%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC CLASS C 1.27%

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 1.25%

DATADOG INC CLASS A 1.20%

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 1.05%

ROBINHOOD MARKETS CLASS A 1.04%

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On the same fields

CGMM

Capital Group U.S. Small and Mid Cap ETF

IMCG

iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +11.1% +15.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.0% (IWV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −4.0 pts vs IWV not measured

Expense ratio 0.51% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 45.4% 80.4%

Holdings 114 260

Net assets, CGMM as of Oct 19, 2026 and IMCG as of Oct 20, 2026 $3.5bn $4.1bn

CGMM and IMCG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About CGMM

CGMM is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.51% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 45% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 114 positions, with the top ten at 18.7%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +11.1% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

About IMCG

IMCG tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 260 positions, with the top ten at 12.5%. It sat 5.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGMM or IMCG?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGMM returned +11.1% and IMCG +15.1%.
Which is cheaper, CGMM or IMCG?: IMCG is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGMM and IMCG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 45% of CGMM and 80% of IMCG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CGMM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGMM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGMM ↗IMCG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IMCG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IMCG ↗

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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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