Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or CWI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and CWI +17.8%.

Which is cheaper, CGXU or CWI?

CWI is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CGXU and CWI overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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CGXU vs CWI: Differences, Returns & Fees

CGXU and CWI hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and CGXU returned +18.6% over the year. Net assets on Oct 8, 2026: $6.8bn for Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF and $2.9bn for State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF.

CWI costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; CGXU is 2.4 times larger.

	CGXU	CWI
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.30%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$6.8bn	$2.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.6%	+17.8%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	20%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.4%	16.1%
Below its high	5.1%, high on Sep 8, 2026	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026

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

+18.6%

CGXU total return, 1 year

+17.8%

CWI total return, 1 year

0.54%

CGXU expense ratio

0.30%

CWI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGXU and CWI hold 20% 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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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CGXU CWI

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.83% 3.38%

ASML Holding NV 2.44% 2.00%

SK hynix Inc 3.27% 1.88%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.27% 0.85%

Nestle SA 1.05% 0.65%

Siemens AG 0.74% 0.65%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.29% 0.50%

Hitachi Ltd 1.62% 0.48%

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 1.08% 0.46%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 1.43% 0.45%

SoftBank Group Corp 6.36% 0.40%

Recruit Holdings Co Ltd 1.50% 0.39%

Only in CGXU

Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.54%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 3.10%

ARM Holdings PLC 1.57%

British American Tobacco PLC 1.44%

Reliance Industries Ltd 1.25%

Diploma PLC 0.92%

Gulf Development PCL 0.78%

Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.71%

Only in CWI

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.64%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR 1.96%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.93%

ROCHE HOLDING AG 0.85%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.84%

SHELL PLC 0.78%

NOVARTIS AG REG 0.72%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.69%

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On the same fields

CGXU

Capital Group International Focus Equity ETF

CWI

State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Capital Group State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.6% +17.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.4 pts +0.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.30%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 73 1110

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $6.8bn $2.9bn

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

CGXU in plain words

CGXU is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.6% 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 38.4%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Sep 8, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

CWI in plain words

CWI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% 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 1,110 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGXU or CWI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGXU returned +18.6% and CWI +17.8%.
Which is cheaper, CGXU or CWI?: CWI is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CGXU and CWI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CGXU and 0% of CWI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CGXU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGXU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGXU ↗CWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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