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CGUS vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGUS and IVV hold 43% of their weight in the same names, and IVV returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $12.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group Core Equity ETF, and $896.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

IVV costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; IVV is far larger, $891.8bn against $12.2bn.

CGUS vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
CGUSIVV
Expense ratio0.33%0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$12.2bn$891.8bn
Total return, 1 year+14.9%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500
Holdings in common43%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund43.1%39.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+14.9%
CGUS total return, 1 year
+17.3%
IVV total return, 1 year
0.33%
CGUS expense ratio
0.03%
IVV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGUS and IVV hold 43% 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 9, 2026.

half

43% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CGUS IVV
NVIDIA Corp 6.85% 8.23%
Microsoft Corp 5.75% 5.89%
Amazon.com Inc 5.04% 3.82%
Alphabet Inc 3.22% 3.06%
Apple Inc 2.75% 7.29%
Broadcom Inc 6.33% 2.55%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.79% 2.35%
Alphabet Inc 1.93% 2.45%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.92% 1.40%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.79% 1.31%
Mastercard Inc 1.82% 0.71%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.95% 0.69%
Only in CGUS
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.89%
Applied Materials Inc 2.56%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.44%
British American Tobacco PLC 1.87%
General Electric Co 1.41%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 1.33%
Entegris Inc 1.07%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 1.02%
Only in IVV
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.72%
TESLA INC 1.60%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.47%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.42%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.93%
WALMART 0.74%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 0.71%

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On the same fields

CGUS
Capital Group Core Equity ETF
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Capital Group iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +14.9% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) +17.3% (SPY)
Gap to its benchmark −2.4 pts vs VOO +0.1 pts vs SPY
Expense ratio 0.33% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 86.3% 99.8%
Holdings 66 505
Net assets, CGUS as of Oct 8, 2026 and IVV as of Oct 9, 2026 $12.2bn $896.4bn

CGUS and IVV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About CGUS

CGUS is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 66 positions, with the top ten at 43.1%.

About IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGUS or IVV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGUS returned +14.9% and IVV +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, CGUS or IVV?
IVV is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGUS and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 86% of CGUS and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CGUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGUS ↗IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVV ↗

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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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